new projects and releases: text and graphic adventures • Aural Quest
I've previously posted a BBC Quill port here viewtopic.php?t=29418. Hopefully the tunes are slightly improved in this version (but only very slightly) and, depending on which build / display mode you...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Increase BBC B Reset/Boot Delay
Brilliant thanks for that, really appreciated, I'll try some significantly bigger values I think I read that the Pi needs 800ms....I probably wouldn't have noticed a 100ms difference in all fairness,...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: Booking thread: ABUG...
Yes please, with a table - I'll be bringing the usual assortment of tatEdit: all weekend for me - the thread title needs to be edited to say "Fri 10th to Sun 12th"?Statistics: Posted by dominicbeesley...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Blood types
It’s not a moral issue, its medical ethics.And anyone who actually puts the blood into someone is all too painfully aware that that transfusion could have unintended consequences. They (and the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Master 128 Modem port question
Hi,I need to build a very simple internal device to go in to Master 128, in which both the user port and 1Mhz bus are already in use.For simplicity's sake, I'm looking at using the Modem port that...
View ArticleEconet in all its guises • Re: DOSPlus with Econet Issues
It's a clever way of storing the 2 extra bytes in the Acorn filename in the main part of a DOS filename, but unfortunately it makes the names look like junk, and it's not always possible to access...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: MMFS for the Master Compact's edge connector user...
No - it's 2MHz only, and it's in "cartridge space" rather than "normal" Fred & Jim.Statistics: Posted by wiggy — Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:20 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: NOW FULL! Booking...
Hmmm. Looks like I'm a bit late. Is it still possible to pop in on one of the days to say hello?Statistics: Posted by growntree — Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:20 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: (Tonight!) ABUG online,...
Tonight at seven!Two points of info:I can only be there for the first fifteen mins as it’s book group night. I haven’t presently lined up a host for you so it might be a free for all event...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Character Creator for Adventure Game
I don't think it's a BBC-specific problem that you have here. The DATA line for the 2-dimensional array starts with 4,2 whereas the other (REMMED out line) starts with a 4. The 4 gets read in both...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Why No Fixed RTS for File Execute Addresses?
Redirection of (screen) output to a file is top of my list of wanted extensions to Acorn (M)OS.It crosses my brain cell, when I get back to https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29868,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: understanding / programming the 6845 chip
Register R14 and Register 15 is write and read current cursor location.i see no use for that, other then grafiek use if you want use the cursor editing keysthe same for light pen positionRegistor 16...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: LISP: Slower with with Co-Pros and MOS 3.50
Interesting, so it slows down in MOS 3.50 because the OSWORD call takes longer across the Tube, and we have to use OSWORD 5 to read the Escape flag to be certain that we are always reading from I/O...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model B wont boot
I have stripped it down to only the essential chips, as per the instructions in @1024MAK's signature, and also tried swapping the 6522s to no avail.I have tried swapping for another (untested,...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Kana Flash!
Code: 5LOMEM=&900It never occurred to me that LOMEM could be below PAGE!Statistics: Posted by joachim — Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:25 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Mouse User Port Wiring
Hi, while working on this post, I found that certain people, when loading the welcome disk, need to select whether if they are using a mouse or a joystick to be able to use the arrow pointer in the...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC problems ....
So, as mentioned yesterday, continuity appears fine between socket, LS241 and IOMD.With power on BASIC reports all 3 buttons as being pressed but no reaction to mouse clicks. The LS241 gets 5v and...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Combined VGA / Tube interface board...
atomvga.zipIf I switch into the 80 column mode (eg run Zork) and then hit BREAK, I get stuck in 80 column mode. I need to hit the Pico reset button on the VGA connector board to get back to the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBc computer B issue 7, sideways ROM and Language?...
HiCan you remind the default settings.I believe i should have the following ROMs in the following sockets, working from left to rightIC51 IC52 IC88PB04 Watford DDFS PB05IS that correct?and also the...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Yay! Got past the author. Hey CS, look how close we are. I'm not writing you off yet. 558193.PNGStatistics: Posted by Rod C — Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:22 pm
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