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Other Computer / System Cores • Hidden Gems

MISTerFPGA about 1 month ago

The Acorn BBC Micro is not the most talked about computer on the MiSTer forums and the "official" core is fairly limited compared to the original computer. There is an unofficial core that has a lot more features here:Real teletext font supportAvailabilit …

Hardware • Another TC-01 back to life

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

I thought I should say hello after lurking for a while.I bought a twin drive TC-01 (is that a TC-02?) while visiting family in the UK last year. It had the usual "blank display, no alpha-lock" symptoms, so having waited for it to be shipped back home to …

Just paid for my first BBC Micro computer!

VCFed about 2 months ago

My wife is heading to Britain to visit her sister and will be picking up a BBC Micro I bought and shipped there. Hoping it arrives safe and the marketplace transaction goes through. Once she arrives she will send me photos to make sure its ok to bring back …

Stopgap replacing Video ULA in BBC Micro

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hi, My video ULA recently died in the BBC B here, no clock signals whatsoever, tried it in another BBC and no startup either. I tried replacing it for testing with a GAL 16V8 generating the 4 clock signals(8/4/2/1 MHz), the CRT clock and the throughput/ …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC B won't boot if it has a Basic ROM fitted

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hi all,This is a duplicated thread to a Facebook post so some folks have already assisted with getting this far.I have a BBC Issue 4 board. When I got it there was no life other than a continuous beep and no screen display. I suspect that the board has be …

8-bit acorn software: other • Omniflop strange behaviour

Stardot about 4 months ago

I have been using Omniflop on the same PC for years without any problems, but recently I have encountered something quite odd with it.I'm creating a games compendium on a 3.5" disk for the Electron. I started by writing a menu on the Electron itself (form …

acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • (Live now!) ABUG online, Tuesday, 7pm - 10pm (GMT)

Stardot about 4 months ago

On Tuesday - tonight - 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!)The first virtual ABUG of 2 …

8-bit acorn hardware • Network for the BBC Micro - not Econet

Stardot about 4 months ago

I was browsing through a box of old documents from my late friend Emile and I found this article (Radiobulletin, April 1984) about a network for BBC computers as an alternative for Econet. It supports up to 16 clients. The main advantage is that is much c …
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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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new projects in development: games • Japanese Military Chess for the BBC Micro

Stardot about 4 months ago

I've started writing a version of Japanese Military Chess for the BBC Micro, with a particular view to making it support multiplayer games over Econet. It's still in its early stages but, as part of my new year's resolution to start blogging (again), I've …

8-bit acorn hardware • Speculation on alternatives to audio cassette tapes and disks for mass storage in the 1980s

Stardot about 5 months ago

Moderators note: This topic split out from a discussion that was originally here The Beeb's cassette storage input circuit. Mark (1024MAK)Where the effort was concentrated was reliability and functionality rather than speed, e.g. the ability to rewind and …

8-bit acorn software: other • BBC Micro Languages, use of low ZP addresses

Stardot about 5 months ago

I am looking to port Applecorn (https://github.com/bobbima... to a new platform. Applecorn is a re-implementation of the BBC Micro MOS for the Apple II running ProDOS. This allows the Apple II to host BBC Micro language ROMs (BBC BASIC, ISO …

introduce yourself • Hello from Cologne/Germany

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,having grown up in Germany, i absolutely missed everything about the BBC Micro & all the related computers. As far as i know, it was not mentioned in any of the popular publications at the time. What a shame! Fortunately, a friend of mine, who s …

introduce yourself • Hello from Bristol

Stardot about 5 months ago

I grew up with the BBC Master, Acorn 3000/3020 and Risc PC in school and have had my own BBC Master and Risc PC for a number of years but never done much with them.I replaced the PSU caps in the BBC a few years ago but done very little else with it other …
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Sacred Spaces: Ocean Software's Central Street HQ / Manchester, England

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"It could have been the biggest disaster ever, can you imagine?".If you grew up playing games in the '80s or '90s, you've probably encountered more than a few titles featuring the name Ocean Software. The Manchester publisher/developer was prolific back in …
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG Canada West Meet Up #28 December 23 2023

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi Folks,Well this is our last ABUG for 2023 but it was a great one for us................During this particular ABUG Paul ended up showing me a tremendous amount of things he'd been working on, hence the plethora of tubs of Beeb stuff. He's been really …

programming • Benefits of machine code in text based games?

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I mostly write in BASIC with the odd spot of assembler here and there. Mostly not very speedy, simple games, like snake for example, which can be mostly text based using user defined characters for graphics.I'm wondering if there would be a vast increa …

general • Pronouncing the system call names

Stardot about 5 months ago

I came a little late to the BBC Micro party - my primary schools up to that point had been Research Machines sites and none of my friends had a Beeb. As far as IT teaching went my secondary school had already moved on to the Archimedes when I enrolled, a …

8-bit acorn hardware • Vines Micro Replay ROM and ROM/RAM Boards

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,I was wondering did anyone was able to get a Vines Micro Replay ROM to work with any ROM/RAM board expansions on a BBC B, I have a Aries B12+B20 , in one BBC B machine,The Replay ROMS works with just the B20 Aries on its own, adding the B12 and movi …

modern implementations of classic programming languages • Variant behaviour of VDU31 (PRINT TAB) in VDU5 mode

Stardot about 5 months ago

Richard Russell is holding a poll on the BBC BASIC forum concerning the behaviour of PRINT TAB when in VDU5 mode.In BBC Micro OS 0.1, and in MOS 3.20 and later (including RISC OS) PRINT TAB moves the graphics cursor to the text cell so subsequent characte …
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communications • OBBS (without needing Pace Modem)

Stardot about 5 months ago

Afternoon all,I spent some time yesterday faffing with the copy of OBBS on the forum removing the dependency on the PACE hardware and getting it to answer calls via TcpSer, shockingly (for my limited knowledge) I've had some success...but for some reason …

introduce yourself • Hello from Reading!

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,My name is Craig, I thought I'd introduce myself to you all since I've been actively using this forum to get myself started with my latest retro collection addition! Pretty in to retro computers really, I support RMC, and have been trawling the youtub …

programming • Imogen disassembly

Stardot about 5 months ago

Imogen is a puzzle platforming game from 1986 with 16 levels, charming graphics and animations in a cartoon style, and a darkly twisted sense of humour. You may have seen it feature recently in Colin Hoad's top 85 games for the BBC Micro series.SteveF and …

general • Homebrew BBC Micro

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello all,I recently joined this great forum and have already popped a message in the Introduction section this afty. Hi Quick post for a bit of spot the BBC fun! I no longer own this particular computer, but just have a look at this curiosity!I bought …

software preservation • Help: Cassette Program Preservation

Stardot about 5 months ago

Greetings,I hoping someone might be able to help me a bit with a project I am trying to complete.Nearly 40 years ago my dad wrote a program in BBC basic for his 3 kids.It was a simple program that when you pressed a key on the keyboard it played a nursey …