8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Econet to AUN bridge on Raspberry Pi - released
On both machines it seems to load *notify at E023 which appears to be the version from library. If I run the version from library1 on the Master it loads at DD00. Do either of those look correct?The...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Tape has gone deaf
it's looking that way which is also why I added my case to the fault finding page to hopefully help others with a similar problem MarkStatistics: Posted by 1024MAK — Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:01 pm
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: DEC VT-101 Flyback...
Any update? My semi-dead VT100 is still sitting hoping for a solution Statistics: Posted by caseybea — Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:36 pm
View Articlegeneral • Re: " *. " -- What does it mean?
I think *CAT has a special place in the (M)OS commands. Any abbreviation will run the first match in the OS command table which is mostly alphabetic.The reason for this is that on the Model B, *CAT,...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: offsite Econets
I would be interested in connecting remotely. I've recently got a pieconetbridge and I have two A3000s and a master with econet cards in that I can connect to it to hopefully add to your tally of...
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introduce yourself • Re: A blast from the past
Hi Angus,Very much enjoyed Elite-A, we need to get you and @MarkMoxon together for a discussion on Elite's internals Statistics: Posted by Vee — Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:10 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: Abductor
Started to add beeb spritesAdded player ship with left and right movement Added humanoidsAdded alien sprites with partial movement, (need to finish disassembling the last of the ZP values)Video is...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #6 - Thu...
Splendid. I think it very likely that I'll be able to attend. I very much doubt that I have a copy of the Mode 7 adventure game that I wrote in primary school though!Statistics: Posted by...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Simple Word Wrap procedure
I wrote something similar, but in Pascal:Code: procedure WrapText(wtText: String); var LStart, LLength: Integer; begin //Only wrap if it is longer than the available width...
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32-bit acorn hardware • RiscPC Battery earth missing & not booting
HiRisc Pc 1 The Pads for the Battery earth are not present, where could I solder the earth lead to ? This could wait really till I have got it working.When I try to boot this I get floppy error If I...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Monitor for use with Electron
It definitely has HDMI, it's on the side of the back panel, along with USB.I think you mean the Ferguson monitor, not the Samsung model.The Samsung model also appears to have S-video on the side...
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Sega Megadrive 2 PCB
The Megafire controller isn't really necessary because Space Harrier II has a selectable rapid-fire option whereas the original version doesn't.I got an original version working on my console using a...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: HOWTO: An alternative tripler for Microvitec CUB...
Don’t mean to jump on your reply immediately but I happen to have just hooked up a frogger board to the monitor to test it. It’s what was on the bench and after a couple of adjustments I’ve got a...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Master keyboard and AIV SCSI issues
Thanks, I've finally had some time to look at this again over the past week and checked out the keyboard lines in more detail. The switches all tested fine individually when checked with my multimeter...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Can I use MMFS to save rom images direct from the...
Many thanks Robin- it has now been downloaded 125 times!I’ve unzipped the MMcUTIL files. I’m struggling to get the basic listing into an ssd format to load into mmfsv2- should be able to burn a rom...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: looking for smd resistor component
Yes, but at what current would the wire act as a fuse?...MarkStatistics: Posted by 1024MAK — Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:34 pm
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC Battery earth missing & not booting
Reconnected negative to resistor first location from missing solder point.continuity between position 1 and 2, at position 1 I get 1.3V there are two legs at position 3 I get 5V on the bottom one, I...
View Articleprogramming • Re: "Auto-Hazel"
Thanks Chris,Anything you can provide worked be great. I have ADFS and MMFS working well now. I've not attempted DFS yet... I'm tempted to try and do a multi target DFS like I have for ADFS but...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS
Think it all went wrong with my tablet's connection - will try again later....But a delighful blast from the past.Statistics: Posted by julians — Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:45 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Distorted display via RGB
Is your CMOS battery OK? My master did that unless I R reset until I changed the battery.Statistics: Posted by growntree — Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:16 pm
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