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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: A superfast 3D maze shooter for the PDP-11
WeAlways love how, in so many of these suggested project threads, "we" seems take on a completely different (self-exclusive) meaning Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:23 pm
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As referred to here, not the genuine article, but they look pretty good so far:ProbeGrabbers1.jpgProbeGrabbers2.jpgProbeGrabbers3.jpgProbeGrabbers6.jpgStatistics: Posted by BeebMaster — Tue Sep 17,...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: Editor favourite
Historically, I always used !Edit and only became aware of alternatives fairly recently. I now have !StrongEd installed on my RISC PC 700 as the default text editor. The thing I don't like about it is...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC master keyboard issue
Nice idea, but shift is in column 0 But I wonder about the keyboard switches? I wonder if link 5 may fall into one of my working columns ? That's one for tomorrow now Any thoughts on what I should try...
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off-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread
Really good Mike Statistics: Posted by FourthStone — Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:36 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Can I use Gotek or MMFS with Opus DDOS to make real...
So I've had my BBC for a little over a year now and I love it! I've installed MMFS and have a micro SDCard reader installed in the User port, with a ton of games on it. Unfortunately, the collection I...
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general • Keep or sell? Hmm.
So over the years my collection has gone from my BITD B to include a second B and two Masters. One Master was configured as L3FS with a RetroClinic CF adapter.I also have a third non-working...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: ! ! 3 1/2" PC Drive/s on a beeb ! !
Cheap PSU/“chargers” from the Far East sometimes have blatant lies as their specifications. They may manage the claimed current but not at the required voltage (4.75V to 5.25V).I use Sony 920 floppy...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Can I use Gotek or MMFS with Opus DDOS to make...
The Gotek (with FlashFloppy firmware) tries to emulate a floppy drive. So it _should_ be recognised by your FDC and DDOS.And so it should(!) work "out of the box" with standard SSD and DSD (single...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB connectors for a Display Electronics Monitor
Hi,Have you tried moving link S31, this sets the sync polarity?Regards,JohnStatistics: Posted by 1980s_john — Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:58 pm
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32-bit acorn software: other • Re: Editor favourite
Well so far it looks like StrongED is coming out on top and I’d like to thank all of those who contributed, it is looking like I made the right decision back in the nineties. If anyone else wants to...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Lazy AKF60
In addition to the symptoms in the last post, when the RiscPC is turned on with the monitor switched on, after it has been on for twenty seconds there is a click from a relay in the monitor but the...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: Hardware info / benchmarking software
viewtopic.php?p=346362#p346362Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:05 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: A superfast 3D maze shooter for the PDP-11
If you want to transfer chunks of memory directly, you can do it using the Tube transfer protocol described in the NAUG, page 338 here: download/file.php?id=92041It’s probably not good for...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Micro fire button
check the voltage on the inside of the BBC on the connector and pins on the 6522.if that is too fiddly, it should be safe to continuity test with the machine off.Statistics: Posted by tricky — Fri Sep...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Ian Bell releases source code for...
Well that's going to keep us Elite nerds busy for a while! It's just incredible that 40 years on we are still finding new things about this game. Huge thanks to Ian for all these goodies!Mark, your...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Exploring and extending the elite...
A quick note for anyone reading this thread in the future:The video link shared above was a temporary one which is now offline.The official recordings from EMFcamp 2024 are in the process of being...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Value of Y register after *-command
No problem, now I know that and I have a work-around. You don't have to implement this unless you have really no other project to work on I do have other projects but..All done! I have modified OSARGS...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Acornsoft ISO-Pascal disassembly
I had a quick look and couldn't find an existing disassembly, so if anyone's interested they can take a look at what I've done so far in my github repository. This is a py8dis disassembly so the .py...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: DC board woes with my Acorn A4
Are the keyboard lights actually flashing or do you simply get a random combination coming on at each power up?They're flashing but subtlely differently each time. Two videos uploaded here...
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