programming • Re: Adventure Party Creator
I have to take a break on this as I need to get back to preparing for GCSE and A Level Maths lessons.But I had a few ideas and will rename this project again to Adventure Game Creator once I figure...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: (Tonight!) ABUG dev...
quick bump - tonight at 7 on zoom!Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:03 pm
View Articlearchive requests • Re: tape inlay instructions wanted.
Hi,Does anyone have access to the tape inlay for Starforce lander by First Byte.Just wondering if there are any instructions on the inside of the inlay.Mick.Statistics: Posted by Michael Brown — Thu...
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Rubber-keyed wonder
I grabbed one. It’s going under the tree for Xmas. Also a USB - 9 pin joystick adapter which I hope means I can use a period correct joystick with it. Such as the SureShot II. Ah, the lost hours...
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Introduce Yourself • Hello, and thanks for letting me in!
Hi, I am Emily, based in the UK and knocking on the door of 50. I got my first computer, a BBC Master 128 with a cub monitor and disk drive in 1987 and was hooked on acorns (I think my folks have just...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Interesting YouTube videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BkhwF8QwDk&t=2318s(About 38 minutes in) an interview with Adrian Stephens. He of "KILLER GORILLA" and "ESCAPE FROM MOONBASE ALPHA" and so forth.Statistics: Posted...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Multiplayer Elite over Econet (for...
Is this using a real 6502 second processor, or something like PiTubeDirect?All of this is happening in the Beebem emulator, setting a standard BBC Micro B with 6502 second processor. Statistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Master Joystick
So thanks to you all I have successfully managed to get the digital joystick working and it was used to great effect. We sat down with the Beeb and fired up elite with a young teen student who would...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Master 512 keyboard issues - 6522?
Okay...So I've replaced the 6522. Tried two different chips, same result with both...SA0 is still stuck low and SA1-3 react when a key is pressed.Statistics: Posted by Boydie — Fri Nov 29, 2024 1:22 pm
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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Electroniq - online Acorn Electron emulator
Nice work! I put links in the UEF2ROM Test Output page to Electroniq so that each game can be tested/played in the browser.Warning: People who are sensitive to flashing lights should avoid Evening...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: WE BBC EPROM Programmer not copying all data
You can only really tell if a EPROM is okay if it can be erased (a blank reads as 0xFF at every address) and then programmed successfully.Electrolytic capacitors need to have voltage applied to them...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...
In full swing (quiet lunchtime)Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:02 pm
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself • Re: Hello, and thanks for letting me in!
Good afternoon folks, thank you so much for allowing me to joint your group, very much appreciated.I was brought up using Acorn equipment namely the BBC B and Master 128 at both primary school and...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Ravenskull Crucifix Quirk
And indeed if you check out &37c0 in that disassembly (level 4 object data), there's a note that the speed scroll is indeed replaced by the crucifix. Just a way to save memory by managing less...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: A new System 5 clone
Although I first thought it was a bug I now realize that it is a (great) feature Here are some pictures:WhatsApp Image 2024-10-29 at 20.48.48.jpegWhatsApp Image 2024-10-27 at 14.24.50.jpegWhatsApp...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: PA440/1 new hard disk - Can't mount
Thanks for the command, I've got the IDEDIsk on the IconBar, but the disk doesn't have a name or allow me to format it.I've executed *configure IDEFSDiscs 1 but nothing is changed, mostly because I've...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A440/1 new hard disk - Can't mount
The icon bar menu has never allowed a gard disk format, that only works for floppies.Sounds like you've done everything else right, IIRC some early casrds didn't handle >512MB disc very well (even...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Ancient Greeks
If you're following up from a comment in a recent YouTube video, I think you're looking for another educational game from the 1990s.Zig Zag Ancient Greeks didn't feature a Minotaur mini-game. There...
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself • Re: Hello from a Dragon owner…..🥴
Thanks all! I have to be honest, more or less decided on the Acorn BBC Micro Model B. I had looked at both the C64, and the Electron. I didn’t want too many custom chips in the equation (been there,...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...
Sounds like you all had a great time and got more done with Les people and days than ABUG south Statistics: Posted by tricky — Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:57 pm
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