other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Retro Chip Tester...
I am sure the documentation says you can't program it with the display connected.Thanks for that info, vanekp.I seem to have missed that, I don't know if I programmed it with the display connected or...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Sega Megadrive 2 PCB
the music is good and "Expander" pushes both the sound chips to the max.Sorry for the response delay, maniacminer.The MD1 doesn't have the sound issues of the MD2, which has a cost reduced version of...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: CRT Monitors
I'd say that they are all potentially serviceable / repairable Definitely don't throw any away as CRTs are now a finite resource.I'm personally yet to encounter a CUB monitor with a dead LOPT, even...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Programming With Inter-Word
Nice work, and kudos for doing it on the Beeb itself with ADT instead of falling back on an emulator!Statistics: Posted by SteveF — Mon Jul 08, 2024 2:16 am
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communications • Re: BeeBS the BBS hosted on a Beeb is Live!
Im not sure but I may have broken your beebs.ddns.net:6502 when I was viewing all new messages and I was pressing random keys trying to stop the endless text now when I try to connect it just does...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Black screen, no led lights, but do have the two...
not impossible if your beeb blows up the userport cb1,cb2,pb0-pb7 with an experiment and you place that 6522 chip in ic3 you machine will work still as ca1,ca2,pa0-pa7 (the printer port) for the...
View Articlesoftware preservation • Re: preserving old discs
Composer - MIcro MartStatistics: Posted by arnoldemu — Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:31 am
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
This is all good stuff Tom... just to note, I briefly tried building b2 myself, and failed. The motivation was to see how much faster a native ARM version might be - the published version is of course...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • A very spooky beebjit capture...
Inspired by the Spooksville thread, I'm working on a beebjit run through of the game as it seems to be sufficiently obscure that until Necronom's efforts there was no published run. I thought it would...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Online Banking on PC vs Telephone
For me, in the mobile banking app, paying someone is divided into two steps:setting up a payment destination.actually transferring the money.The first of these does include some checks. The app asks...
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communications • Re: the Night Owl BBS **UP*
A healthy three callers last night .. Thanks to those who called in.A new caller arrived at around 1am, so a big welcome to you and thanks for visitingPlease call in again if you'd like full...
View Articlegeneral • Any hotplate recommendations (for rework, surface mount soldering)
Just read a good experience using a "cheap hotplate from AliExpress" and wondered if anyone had good experiences and specific recommendations to share.Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Tue Jul 09, 2024...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Re: Aural Quest
Quick progress report. Yesterday evening I started proof reading the ported events and statuses. That's quite tedious and will take a few evenings to complete. It's worth doing as I did find one...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Any hotplate recommendations (for rework, surface mount soldering)
He doesn't say which one he got dies he? I would be interested in any experiences in these. They look to be a big help when using a hot air rig. I'm tempted to get one of the larger onesDStatistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: A very spooky beebjit capture...
Basic plan-End of the game all happens on the left hand side of the map. The crypt is there (contains the ring), the sanctuary is there (deposit 5 crosses to get the scroll) and the spell book is on...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: Visions of the Impossible at ROUGOL,...
and going in the other direction with the port of Starfighter 3000 to the 3DO console.Surely the other way round? Krisalis did the 3DO port, VOTI ported that back to RISC OS.Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Spooksville
Thanks for putting your route up! We mostly match. The main difference is that you do all the Franks Lair stuff on the way to the ferry man, where as I do it on the way back. I don't think there's...
View Articlecommunications • Re: Teletel (MiniTel)
That's interesting. I didn't think it was possible to display the minitel character set on the beeb. I'm guessing that that is a mode 1 rendering. Did you notice any problems with colours? I remember...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: BeebEm Mac - Info
Thanks for testing Peter. Maybe that is the real fix for this bit of the Econet interface, and someone more knowledgable can confirm.I've been tirelessly working on the port for the past couple of...
View Articledevelopment tools • Apps that are good at producing annotated documentation?
(I've posted this in "development tools" because I think "documentation" should fall under the heading of "development", but if it's the wrong forum please let me know)Are there any apps that are...
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