8-bit acorn hardware • Keyboard key switch repair
I could not find any info on this so I will share this information with you all.This week I got myself an Acorn Electron.Everything seemed to work except one key on the keyboard which was always on.I...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: BeebEm Custom Keyboard Mapping
Are you in mode 7 by any chance? Try a non-teletext mode.Statistics: Posted by baz4096 — Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:53 am
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 restoration possibility
I got back to working on the A3000 board, down to point 8 on the system failure checklist, probing the data bus.I checked all the ROM sockets continuity before and after replacing them, all seems...
View Article32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Re: RISC iX 1.21c manual set scanned finally.
Excellent news, thank you!Statistics: Posted by matt_nottm — Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:04 am
View Articlegeneral • Re: Radio 4: the rise and rise on the microchip
It's a three-part series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001whjrStatistics: Posted by iamaran — Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:28 am
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: Networking Acorn Machines
Well, nowhere probably, as it's my own thing, and there was a bug identified at the Manchester ABug which caused every alternate "pass" of scanning stations to find nothing, which I haven't ironed out...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • BBC B AMFAX 3.1
Hi allRecently acquired another BBC B as a spare and it contained a ROM I am not familiar with (it also had the Mega 3 ROM - which I can find info on)In particular, it has the AMFAX 3.1 ROM which the...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Rare photo - A3010 Adelaide "Heron"...
Another step closer to your inevitable retro-fitting of a heron board to an ARM250 board. You know that one day you will do it Statistics: Posted by thecellartroll — Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:59 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: New: fully documented source code...
Wow, great work, Mark. Thank you!I found the commentaries on the triangle plotter and horizontal line routines very helpful - I'd always wondered about those. I didn't realise people managed to pack...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: The New Plus 1 for the Electron Ready for Sale -...
No, I don't have an Electron that hasn't anything plugged into it. I'm interested in a Plus-1 and I PM'ed you about it.Statistics: Posted by roland — Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:13 am
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: RISC OS South West Show 2024 24th...
Congratulations to the organisers and exhibitors at yesterday's event. My first Risc OS show. Very interesting it was too and good to chat to people with a shared interest in RISC OS.Statistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • file won't run in ADFS
I have a file here ..It's one I downloaded from John Dale's excellent Flaxcottage archive.It's a CEEFAX emulator recreating 80's frames (maybe some genuine pages from the early 1980's are...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: file won't run in ADFS
Yes, it is making explicit access to DFS for some reason. I copied it to a hard drive, and ran it, and the floppy drive jumped into life.Statistics: Posted by jgharston — Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:32 pm
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom Software Archive
It looks like atm2wav has a "short" option which (amongst other things) the block header-data high tone from 1 second to 500ms. You might find that causes the file to *CAT normally.DaveStatistics:...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: The New Plus 1 for the Electron Ready for Sale -...
If you purchase one of the first 20 units you will need to bevell your Electron's PCB edge connector(s) before use *MANDATORY* to prevent damage. There will be dire warnings on the case to the effect...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Ever wondered what happens to Eneloops when they're...
Ouch! They're expensive beggars too.Statistics: Posted by spanners — Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:54 am
View Articlethe complete BBC games archive • Educational games
My father-in-law has given me his old Model B and a load of discs containing educational games. Most of them are pretty awful, but are they of interest for the archive? I can't find many of them on...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn Monitor won't switch on
Thanks for the detailed response @PJTech, it's really appreciated.I will perform a diagnostics (carefully) and report back with the results.Statistics: Posted by tallyho — Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:24 am
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the complete BBC games archive • Re: Educational games
Welcome, SevernWolf. Are they of interest to the Archive? Can a duck swim?Yes please. All educational material is gratefully received. Can these discs be imaged and posted here?I can be contacted via...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Hello from an increasingly passionate user
Hi all, I first touched a Beeb in South Africa as a kid in the 80's. Unfortunately it was broken. But when I went on a computer camp a year or so later, we used Electrons to learn BASIC and I was...
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