off-topic • Re: The rise of AI....
Whatever else these offerings are, they are not artificial intelligence.They are expensive and misleading, so there's that.(I too sometimes find myself playing with them. And half my google searches...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Gotek load issues
Did you use the *DEFAULTS command in OS 1.20 mode? It will result in ROMs 0-8 being unplugged and 9-15 active. Enter*UNPLUG *to unplug everything except sockets 14/15. Use*CHIPSto see the various ROMs...
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programming • Re: VCCC2024: Christmas Challenge
Oh dear. This year has caused lots of insomnia. "How can I save a byte here or a byte there?"I thought I had found the perfect solution taking up X bytes only to wake up and discover a new solution...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: The smell of burnt...
Personally I am well aware of just how much smoke comes out of one...Also, IIRC Astec also made the PSU in the ICL One Per Desk. Similar RIFA, just as much smoke...Statistics: Posted by Ronin47 — Thu...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Mini-challenge: nested FOR with only one NEXT
It does work, but it uses the IF statement to control A and partly control B.The two FOR loops here don't actually loop:Code: 10 FOR A=1 TO 4 20 FOR B=1 TO 5 30 PRINT A,B 40 B=B+1 50 IF B=6 THEN...
View Articlemodern implementations of classic programming languages • Re: Matrix Brandy...
At some point I want to try to port the graphics to SDL 2, but as I don't know it at all yet that's going to be a tall order. However, it does run through the sdl-compat library which uses SDL2 under...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Superior Software Speech
Funnily enough I was just watching Fred Harris on Youtube showing Speech and it got me wondering - how on earth did the bog-standard BBC pull this off? I know nothing about the BBC's sound chip but I...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Agon light
Tom Morton has published FUZIX for AgonAgon FUZIX.jpgStatistics: Posted by gob33 — Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:14 pm
View Articleprogramming • How was the BBC Micro OS ROM assembled?
Does anyone know how Sophie Wilson developed the operating system machine code for the BBC Micro?I assume that it was compiled from assembly code into machine code. But how was that done? Did she have...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: WE BBC EPROM Programmer not copying all data
With the regulator track repaired, you probably will find you can adjust the pot for the voltage you need. It might be necessary to change R1 and/or the pot, but we'll burn that bridge as and when we...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Opening an ADFS directory for random access
You can *DUMP a directory but, vexingly, none of these tricks work with "@".Statistics: Posted by james — Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:57 pm
View Articlegeneral • Semi-OT: some relevant findings in the Github archipelago
There's a pseudo-geographic view of some 400 thousand Github projects here. Some places I found:PiTubeDirect is close to jsbeeb, b-em, b2, beebasm, BBCSDL, as well as MMFS and Pi1MHz. (jsbeeb connects...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A500 Modules not showing
Okay, so things are Not Good...I programmed the 27C100s.I made the 28->32 pin adapters, wiring pins 30,31,32, and 1 together. Pin 24 (so 22 on the motherboard socket) was wired to Pin 2 on the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Old bbc micro gets some disk help from a raspberry-pi
Spotted on Hackaday today https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/old-bbc ... pberry-pi/Statistics: Posted by acornist — Fri Dec 20, 2024 7:40 pm
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS **Host is UP*
the BBS is now up for this Friday evening ..thanksBrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Fri Dec 20, 2024 7:47 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Experimenting with the BBC Master cartridge port?
I've seen that breakout board before and that was definitely where I was planning to start as it looks like it will make breadboarding with the cartridge interface easy. I've read the descriptions of...
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development tools • Re: Cycle counter for the vscode plugin?
Oh nice, thanks for looking into this. I will hopefully have some time tomorrow to take it for a spin and will let you know how I get on Statistics: Posted by rasto1968 — Sat Dec 21, 2024 7:23 pm
View Articlecommunications • SyncTerm for Viewdata
A full release of the BBS Terminal emulator software SyncTerm is now available, ( no longer a beta version ).This new version handles Viewdata as well as ANSI,PETSCII, ATASCII, IBM ASCII and the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Micro keyboard PCB
Looking good! Now we need someone to do a 3d model for the speaker holder?!I've printed a couple of these, which have worked fine.Statistics: Posted by thecellartroll — Sat Dec 21, 2024 7:48 pm
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programming • Re: Games that shut out the OS (BITD)
I know we accessed all the hardware directly for Jeltron, but seem to remember fitting around the os. I put the code on retro software, but will check next time I remember.Pretty sure we're only...
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