32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Trying to resurrect my A5000
Well this is exciting. Thanks to your help we have overcome the first hurdle. We identified no continuity between pin 8 and R281 IMG_3404.jpegand after some amazing soldering from my pal ( and a...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • wordwise eprom
Hi, its nearly 40 years since Last used a BBC. I had an eprom burner and lots of proprietary eprom for graphics, word processing etc in my old machine, but sadly I got rid of them many years agoIn all...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: offsite Econets
I missed the event, but are there still people who have connected their beebs to the big bad internet ?Statistics: Posted by Iggypop — Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:31 pm
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: wordwise eprom
Hi Mike,On the model B the ROM sockets are on the right front, beneath the keyboard. There are 4 available sockets working in from the right. The rightmost socket has the highest priority, that is a...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Programming With Inter-Word
I did a rudimentary BASIC routine which will list the ROM-link packages and identify the "next" available one based on the information held in page 5.I don't have Inter-Base so it doesn't cater for...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Interesting speech ROM socket issue
using a sharp blade you could carefully cut just the two pins from a spare socket and solder it into the pcbThat's a good idea and it would look quite neat when it's done - and if I cut the surplus...
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new projects and releases: text and graphic adventures • Exploring (fiddling...
Prompted by @SteveF's post here, here's what I've been up to:Wrote some code in C# to parse a BBC Quill database file. Yes, there's already a tool for this, (unqbbc), but I wanted to understand the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • 8271 Disc interface problem
8271 Disc interface problemI have a Model B with an 8271 disc interface which almost works. I'm using a Gotek drive which works with other machines in my collection, so I know there's nothing wrong...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
It's not much more than (FourthStone) but...... I'll take it.....Ruptus-9.pngStatistics: Posted by KarateEd — Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:02 pm
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: High-resolution "maze" one-liner
That's neat, the slight "jagginess" (not sure how to describe it) of the pattern is a nice twist.I think I slight stuffed up the definitions of the Truchet tiles. Essentially, if you create an 8x8 UDG...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Editing a program loaded with *RUN?
There's a reasonable chance that the adventure is data-driven, with a small engine and a lot of data. In which case, changing the game behaviour might be a question of changing the date. That's good...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Faulty Electron - Boots to red/yellow pattern
I have replacement ULA sockets, if you need one . . . Dave H.Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Mon Aug 12, 2024 6:01 pm
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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Elkulator Linux compile problems
No worries. I was basically using the official repo as a development repo in some ways.Feel free to submit pull requests. I guess I'll probably be the one who looks at them. Hi again.I've finally got...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb FPGA port to Spectrum Next
What sort of joystick are you using - I'm interested in getting one and might have time to add this to the core in the medium term...DStatistics: Posted by dominicbeesley — Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:13 pm
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general • Re: Advice from PCB Creators
So, the boards arrived back from PCBway and I've gone through the complex process of populating it Arm-ADP-1.JPGArm-ADP-2.JPGThe (c) is more of a joke as - let's be honest - there's not an awful lot...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Risc PC - IC27 differences on MK3
Thanks, another I'm struggling with is Pins 139/140 on IC13/IOMD it's not on the MK1 schematics, does anyone know if they are used?Statistics: Posted by Zaspath — Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:14 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: C development for FujiNet and cc65 bbc target
@fenrock thanks a lot for your work ! I am excited about the new development.If you have something already working would you mind doing a pull request to the cc65 repository ?I am currently using...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Electron View and Viewsheet Function Keystrips
Try the attached Excel file: I drew it up a while back based on eBay photos. It includes Electron keys for View, Viewsheet and Basic Editor. It's laid out so the three sets can be printed and folded...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Faulty Electron - stepped red and yellow pattern...
I wouldn't worry about the "new boy errors" too much. Posting to an existing thread showed that you'd already looked for similar cases and solutions, with your own remedy potentially helping the...
View Articlegeneral • Jeremy Ruston (not a YouTube) Video
"The Home Computer That Roared: How the BBC Micro Shaped Our World"Although predominantly about Open Source and his TiddlyWiki personal wiki project, there's a substiantial BBC Micro thread running...
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