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programming • BBC MOS help: Best serial buffer approach for my BASIC 6502 port?

Stardot about 1 day ago

Hi everyone ! I'm currently on a long-term assembly project to port BBC BASIC 4r32 to a Ben Eater 6502 breadboard computer. See here for details: https://github.com/chelsea6... I've found out that pasting doesn't work well, because charact …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • On now! ABUG dev night on zoom, Thursday at 7pm (GMT)

Stardot about 2 days ago

On Thursday (tonight!) there will be an ABUG Dev night, at 7, on zoom. (Dev Nights run on Thursdays, every three weeks. If you don't have the zoom coordinates, send a PM or ask in this thread. We don't publish them!)- keep it interesting, or otherwise kee …

8-bit acorn hardware • 5.25" drive

Stardot about 3 days ago

It's been quite a while since I used this board - pleased to see that my account is still available!After having my old BBC B restored and spending a good bit of time playing through my old games on tape, I've been trying to get my old 5.25" disk games go …

8-bit acorn hardware • Why "This is not a language" but not "This is not a filing system"?

Stardot about 5 days ago

I've wondered this on and off, and decided to wonder again today.If a Master has its language configured to a ROM that isn't a language ROM, it gives the error "This is not a language" and goes to a supervisor prompt.But if a Master has a filing system co …
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new projects and releases: demoscene • TeleTekno - New Mode 7 Demo

Stardot about 5 days ago

Hello all, been a while since I've posted on here.On Saturday night I released a BBC Micro demo at Inercia 2023 demoparty in Almada, Portugal! Full of strobey techno-y goodness in glorious Mode 7 teletext and should run on any beeb from a Model B up! Li …

8-bit acorn hardware • Teletext Cheese Wedge Idea

Stardot about 7 days ago

Hi there. I run a specialist education provision that teaches youngsters STEM subjects using practical tech based projects. I am hopefully soon to take receipt of a BBC Master, Co Proc and a Teletext Adapter and have been planning. I am thinking of spendi …

Hi from the SW UK

VCFed about 7 days ago

I'm Robin [male humanoid]. I initially only joined so I could download a PDF to help someone-else connect their monitor to a BBC Micro, then thought this looks like an interesting forum. I can be found randomly between Bristol and London UK: I was born in …

8-bit acorn hardware • Emulated M3000 not working properly on Pi to 1MHz bus interface

Stardot about 8 days ago

Hi all,I've set up Pi to 1MHz bus interface, mainly for Music 5000 + Music 3000. I'm using a Pi 3B+ and one of th excellent Pi 1Mhz shifters from Ken Lowe.The M5000 works great with earlier versions of the Studio Software, where it's NOT looking for a M30 …

8-bit acorn hardware • Happy birthday, bbc micro!

Stardot about 8 days ago

Happy Birthday, bbc micro!on this day, 42 years ago the bbc micro was released.it taught millions of children to code and helped create an entire generation of computer literate people.i personally think its one of the greatest computers of all time.what …

archive requests • MIA Model B Computing Tape 11 Side 2

Stardot about 9 days ago

Hi all,Does anyone have a copy of this tape?We have side 1, but side 2 has a few titles on it that may be missing from our archive.They are:Light BikesVadpastPoker DiceandFruit Machine.Light Bikes is by Andrew Pusey as there is a PCW version of this game …

8-bit acorn hardware • Connecting 2 RGB monitors to a single BBC

Stardot about 10 days ago

We have inherited an excellent scrolling "marquee" type program from a former teacher who wrote it himself to display school admin type messages. It's a very impressive piece of programming and I have suggested that he submits it to the Flaxcottage educat …

8-bit acorn hardware • ADFS not appearing in *HELP

Stardot about 12 days ago

Hi All,I'm trying to get ADFS working on a Model B to use in conjunction with a 1MHz Pi adapter to emulate a SCSI Hard Disk. The machine is fitted with a 8271 Disk Controller which works fine with a Gotek, and an IFEL 128k FLASH ROM board which has been w …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG online #77, Tuesday 28th November 2023, 7pm - 10pm (GMT)

Stardot about 12 days ago

On Tuesday there will be an ABUG General Session, at 7, on zoom. (General Sessions run on Tuesdays, every three weeks. If you don't have the zoom coordinates, send a PM or ask in this thread. We don't publish them!)- keep it interesting, or otherwise kee …
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Open University HEKTOR

Stardot about 12 days ago

Anyone remember these? It was an 8085 based computer produced by the OU specifically for teaching a course (or several?) that they offered. I remember my mother teaching using these and thinking that my BBC micro was a lot more fun. It didn't have much RA …
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A New Book Is Set To Chart The History Of Firebird Software

Time Extension about 12 days ago

'Memories of Firebird' is available to preorder now.If you happened to be around in the days when microcomputers were king, you may be aware of Firebird Sofware.The British publisher was established in 1984 as a publishing arm of Telecomsoft and was respon …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Booking thread: ABUG North, 26th-28th January 2024. Manchester

Stardot about 14 days ago

n.b. I've unapologetically pinched JudgeBeeb's format for this post, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery!ABUG NorthWe're pleased to announce that booking is now open for the next in person ABUG North. The event will run from 2pm on Friday until …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • SAVE THE DATE! ABUG South, 12th - 14th April 2024.

Stardot about 14 days ago

Happy weekend ABUGgers! JudgeBeeb has passed the baton for organising ABUG South on to me, and I'm pleased to announce that I've confirmed the dates of 12th - 14th April 2024 for the next event. The venue is The Ely, Camberley, same as previous, and a …

8-bit acorn software: other • Rockstar Ate my Hamster

Stardot about 18 days ago

I was just wondering, with all the seemingly impossible conversions being done for the BBC Micro (like Prince of Persia and Stunt car Racer)Has anyone considered doing a port of this classic title "rockstar ate my hamster". It is a humorous rock band mana …

8-bit acorn hardware • Beeb SCSI on a Pi

Stardot about 20 days ago

Hi folks,I’ve just built up my pi scsi with Ken’s level shifter on my bbc b and installed the release uploaded to here……https://www.stard... ... 76#p395276It worked first time……but…..I was under the impression that files c …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC Micro DIL Socket Question

Stardot about 21 days ago

Hi all, A trivial question but I can't for the life of me find an answer. Why do some - usually earlier - BBC Micro boards have a smattering of white DIL sockets. I've seen a few examples and there seems to be no pattern to which are white nor related to …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Issue in Fitting a Graphics Extension Rom

Stardot about 22 days ago

When fitting a GXR 1.2 ROM on a BBC Micro B, I get a continuous beep on boot.When the ROM is removed the Beeb is fine again.I notice the GXR guide asks to place the chip to the left of any existing DFS ROM.So I first placed it in the empty slot shown here …
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8-bit acorn emulators • pseudo scanlines

Stardot about 23 days ago

Anyone have a hankering to enhance a BBC Micro emulator with pseudo "scanline" effect?In lieu of a sophisticated "CRT filter emulation" graphical layer, one conceptually easy way is:A. Use a line-doubling approach.B. Apply a percentage bias with the "rast …

introduce yourself • Hello from New Jersey

Stardot about 24 days ago

G'Day all!I'm brushing the dust off of my (well, my family's) BBC B and looking to re-connect my Microvitec Monitor and my 3" floppy drive – no, that's not a typo, my 3" floppy drive which I got from that computer place in Chapel Allerton in the 80's.It …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG Dev night #69, Thursday 16th November 2023, 7pm - 10pm (GMT)

Stardot about 24 days ago

On Thursday there will be an ABUG Dev night, at 7, on zoom. (Dev Nights run on Thursdays, every three weeks. If you don't have the zoom coordinates, send a PM or ask in this thread. We don't publish them!)- keep it interesting, or otherwise keep it brief- …
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Impact! (Audiogenic, 1987)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 25 days ago

Written for the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga by John Dale with graphics by Martin "Spiny Norman" Day. Originally released by Audiogenic in 1987. Also published as "Blockbuster" in North America by Mindscape.Acorn BBC Micro/Electron conv …