8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Creating Torch Z80 Images with MkTorch
Code: 10 REM > MkTorch v0.02 20 REM v0.01 File name handling assumes Windows... 100 PROCmkcpn(indir$,out$+".ssd",FALSE)... 140 DEFPROCmkcpn(indir$,out$,dsd%).... 570 out%=OPENOUT(out$)What...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #6 - Thu...
I feel that we should have a programming session and start putting together:Yer Maw's Maw's Gairden.Based loosely on that "other" multi-platform adventure game Think I might call it; "Ye canny shove...
View Articlegeneral • Re: BeebRoom 2024
This is it:https://www.bigdug.co.uk/clearance-spec ... -kit-p1404It's actually cheaper with the current discount than when I bought it in 2021.Statistics: Posted by BeebMaster — Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:02 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Fantasy 6502 variant...
It's a curious one, the 65816... iirc the reason for its creation was essentially to be a CPU that could do 24-bit addressing whilst retaining backwards compatibility with the 6502, because that's...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Faulty 6502 Co-Pro
Sorry I did not see you had replied... Still getting used to participating in this ForumJust a bare 40 pin board would be great. I can't seem to PM you but maybe you can PM me to let me know the...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Today I received.....
A raspberry pi400 and a monitor so I can play with riscos direct. It took me a while to get the econet settings right so it could connect to the pieconetbridge and it also took a while to get it to...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Sideways RAM Elite - explained
I feel conned, I only every had the tape version.Imagine being owner of the Elk version, and never having met a Thargoid! Should've just called that one E-Lite Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Wed...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: Beta update for BeebAsm VSCode extension
Can I make a suggestion for the new release:- When you specify a Source File, it saves this information in settings.JSON... The source file is saved with an absolute path. The problem is that if you...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Music 500 -> Music 5000 and Music 500 ->...
So I wonder if it's worth testing all 8 channel pairs work, by tweaking these lines:I ran the test on the other six channels on both units but the output is identical.Statistics: Posted by maniacminer...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: BOOKING THREAD: ABUG...
Hi. I live locally but have a busy weekend ahead. If I get a chance, is it ok to pop in? Or is it necessary to book / register first?Just pop-in . . . We welcome almost anyone - Dave H.I'm quite local...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: 3rd Party Modules - SWI chunk base numbers
Thank you for all of your replies.Statistics: Posted by SToS — Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:11 am
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Tracer Turtle software
Thanks to tomseddon I have archived some documentation for the TRACER TURTLE.The software is missing.Has anyone heard of the Tracer Turtle? I certainly hadn't until now. Even better, has anyone the...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: Hello- a newbie from Cheshire with problems
Welcome to the Forum, John . . . Enjoy and hope you get your kit sorted . . . Dave H.Thanks, Dave, I am already getting some good advice. John.Statistics: Posted by JohnBr — Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:10 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
Please note if you don't update your version 2 hardware EEPROM, you'll need to read the instructions carefully to put an overlay in. If you have version 1 hardware, there are similar (but different!)...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces and...
Have you seen this version of ADFS for the Electron? https://github.com/hoglet67/ADFS130It doesn't have the SCSI code - Only the Acorn V1.0 has that . . . These are all being built from the BBC ADFS...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Electron Econet interface
I've forked a copy of JGH's NFS 3.40/3.50/3.60/3.65 source code and been working on an Electron version. So far I've got 3.65 going with Roland's board (and possibly the earlier versions: they...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Any info on Acorn's own computing environment?
However, predicted requirements are:-Ian Nicholas ASIC development Dec '92 - June '93Alex Bienek ASIC development Jan '93 - July '93Bernard Siddle Victoria PCBs Nov '92 - June '93A.N. Other...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Today I received.....
The BBC analogue port (inc joysticks) is very simple to use. I have no idea about PC joysticks, but wiring four directional switches to the BBC is not tricky. You just need a resistor on each...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Issue 3 Beeb and ROM boards
Which pins of S21 are you using? I vaguely remember that board used the south-most pair of pins and the north-most pair had a link fitted. S22 & S20 must be north.Statistics: Posted by maniacminer...
View Articlecommunications • Re: Native Gopher browser in BASIC for Model B/Zimodem -...
Hi Brian,Good to see other people also interested in Gopher.As it stands, I don't think the software will work on anything other than a zimodem device. It (zimodem) uses a slightly quirky packet-based...
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