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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SOLVED: Have I broken my 1772 controller or beeb?
I've done similar things before and didn't realise until the vacuum cleaner rattle told me Statistics: Posted by tricky — Mon Dec 09, 2024 5:04 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Musings on Advent of Beeb Day 1 game...
So the game is Acnean Mutoids (keeping the the title of the thread vague for a bit as part of the fun of Colin Hoad's video series is not knowing what's coming).I think we can safely say the game is...
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: Personal Computer World...
I have begun indexing articles, reviews, and code listings for Personal Computer World magazine. I'm hoping to cover every issue from Feb 1978 to Dec 1999.I expect the process will take a few years...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SOLVED:Very noisy B+
Do you by any chance have a photo of how you fitted the capacitor?Thanks.Once the 1nF capacitors arrive I will photo the repairThanksStatistics: Posted by Ronin47 — Tue Dec 10, 2024 5:09 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Unipod and ADF10 or AEH52
all I have to do, is try and work out the bits that need changingI'd do that first. Do you know if there's an actual direct address the ADLC on the Unipod sits at, for example?You can test that out...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Fitting an Atomwide 4-8MB RAM Upgrade to an A5000...
blocks the slot above, etc - I’m tempted to just redesign that board myself.It doesn't really block the socket -- if the stack of two layers of sockets and the ROMs are all pushed down correctly, you...
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Econet in all its guises • Re: Poorly Filestore E01S
Point of order sir, do you mean a 32kHz crystal rather than a 32MHz crystal...MarkTechnically it's a point of three levels of order. But yes. Yes I do. Statistics: Posted by Boydie — Tue Dec 10, 2024...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Blitz - Originally known, by the designer, as...
What is the status of this project? I've been reading through it and it seems really promising,I'm looking at storage/transfer speeds and I've been surprised by my results so far. Was thinking...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: Killer (antivirus) v4.003 and others - and...
I suspect these errors are down to the fact that while it's 32bit clean (in the sense of working on the Iyonix), it's probably not ARMv7-clean. There's a bit more about that here:...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • PiTubeDirect Lock Up
Hi,When trying to get Chuckie Egg 2023 running from PiFS (discussed briefly here: viewtopic.php?p=441464#p441464),I came across an issue where PiTubeDirect would lock up.Basically, when trying to run...
View Articlegeneral • Re: BBC OS for other platforms?
It's absolutely NOT a "BBC OS" running in the background, but Matrix Brandy running on a Pi comes close to this in terms of look & feel https://brandy.matrixnetwork.co.uk/Statistics: Posted by...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG online #95, Tuesday...
Forgive me for asking, but did any thoughts or plans for new directions for future ABUG online meetings emerge last night? Or good ideas for the melting pot?Statistics: Posted by james — Wed Dec 11,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiTubeDirect Lock Up
I've had a quick look at this, and I think I'm able to reproduce the PiTubeDirect Core Crash (although not every time).Results so far:- Acorn 6502 Cheese Wedge with genuine Tube ULA - game loads and...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model B wont boot
Quick update, the new 74LS259s arrived, and after replacing IC32 the machine now gets to the basic prompt, with all chips back in place, and keyboard/leds/sound are working too! I am however still...
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general • Re: Today I received.....
A shiny new Electron Plus 2 with PiTube courtesy of daveejhitchinsThank you very much Dave, I am very pleased with my early Christmas present to myself All plugged in and working...
View Articleprogramming • Enhancement to MMB_Utils ?
@swehThanks for the MMB_Utils tools - I have been using them to integrate features into MacOS TextMate (e.g. write to .ssd, renumber BASIC programs, etc) - more to come on thisthe getfile function has...
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programming • Re: Question about extracting disc catalogue info
You might even find a bug! Let me know if you do I doubt it. I hate trying to read someone else's code. I'm not quite sure how you managed to do what you did if you only had the documentation I have....
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A500 keyboard weirdness
Good points. So, it sounds like I'll be able to remove it without jeopardising useful function?I opened the 9-pin plug. It looks worse than if I'd soldered it myself; I'd be surprised if several of...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A500 Modules not showing
Thanks, Ian.I'd just about worked out the syntax to get srec_cat -split to do the job, but it's better to have images that I know are good.I'm guessing 27512s are out for this, since they're only...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Case screws available anywhere?
Stig Fasteners do the exact screws but they are stainless steel rather than black.http://www.a2stainless.co.ukThe part numbers are as follows:For the case6 x 1/2" Flanged Pozi Pan Self-Tapping Screw...
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