communications • Re: the Night Owl (Traffic)
Night Owl BBS is up tonight from now.I returned to extended hours until 6amLast night and once also during the week.There were zero calls.In fact Night Owl only had one visitor each weekacross these...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em
I was looking through the source code of b-em to try and find how the floppy disk tracks are stored in memoryI'm hoping they are stored as a long string of bits an like an original disk and not just...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Archimedes 410 Sound ?
Hallo,I have an Archimedes 410 with 8mb and ARM3 and Beebug VIDC Enhancer which unfortunately has a sound problem.the small speaker hums or makes strange noises the same happens with headphones.What...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
Thanks for trying it! I'll see what I can do.--TomStatistics: Posted by tom_seddon — Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:02 pm
View Articleoff-topic • Re: One saved from the tip!
They aren't far off priceless if you look on ebay.I wonder if they realise it's the same BBC from the website name??Statistics: Posted by vexorg — Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:05 pm
View Articlegeneral • Re: Advice from PCB Creators
The notch is on the top, so I'd say top right.You were warned to double check the flipping and mirroring of 2 row plugs.You can always make a custom idc ribbon cable now Statistics: Posted by vexorg —...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 150ns 41464 fast enough in a Master?
A not so speedy response as I've been busy.Anyway, running the prog above in a loopCode: MODE 010 COLOUR 020 COLOUR 13530 CLS40 GOTO 10I get this:mem1.jpgCh1 = yellow = Data line (CD6 i think)Ch2 =...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Disassemblies of BBC Micro Games
Level 7 has disassembled Yie Ar Kung-Fu (1985). http://level7.org.uk/miscellany/yie-ar- ... sembly.txtStatistics: Posted by TobyLobster — Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:24 pm
View Articleoff-topic • Scalextric help please!
I recently got donated this from someone’s loft where it had lurked unused for several decades. I set it up on the slabs just in case!IMG_7628.jpegIt all seems to work fine with the transformer...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Scalextric help please!
Yes, they would have been soft rubber originally. If you search for "scalextric replacement tyres" there's a whole Scalextric scene to discover, including various vendors offering replacement tyres....
View Articleoff-topic • Re: "The Five Doctors" 1984 4-part Repeat
I vote for Zoe's sparky cat-suit in "The Mind Robber" any day!It turned out as a 200-image picture set, one of the biggest in BeebMaster history. Usually I find writing up the captions for the picture...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Plus 1 - slightly water damaged.
Keep in mind that if a semiconductor chip suffers from substantial internal degradation, it does not matter if a pin is an input or output, it can become a low resistance path to the 0v/GND pin, the...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em
Cross-post: b-em icon on LinuxStatistics: Posted by Diminished — Mon Aug 19, 2024 6:58 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
I was really hoping I wouldn't have to play this again.....Almost to 100k.....Ruptus-13.pngI was really hoping not to play again either...Statistics: Posted by Venger — Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:27 pm
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b-em icon on Linux
I have checked the Allegro documentation and it seems there is way to do this from within B-Em itself. For the moment, though, as you are on Linux you may have success by running b-em from a .desktop...
View Articlegeneral • Re: BeebRoom 2024
First update to the BeebRoom for some time. I finally stopped using the spare pod as a dumping-ground and tidied it up ready for its new occupants:BeebRoomAugust2024-3.jpgBeebRoomAugust2024-5.jpgThe...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: High-resolution "maze" one-liner
(checks it isn't April Fools' Day first) Very nice!Statistics: Posted by SteveF — Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:58 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: file won't run in ADFS (BeebFAX)
nah , tried the files on your zip .. The program runs superficially but none of the routes to the pageswork from each menu. It seems to be just carouselling through the frames.Menu options are just...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
I remember this one from a while back.Some early scores.Statistics: Posted by MatthewThompson — Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:48 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: accessing the hardware directly
If you want to be the NMI handler, you need to claim the NMI with service call &0C and release it when you've finished with service call &0B. If you're not a filing system use identify...
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