32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ARM3 product codes
What does the PSFC without a number mean in terms of speed rating?They're all clocked at 25MHz by Acorn as far as I know (lots of A5000s...)Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Thu May 02, 2024 1:13 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: DISC speed tester
UPURSFS returned 0, 264, 264 for the 3 tests. Obviously seeking doesn't mean anything with that filesystem!Statistics: Posted by sweh — Thu May 02, 2024 11:43 pm
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Palace of Magic Cheat Help
Just wanted to chime in to say how lovely it is to hear that your daughter is enjoying Palace of Magic! It was a real favourite of mine as a child, and it's nice to know it still holds its appeal for...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: offsite Econets
I'll have my PiEconetBridge with me if there's any interest in using it to set up a link.Would be good to get it set up ahead of the weekend though, and make sure it's working okay.Statistics: Posted...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Who else is building a Beeb from scratch?
Well, I've finally put together one board out of three and I've got serious stability problems and the Econet just returns "Line jammed" I'm wondering if my stash of "new" 6502A ICs is fake. I bought...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: BeebIt RiscOS Open 5.30
On the Pi 400, Shift-Break and Control-Break have been moved to the PrtScn key at RISC OS 5.30.For Shift-Break, press Shift-PrtScn.For Ctrl-Break, press Ctrl-PrtScn.PrtScn on its own still performs...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RetroKit Ultimate VIDC Enhancer (FS-ish)
Hi Ian,Do you still have some of these kits left? I'd really like to have one. I can't PM you yet and I am living in the Netherlands. Can you help me out here..?Statistics: Posted by spacer09 — Fri...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB to HDMI using a Pi Zero and a small CPLD
but no sound at all on my TV/Monitor Samsung T22, with default settings of alpha sw.Edit:I think I found the problem: I analysed the circle source code (a bare metal OS) and found it was using an...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Today I received.....
There are various suppliers mentioned on the RGBtoHDMI wiki https://github.com/hoglet67/RGBtoHDMI/w ... s-for-sale, I picked the one from SellMyRetro. Just needed to get a miniHDMI lead.The device...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: New Raspberry Pi to 1MHz bus interface
Hi can you get audio out of the hdmi port?Also do you support any other audio output devices other than the headphone socket?Statistics: Posted by Demon — Sun May 05, 2024 12:32 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Econet: Line jammed!
Today I have fitted a BeebMaster Econet kit to my Issue 4 BBC B.I have KenLowe's econet bridge sitting on his hub, with a Pi3B. I have installed the bridge software as per the instructions and the...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Chat GPT2 assembly programming
Ha! It got me, well spotted. I should have remembered:Don't get suckered in by the comments - they can be terribly misleading: Debug only the code.Edit: Anyone know who said that? My web searches turn...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Elksd-plus1 Interface
Hi Ramtop, sorry for bringing this thread up, I don't know how else to ask How much is a full service for what should be a fully working ElkSD plus 1 cart? I bought it from an ebay seller and I can't...
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32-bit acorn emulators • Re: Hey, you, Reptons!
If useful for emulator testing, I can package the RM demo into a bootable ADF easy enough, if it's not already out there. I haven't been able to locate it, so if that were possible then I'd certainly...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Unilab Serial Computer...
A old thread but did you get very far in getting the board working with the Beeb? I've managed to pick one up and was hoping you could share some info on the cabling and any software you use - it'd...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Reading/Writing from the RTC in the Electron Plus...
Good news - writing now also works - just stored a value in the free RAM area. Big milestone (for me at least) to have r/w working.Statistics: Posted by !FOZ! — Sun May 05, 2024 6:27 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Econet: Line jammed!
Oh, that's interesting. Is that both a beeb and your Piconet that fail to communicate with your bridge?Do you have anything that is able to communicate with your bridge?Can you check that the hub...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: HCR Micron Plus EPROM Programmer
From the data sheet (attached) they require "VCC = 6.25 V ± 0.25 V, VPP = 12.75 ± 0.25 V" and "tPW Program Pulse Width 100 to 200 μs" to program them. I wonder if the 2732 settings (having manually...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Dead B+128
(A dear diary kind of thing. Any suggestions welcome, but even if nobody has any ideas I'll be poking at this as I get the chance, and updating the thread with any additional info.)I've got a B+128...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Dead B+128
That sounds familiar (with random startup problems, or no startup) - I had the same problem with one of the RAM bits (not bit 1), also just noise. The desoldering was the most annoying part, but it is...
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