8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Variation on SD-Card reader
Faster than a floppy!On the beeb you're using the shift register on the 6522. Have a look at the MMFS code, but my ignorant skim of it suggests 1/16th of phi-2, which is ~125khz? I'm probably totally...
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Econet in all its guises • Re: Pi Econet Bridge v2.1 released
Is there an issue with the disc recognition? The docs state you can have 0-F non-contiguously however I've been unable to get discs beyond 9 to detect.If I create 0NET, 1UTILS, 2GAMES, FSTORAGE (each...
View Articlearchive issues • Re: Advanced BASIC Editor PACK
Thank you for the updated file. I was able to continue your saved game in Season 2 so the SG option worked.I've started from scratch in Season 1 to check I can go all the way through the season...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Electron ISO-Pascal
Yes, B-Em and Elkulator are both by Sarah Walker, but I guess that by the time she presumably adapted B-Em to make an Electron emulator, Thomas Harte's ElectrEm had been around for a while, so Elk-Em...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Sim City 2000
The abort on data transfer range is pointing to SharedCLibrary which is the latest ROOL version, it's pretty hard to downgrade thisADFFS avoids that particular issue by loading an appropriate version...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [FIVE SPACES LEFT]...
I should like a spot, please. A full table if possible.Statistics: Posted by flynnjs — Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:05 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Cub Monitor Question
Am I correct that you're hooking into the blue SCART socket on the Philips VP415 laserdisc player? If so then you need a different pinout from the one you listed above on a BBC to SCART lead but now...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
Here's my starter score in Arcade mode... 96250 (the other score was in Beginner mode, so not counting that one)tapper.jpgStatistics: Posted by chrisn — Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:12 am
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Trying to get an A7000 working
The most likely problem is an issue with the battery (most likely with the series resistors that control the charging current). Check the voltage on pin 8 of the RTC: with the power on, it should be...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: dragon 32 all green screen
Visual studio, then write a small program to read the 16k image then write two 8k files???I prefer old C, so fopen, fread, fwrite (x2), fcloseStatistics: Posted by vexorg — Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:56 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RetroKit Ultimate VIDC Enhancer (FS-ish)
Still have kits left for a310 and/or a3020/a3010 machines ?RegardsStatistics: Posted by Styrbjorn — Wed Oct 02, 2024 11:44 pm
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32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Help on The Dungeon or Acorn...
You need to throw a small object like a stone or fire an arrowWell... Bad news... Thanks for the detailed solution. But I have neither rocks or arrows with me. I had to jump down the pits near the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: The Microvitec Series 13 / M1438 monitor: AKF50,...
Reading that fault description, it's almost certainly a bad solder joint on the LOPT or something else fairly chunky.Even the likes of Sony were having problems with soldering large components...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: AKA05 16L8
Hello long shot but could somebody get the image of the PAL on the AKA05 I have received one with battery rot.How badly damaged is the original? I might be able to read it out if it's still...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC doesn't boot past initial text banner
The lack of keyboard light activity implies the keyboard fuse might be blown. Sometimes this happens ... it's a surface mount one and can be checked with a multimeter (should read as a short circuit,...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Elite 3D (BBC Micro + 6502...
Decided to try colouring my reading glasses with what I thought where my kids whiteboard markers... except they were permanent markers!Luckily it came off with some solvent. Worked well...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Cub Monitor Question
C65D5A0D-BAE5-4B4D-A366-2140F5F125D1.jpegTransistors are any good small signal NPN.For example BC547B, BC547C, BC548B, BC548C, BC549B, BC549C, 2N3904 etc.The input to the Cub sync pin is assumed to be...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Sim City 2000
I'll test it later in the week and see if it needs script changes or bugs fixing.I'll also see if I can get the game to run under the ARMv4 JITI managed to spend a few hours looking at this.So the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 questions
and can't see any other end points for La<18>.Well, LA18 feeds pin 66 of IC13 (the IOC). You've been checking the schematics, right?But you should perhaps be looking at LA19 and LA20 via LK19...
View Articleoff-topic • A BBC Micro podcast generated by NotebookLM
Disclaimer: I work for Google but this post is in my retro capacity, not a professional one!I’ve been having a play with NotebookLM and specifically the podcast generation function that seems to have...
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