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general • CJE Micro's Site Down

Does anyone know if CJE has gone out of business? When I tried to visit today all I get from the main page is:This account has been suspended.Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: The AKF18

Thanks for the info...I will definitely give it a shot.Also, apologies for the late reply. We've been getting ready to acquire 3 MRIs and 8 CTs at work and so almost all of my time has been tied up...

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general • Re: CJE Micro's Site Down

Is up now, no info as to why you saw that message.AndyStatistics: Posted by andyruwilliams — Fri Jun 27, 2025 5:46 am

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archive submissions • Re: 30th Anniversary BBC and Electron Collection

Hi guys,Thanks for finding the issue with discs004 and 178. Not too sure why other discs got attached, but I believe I have fixed the issue. Discs 004 and 178 have been re-posted in Sections 1 and...

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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Hidden Music in Pipeline Game

I think the same was probably true for a few entries in the Superior canon - that they were just too ambitious or demanding of the players.I think you're right. I reckon there's another factor as well...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pointers for A7000+ Repairs

I’m not sure where it goes or exactly what it does. But I can have a look at tracing it out later. I know the IBX box behaves like NVM lock is locked.But can I just check? You do have 12v connected to...

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off-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread

Thanks. Moving it across to the web has opened things up a lot more in terms of being able to draw things liveStatistics: Posted by pixelblip — Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:55 am

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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Elite over Econet (BBC Master,...

Is this enhanced version of Elite available to download as a standalone so you can play it without Econet?Apologies for the slow reply - I've been on holiday in a country where Stardot is blocked, so...

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8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Re: The Classic Adventurer -...

Mr Footit - thank you! Hope you are well.Statistics: Posted by mjhardisty — Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:12 am

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8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Re: Larsoft

Yes he's emailed me back, I'm going to reply tomorrow, still on today's ABug event which has been running since 9am(!)Very cool... I was literally just about to message him last night, to ask about...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Zip issue

HiI used my zip drive with my A3020 without serious issues.But niw, when i plug the zip, the floppy drive disappear of the wipbar, and the zip stull shiw no drive.....Any clue...

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new projects in development: games • Some sort of cave like game

Hi All,So approx 40 years ago I had a Master and could program fairly well in Basic, and it was always my intention to learn Assembly… but never managed it.40 years later after buying a Master and...

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SCL Unicorn - Indian BBC Micro clone

What, if anything, is the relationship between the SCL Unicorn and the Hope Dolphin?Some new pictures of the latter wandered past one of my social media feeds...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Zip issue

Does IDE still work?Statistics: Posted by thecellartroll — Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:28 am

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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Unilab Three Chip Plus

It's really worth while removing and cleaning the ZIF sockets as they suffer from oxidation and dry joints from years of kids pulling the Program Memory in and out. Also redo the input and output...

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programming • Re: Command-line tool for extracting/making .ssd files and...

Ah, thanks.Not sure it likes me, though:Code: cargo run -rerror: failed to parse manifest at `/home/scruss/c/dfstool/Cargo.toml`Caused by: feature `edition2024` is required The package requires the...

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general • Re: PSU Leads - warning!

I've been given some leads to check a couple of years ago and they had five strands of 36AWG wire inside a 16AWG rated cable. Needless to say, the resistance of the wire became problematic when...

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general • Re: Blasted StarDot cookies

I have to accept cookies before logging on to avoid the loop. I'm using Firefox and NoScript with delete cookies on close. I'm guessing the accept cookies page has the wrong redirect and it just goes...

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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...

Well, I got past stage 24, but my score was lower than this previous attempt where I didn't! 35800.PNGStatistics: Posted by Rod C — Sun Jun 29, 2025 3:48 am

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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...

I don't have anything midi specific to Acorn but some years ago I built a midi touch screen keyboard using a Raspberry Pi and my midi hat. I'll look it out and if it's still working I'll bring it...

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