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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Minor Bug in *Copy in DFS 2.24 and possibly...
There was a similar bug in Watford's 8271 DFS. I reproduced it exactly when I worked there. The "solution" was to replace the complainant's ROM with an Acorn one. For years I've tried to remember the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Gotek double sided disk emulation?
It depends on how it was imaged, but basically if it is an exact copy of the original disk then yes it should be just the same in working as the original floppy.The name (or at least filetype...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Elite over Econet (BBC Master,...
Just a quick note to say that I've added a few updates to Elite over Econet this week, following feedback on the Discord server.Here are the details: Fixed a bug in the scoreboard where changing port...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Got a new BBC - Daft questions
Does the 6522 user VIA work? If you don't have a spare, remove IC3 and swap it with IC69 and see if the computer still works. If you get a continuous tone, then you'll need a replacement...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Announcing a modern box for the Atom
Any "Acorn" mug or key ring ?Statistics: Posted by gob33 — Tue May 14, 2024 11:47 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi1MHz Software
I have an odd problem in MMFS 1.56 with the Pi1MHz — if I *DIN a disc, I can *CAT it and *EXEC !BOOT to load it up OK.If, however, I use *DBOOT on the same disc, I get "Wrong card" and then everything...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • DFS 0.90 Bug with Econet
Whilst testing the "zero-length-file copy bug" in DFS, I found a(nother) bug in DFS 0.90. After a disc write operation, Econet remote peek operations don't work on the station until the next hard...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
Seeing as it's you... (Update pushed - though done in a little bit of a hurry.):-O Looks ok on a quick test. Cool But I've a bug to report. After a little discussion on Discord, this does seem to have...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: Charity Auction
FYI :20Acorn Electron issue 1 motherboard with 'hybrid circuit' type ULALot 20a (Large).jpgThat is _not_ a standard Electron board. It looks like some kind of prototype? Are you sure you want to be...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em Tape Overhaul v3 (SAVE support, autotests)
EDIT: I tried DoctorWhoAndTheMinesOfTerror(MicroPower).uef from vanekp and that one worked fine in b-em, so it does look like the Acorn preservation UEF file is damaged/invalid.Good to know. I should...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Z80 Protocol Decoder
I've also tweaked the rules for XF and YF for SCF/CCF based on what seems to be happening in reality on the different processors I have to hand:https://github.com/hoglet67/Z80Decoder/ ... 80.c#L1594I...
View Articlearchive submissions • Re: SideAid256 32k ROM from Solidisk 2/4Mb RAM/ROM...
Also have a look here: https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt ... 80#p395180I think this is a stacked 32 kB ROM, which contains both the original STL Toolkit 3.00 and SideAid256 1.05 (#1055). I've...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help identifying Beeb/Master RAM/ROM board
SideAid256 viewtopic.php?p=425604#p425604Statistics: Posted by BlondMM — Wed May 15, 2024 11:17 pm
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: MAME: Internal ROM/RAM expansion boards
SideAid256 viewtopic.php?p=425604#p425604Statistics: Posted by BlondMM — Wed May 15, 2024 11:21 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: Apache Valley - possible new...
Switched over to JavaScript + canvas to see what it could look like with more "realistic" canyon sides:I now see the wisdom of trying things out in a higher level language first Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: DFS 2.45 ROM layout
Thanks for posting the DFS 2.45 rev 1191 link! I found a bit of time to get the repo building the rev 1191 ROM too.--TomStatistics: Posted by tom_seddon — Thu May 16, 2024 10:50 pm
View Articlestardot FORUM • Re: Server reboot today 18:30
Thanks all. Search index has been rebuilt, so everything should be as it was again. Hopefully a bit faster!Statistics: Posted by baz4096 — Thu May 16, 2024 11:19 pm
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A5000 Gone for good? :0
During cleaning, C161 came loose and fell off. I'm looking at the schematics but can't seem to find it. It's has 47, 16A, 38A stamped on it if anyone knows what that is. It's definitely where I need...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: BBC Micro games with the best music
...I seem to have lost all sound from BeebEm except the sounds of the floppy drive. No idea why.Iirc, there is a menu option to turn the sound chip on/off.I've tried that, tried a different sound...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
1. Fix for retention of permissions on file overwrite.Sadly, that hasn't fixed the permissions issue I reported at all. I'll attempt to grab some logs at some point!Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray —...
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