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new projects in development: games • Re: Hex Islands (working title)
It was a board game called Escape From Colditz that started it for me. Hexagons are certainly closer to circles for range of movement purposes. They are also just a bit more interesting to look at...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: DEC VT-101 Flyback...
I am waiting on the high voltage diode replacement.I did try to take to pieces the flyback I purchased in the hopes it would somehow, magically, be the exact same spec. (see photos above)What happened...
View Articlestardot FORUM • Re: Timeout When Composing Posts
Hmm, when I login I click the "remember me" option, and I'm rarely logged out. I can come back days later and I'm still logged in. The very few times I am, I'm kinda guessing the server restarted so...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Risc-pc RP16 - legless….
Does anyone have a spare or two that I can buy to get me out of this pickle.PM your address... Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:55 pm
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #6 - Thu...
Spanish almond cake available this evening (courtesy of my wife) And it was jolly nice. Thanks again for organising an enjoyable evening.Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:58 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
i wish it had autofire !Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:51 pm
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general • Re: Today I received.....
I ordered one of these as I needed a breadboard and some jumper wires for some raspberry pi experiments and I thought this all in one package will dowhat I ordered...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Lack of knowledge and stupid pricing in shops
When did this happen? I'm sure it was 1989 the other day, I remember going to the picture house to watch "Back to the Future II".Was flicking through youtube recommend music playlists and found one...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: BeebAsm
tass64 looks like an interesting alternative. I've not used it myself, but it looks like it has a lot of options judging by the manual: https://tass64.sourceforge.netStatistics: Posted by TobyLobster...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: AtomMMC Confusion
Thanks Dave. I was trying to help out Prime in this post, and was getting very confused about the different board versions. What really threw me was the schematic on the V2 site and the date of...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Faulty AKF12 monitor
I've recently acquired a AKF12 monitor which was working great for a good few hours, but now doesn't seem to supply any power to the tube. There is a faint whine. I was actually away from it as it...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: PunyInform and Ozmoo
@SteveF - I was going to ask if there were any plans to update the Acorn port to v14.x, but I just had a quick look at the repo, and noticed some recent activity!Yes, I'm tinkering with it...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC B Sound Effects Rom
"My guess would be that it's the Envelopes ROM from Watford Electronics, and can be found at http://bbc.nvg.org/rom/Watford/lang/"There are a few envelopes in The Watford Envelopes ROM that I'd like...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi-based Co-Pro on the cheap - 100MHz 6502 for...
I've been doing some deep testing of PDP11 BASIC, and uncovered a couple of bugs with the PDP11 Tube Client.When you use byte operations when the destination is a register - ie MOVB blah,Rn - the byte...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb behaving badly
For freezer spray get this https://www.rapidonline.com/plastikote- ... ml-96-8005 £3.50+VAT for a large can, it's a good deal.I've got a SY6502A Beeb on the bench now that is exhibiting the opposite...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom Software Archive
Here are Inverse video and Atom Calendar.Thanks Kees.Statistics: Posted by hoglet — Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:52 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: How much can an Electron power?
I used to have problems with the psu board getting very hot, so I removed the board and modified the power connection so that I could run the elk off an old 300w ATPC power supply.Statistics: Posted...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi1MHz Software
New 6502code.bin file which should add the system via wite. 6502code.zipStatistics: Posted by dp11 — Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:42 pm
View Articlemodern implementations of classic programming languages • Re: Matrix Brandy...
Among some bug fixes (how did I manage to miss file pointers when upgrading the Brandy code to be able to run on 64-bit?!) I've also added a fairly significant new feature - a config file. This allows...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom utility ROM writing guide?
There is no such guide. The Atom does not have any standard structure like the Beeb and Electron. There are no language ROMs or service ROMs. There are three common ways of initiating a ROM:1. By...
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