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Official Addon Boards • USB Hub Ports Seem to Be Dead

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Hi there,from one day to the other, none of the six USB ports seem to be working anymore (I have a 3.5 Amps power supply feeding the MiSTer). The BT-Dongle is no longer recognized ("BT not available in BT screen"), neither is any keyboard. The keyboard do …
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communications • BeeBS the BBS hosted on a Beeb is Live!

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hi All,BeeBS the BBS running on my BBC Micro is up and ready for callers. It has undergone some light testing so please let me know if you encouter bugs. I'm adding new content all the time so leave a message on the board and pop back anytime. I'll post …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Acorn Communicator Restoration

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi AllTrying to restore and get working a Acorn Communicator, bought it 3 years ago during lockdown, it popped up on ebay, at the time hadnt a clue what a communicator was.. was on for 80Euros from Italy buy it now, so bought it...It looked like it had sp …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC Master - Continuous beep

Stardot about 5 months ago

UpdateWhen I switch on theres a continuous beep all what shows is:Acorn MOSAcorn 1770 DFS_Power light onCaps Lock light on (pressing the Caps Lock key doesn't turn the LED off)Shift Lock key off (pressing the Caps Lock key doesn't turn the LED on)Pressin …
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32-bit acorn hardware • First look at an A3020

Stardot about 6 months ago

My mate Tony dropped off this A3020 that he'd been given and never plugged in - my mission is to get it going!I plugged it in to the mains, no monitor because I can't find a VGA cable I know, amateur hour. There's no beep from the speaker, but power & …

off-topic • SHIFT-CAPS

Stardot about 6 months ago

I've always detested SHIFT-CAPS mode, I'll never understand why that was put as a configuration option on Master 128 (and later). If I engage CAPS LOCK, I always want upper case letters no matter whether I am pressing SHIFT at the same time or not. Luck …

8-bit acorn hardware • ooops i fried my master!

Stardot about 6 months ago

In my stupidity i managed to put the mos chip in the wrong way round, In my defence it was pretty dark in the room at the time and i was rushing as usual lol. It was in the furthest north socket and started to get pretty warm.I turned off the master as so …
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Software & Hardware • 🔨 Amiga Hardware Faults and Solutions List

LemonAmiga about 7 months ago

The Amiga is a Retro computer. Commodore built the Amiga using the cheapest parts, and the weakest solutions. The chips themselves are prone to fail. During my time with the Amiga A500, at least 1 Agnus failed, perhaps x2 CIA chips, and perhaps also Paula …
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8-bit acorn hardware • BBC micro with continuous beep, but working

Stardot about 7 months ago

Hello everyone,I am from the Netherlands and sinds a couple of days owner of a BBC micro model B issue 7. I’m new in the Acorn world, but own a couple of old computers like the commodore 64. I am studying electronics and love CRT’s . So I have a sma …
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Software & Hardware • Amiga 500 Rev.5 Keyboard Not Working

LemonAmiga about 7 months ago

Hello all,After getting this machine about a year ago I never had time or space to get into it and get it up and running, but this weekend I did and I was excited to see it going for the first time. The machine had different ideas though.Although the mach …

Newbie questions about the Northstar Advantage 8/16

VCFed about 7 months ago

I received a Northstar Advantage 8/16 today with plenty of original documentation and software. The computer, although a bit dusty inside and out, still looks great. When I turn on the computer, it powers up, beeps, and displays "LOAD SYSTEM" o …
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Emulators • Typing in upper case on C64 Mini

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Pretty basic one....I can't seem to fathom how to type in upper case/capitals using the C64 Mini. I love the game Emlyn Hughes International Soccer and want to amend the team and player names but lower case only kills the vibe a bit.There isn't a caps loc …

Left shift key not working on a Model 4

VCFed about 8 months ago

I just bought a model 4, and don't know much about them. It was running frogger when I bought it so couldn't really test much. I brought it home and made some TRSDOS disks, but it seems the left shift key doesn't work. Other keys seem to double press a …
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32-bit acorn hardware • A4 next steps

Stardot about 9 months ago

Hi folksPowered this up today.Powers ok but no displayKeyboard is responsive (e.g. caps lock on off)What would the next stage normally be or is there anything this would indicate that's usually at fault?ThanksStatistics: Posted by Andyk — Thu Sep 07, 20 …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC master 128 Screen turns off

Stardot about 9 months ago

My master 128 psu recapped and give good voltages. Battery pack removed. When powered on beeps as normal power and caps lock leds turn on. As cmos blank get this is not a language prompt. As configuration the screen blanks and nothings no on keyboard work …

Input Devices • Keyboard: ghost inputs with multimedia keys

MISTerFPGA about 10 months ago

Hi,I have a keyboard with some dedicated multimedia keys. They are extra keys, not keys binded to regular keys via Fn. The fact is that, whenever I connect it to MiSTer, I can see a continous ghost inputs in the linux console (or any other script that use …

32-bit acorn hardware • A3020 Keyboard Issue

Stardot about 10 months ago

Hi!I’ve been putting up with a weird issue on my 3020’s keyboard for a while, but have decided to finally take a proper look.Symptoms:Overall, the keyboard is incredibly sensitive. Just brushing a key will cause a keypress. This, I can kinda live wi …
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8-bit acorn hardware • BBC B - Power on, Beep + Caps Light

Stardot about 10 months ago

HiAfter a bit of a break from messing with BBC’s I’ve got to the point where I want to try and get mine working.I spent lots of time (years!) trying to fix a friends one, and got so far, but learnt A LOT.Now to mine. After I refurbed the caps in the P …
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General Old Hardware • 486 Keyboard controller (Amikey2/Lance) - help needed.

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hi all,I am currently on a diagnostics odyssey for a fellow user from the German forum Dosforum. The board in question is a Gigabyte GA-486VF.His original question was extremely strange, namely: When typing a ":", the system crashes. Turns out: The issue …