general • Re: Desoldering station recommendations
Wow. I usually solder with lead between 240 and 260 centigrade. I'm sure the spec says the melting point is something ridiculous like 183 degrees. You definitely can't solder at that temperature.I've...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: "The Five Doctors" 1984 4-part Repeat
Yes, there are over 90 episodes still missing from the 1960s (where the surviving episodes are held as film prints, as no videotape of black & white Dr Who episodes survive), including episode 4...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
Bosconian - but LOL it could be implemented so much better than this.It's missing so many features - and adds new ones - so the end result is something quite different. I like the way the forcefields...
View Articlenew ideas wishlist & general chat • Re: whack-a-mole?
Aha! I thought someone must have done it already. Might still have a go, depends how good that one is. Oh hang on that's an arcade not a been title!Statistics: Posted by JohnH — Thu Aug 08, 2024 3:06 pm
View Articlenew ideas wishlist & general chat • Re: Rogue
Hey those are 1-Bit Rogue tiles XD....and guess what I was working to:dng.jpgI will not complete the game (I'm stuck at converting the dungeon creation routine into full assembler), but I've spent a...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: New AtoMMC board: V4
A wee bit late to the party, but I would love an AtoMMCv4 board if you still have one? Many thanks in advance?Statistics: Posted by tjewell — Thu Aug 08, 2024 4:34 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help Needed - Unilab 532.001 software/manuals
Thank you for adding these Statistics: Posted by thecellartroll — Thu Aug 08, 2024 5:00 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Master 128 with VC2023
Would I need to invert the MA13 signal and connect to pin 17 of the VC2023 after removing link 7 to use the VC2023 in a master?Statistics: Posted by JonnoW — Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:44 pm
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: MAME: Click (and other large ROMs)
Here's an extract of the Verilog code. I wonder if there's an issue with the '(!nRDS && GenBankSel[10]) || !bbc_nRST' code that is being used to run the logic. I can't remember where that came...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Programming With Inter-Word
To re-enter a package from scratch you need to add 0 to the command, ie. *IW.0This is mentioned in the Inter-Word manual, haven't checked the other Inter manuals. In MAME I can easily switch packages...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: Hi from an oldie
Welcome, someone on here did a run of replacement plastic strips, but keys may require a donor or maybe someone has done some 3D printer files.Statistics: Posted by tricky — Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:56 pm
View Articlegeneral • Re: Sd card failure of android phone
Try GNU ddrescue. (Known as gddrescue on .deb systems; there was an earlier "dd_rescue" program which found its way into the Debian repositories first.) It's smart enough to read as much as it can...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Interesting speech ROM socket issue
I thought I'd install a TMS5220-based speech system in one of my machines but when I came to do so I found this...IMG_1705.jpeg...the socket for the serial ROM out of place by one row of pins. I can...
View Articleprogramming • Tip: Debugging assembly code in BASIC
If you are writing "BASIC-friendly" assembly language that is meant to get called from within a BASIC program, but there isn't room for the assembly source and the calling program, then this little...
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communications • Re: the Night Owl BBS
brilliant - thanks Brian - I'll have a look after my toddler has gone to bed it will be via Wifimodem Statistics: Posted by Ukwebb — Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:44 pm
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Wordwise Plus II Manual
Dropbox link as file is too large PDF Manual for Wordwise Plus IIhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lk2mvzlc ... dxg7d&dl=0Statistics: Posted by stevei2791 — Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:50 pm
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Trying to get an A7000 working
Right, as I don't have access to another Acorn Risc OS machine, my cunning plan is as follows :1. Put !HFORM on a DOS floppy.2. On the A7000 I then create a RAM Disk and copy the !HFORM directory to...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS 10th Aug
Pleasure's all mine.Host is up now, so whenever suits you.Thanks for your interest.BrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Sat Aug 10, 2024 4:19 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: CPLD Coding - Boolean vs Bitwise Operations
I think that's me pretty much finished with the CPLD coding. I had to make a minor tweak to the switching logic to get some of the PALPROMs working correctly. This is what I initially had:Code: wire...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: BeebUG C
Can someone please point me to the disks that you need in addition to the roms? I guess there are two disks at least, one for the library and one for the standalone generator.With kind...
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