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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...
No Miggy love? Not surprised In my book you can't have too many Amigas so if I had an A3000 to swap I'd go for it, but alas I don't. Looks like I'll be bringing my A1200/060 on Saturday. Had hoped to...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: How to detect that I am using the second...
The https://beebwiki.mdfs.net/OSBYTE_%26EA and https://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/BBC/OsbyteA6 are rather cryptic.These two OSBYTEs are part of a set that read/write OS memory locations. In each case they set...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Acornsoft ISO-Pascal disassembly
On the ROM switching, it is documented, I think in the official manual, that when compiling, at least on a single processor system, the compiler is paged in and the BL-code interpreter is copied into...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: RISC pc crash at boot....
But now, the boot configuration choices are greyed....That is normal. The "Boot at startup" window is showing you all of the applications and directories that will be "looked at" during boot-up (i.e....
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programming • programming with new hardware
i want to write a program to read/write SPI chips like GD25q64C . like spi for sd cardsbefore that i have to read a lot of protocals/ specificatiesthe question is :do i make a topic in programming or...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn A3000 possible CMOS issues?
Does the DEL key work? Does it do anything appropriate when at the supervisor prompt?If it does, press and hold DEL, power on, wait till the RISC OS banner shown, only then let go of DEL. Did you see...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 questions
There is no difference when I press the RESET button on the side which leads me to think the RESET functionality is not working.So test it, attach the scope to the reset line, press the reset button,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 128Kx8-bit DIP28 system ROM for the Master Compact
Did you try using the link I shared with you selecting the same option as the one I showed you?They seem to be the right ones...That's the link I used:5 Pcs Round Hole Pin Header 2.0MM/2.54MM Pitch...
View Articlearchive issues • Re: Advanced BASIC Editor PACK
Hi Mick, Thanks for the updates - that's great to hear that it's run for the 42 games. Sorry to hear you got sacked!BITD I would have had the Acorn Electron running it and would have kept it on over a...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Mode 7 Cursor Width
I noticed this earlier this year when looking out of the corner of my eye at a Cub connected to a BBC B.In mode 7, the cursor is narrower on the BBC than on the Master 128. On the Master, the cursor...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Mode 7 Cursor Width
(In graphics modes, the cursor is the same, full character width, on BBC B and Master:vlcsnap-2024-09-25-23h58m29s478.pngvlcsnap-2024-09-25-23h58m55s961.png)Statistics: Posted by BeebMaster — Thu Sep...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC Parts STLs
Dave good idea I am going to give that a try, but also need to try to find a better colour match. It is hard to do it without physically comparing From the RiscPC TRM, the case colour is "Pantone Cool...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Plus 1 capacitor values.
Multimeter only. It used to work last time I was using it. About a year ago.Statistics: Posted by CraigsBar — Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:45 pm
View Articlesoftware & utilities for the pc, mac or unix • Re: Teletext to Viewdata...
Just to report that it worked well on Saturday, with the OPD showing the latest news, which surprised the attendees.You can just about make out the 50 years of teletext page on the OPD...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Can I use Gotek or MMFS with Opus DDOS to make...
OK. So update:First, the Gotek does work with Opus DDOS with single-sided (ssd) images. SHIFT-BREAK worked once I changed the jumper to Drive-0. This has allowed me to "manage" my games library,...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Unipod and ADF10 or AEH52
In the interests of good engineering (research, test, design, test and refine) I am still at the research stage, hence the request for the two files above, to aide in the first testing stage, which...
View Articleprogramming • LINE space
Is the "LINE space" error in BBC BASIC incorrect in capitalising the word "line"? In other error messages, only BASIC keywords are capitalised. I wonder if there was some confusion with the *LINE...
View Articleprogramming • Re: LINE space
LINE is a BASIC keyword. INPUT LINE. And BASIC error messages use tokens to save space, so &86," space"; "No such ",&A8,"/",&F2; &ED," without ",&E3; etc.Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Acornsoft ISO-Pascal disassembly
Yes, the relocation of the BL-code interpreter is interesting. Is there some documentation on the bytecode? Is "BL-code" an official name? I haven't been over all the links in the ISO Pascal thread I...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Electron ISO-Pascal
I think we really need to look at a proper disassembly with annotations to understand what is happening.At the risk of pointing out the obvious, although it's maybe not the exact same version, my...
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