8-bit acorn hardware • Re: IC88, IC100 and the Tube issues
Yup - so I have managed to embarrass myself again! The sockets are single swipe and bending the legs of the ROMs in has sorted out that issue. Thank you nigeb.That still leaves me with my co-pro...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Ghostbusters (Activision)
Testing the finale.Attached is a testing version that goes straight to the finale after the shop. Both with and without SWRAM versions are supported. For the SWRAM version on winning the screen will...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
Thanks for posting the instructions as I had no idea what was happening the first few tries, and now that I know what to do I still don't have the cooking skills to pull it off Score: 640Statistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Who else is building a Beeb from scratch?
This is mode 6I dont have mode 7 any ideas?Whe gonna replace a saa5050 or is it something else where we have to look. This is from a beeeeeb to beeeeb beeb It starts to pay off but there was a lot...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: BASIC Question: How do I turn off the cursor?
It will work as a line on its own. The only requirement is that it has to be after the mode change, as MODE always turns the cursor back on.Statistics: Posted by jms2 — Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:52 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Electron Plus 1 Cartridge Flaps
The case for the P.R.E.S. version of the Plus 1 is from the actual Acorn tooling - so will fit!Dave H.Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:10 am
View Articleoff-topic • Re: EPROM Programmer
If anyone has any other suggestions on this, before I pull the trigger on some of these, I'd be grateful. I've got a pin out of the ROM and the couple of pin conversions required, here -...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
how people get such high scores, i have no clue! i spent the last half hour trying to beat 13300! anyway this is my second(and final) score of 17700! not great but its a start. i have no idea how to...
View Articlecommunications • Re: IEEE488 INTERFACE 02
Some information at http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org ... chive=origEdit: Now I think about it, and glancing at the Acorn manual, and having to address a device over a data channel. There was a...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Tube ULA Re-Implementation
this is sounding like superb progress Statistics: Posted by Ukwebb — Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:54 am
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: Building BASIC4 source
hoglet's BASIC4r32 source that Tom linked (here) can be assembled on Windows with BeebAsm, which you can find here!Statistics: Posted by Rich Talbot-Watkins — Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:57 am
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: py8dis - a programmable static tracing 6502...
I think we've found it, looks like a bug - if we truncate the final two bytes from the ROM, then all is well.I've submitted a pull request with a fix.Statistics: Posted by TobyLobster — Wed Feb 07,...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: BBC newbie late to the party
Welcome to the Forum, evansma . . . Enjoy . . .Dave H.Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:52 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi 1Mhz HDD emulation BBC Master
Yeah I realised after I posted the pic as it was different in that regard. Fixed now , will try again tonight and get back to you. Thanks KenStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Thu Feb 08, 2024...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: (Tomorrow!) ABUG dev...
Hi I hopefully will be in and out because we have our weekly club meeting in Delft, NL tomorrow. Perhaps an idea to publish a list with dates.Statistics: Posted by TimoHartong — Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:55 am
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: (Tonight!) ABUG dev...
Hope we do see you, even if briefly!We're pretty much maintaining a very regular three-week cycle, which is good because it's hit-and-miss with every other regular event! (The only exception was in...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 restoration possibility
True Ian I couldn't find a working bulb so I just plugged the board back in, TBH if it was going to harm it, the damage had probably already been done. Voltage was steady at 4.9v so It gives me...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Keyboard Retrobrighting
I had a pretty yellow keyboard so I though it would be a good thing to use to have a go at retrobrighting I started off by ordering some 12% hydrogen peroxide and some distilled water.Next I built a...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Image2Mode7 - general image to teletext...
Hi Gavin ,I am using a Pi4 with 32bit Raspbian?Appreciate anything you can suggest.thanksBrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:27 am
View Articlenew projects and releases: text and graphic adventures • Re: The Lords of...
Been following this thread since it began , well done on your efforts Paul. Looks really impressive.I remember this game as I tried to play it on brother's speccy a couple times. He was more into...
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