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8-bit acorn hardware • Gotek Drive inconsistancy

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,I'm trying to use a Gotek Drive on an issue 7 Model B with an 8271 controller.I am seeing the drive working for the FIRST time it gets accessed, so power on then *CAT I get a directory. But then on the second *CAT you get "Disk Error" (with DFS 0.98 …

32-bit acorn software: other • CD-R for data transfer - any peculiarity?

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I have a question concerning burning CD-Roms for data transfer to my RiscPC.I got a RiscPC with 4.02-ROMs from ebay some time ago and after recapping it I want to do a clean install of Risc OS 4.02. Unfortunately, the RiscPC came without any media.I ma …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Paged ROM Logic Sanity Check

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi all,I've been trying to get a better understanding of how the paged ROM and the available expansion boards work. I think I've got my head around it now (hopefully), so I've simulated some logic that in theory should take Chip Select from one of the ROM …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Epson FX-890 - Has anyone used one with an 8 bit Acorn Machine? FIXED

Stardot about 5 months ago

As the title says . . . I have an Epson FX-890 but it doesn't seem to work. Tried it with Electrons and Masters. Buzzed-out the cable and all seems OK. Using via the Centronics input.I note it has a USB input so and alternative would be a Contronics to US …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Model B issue 7 sold for parts

Stardot about 5 months ago

I recently bought an issue 7 motherboard sold as not working,If you look closely at the Viewsheet chip, it's been inserted incorrectly and it may've been the cause of the problem.The motherboard seems to have had very little use, the solder is good and th …

8-bit acorn emulators • Beebit emulator

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello and happy new year. Does anyone have experience with the Beebit emulator for RiscOS.These days I installed RiscOS 5.28 on Pi3 and tried this emulator.Overall, it works really well, but it has issue with the game Stunt Car Racer, which I wanted to …

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 …
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32-bit acorn hardware • IFEL MABE 1 A3000 RAM Expansion

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,Does anyone know where the fly lead on an IFEL MABE 1 A3000 RAM Expansion should be connected to please?Thanks HStatistics: Posted by HHH — Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:11 pm — Replies 2 — Views 123 …
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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 • Plus 3 Drive Motor spinning when accessing Second Gotek Drive?

Stardot about 5 months ago

I have Gotek plugged into the back of my Plus3 using Dave’s adapter. The Gotek is externally powered.. When I access the drive it also spins the Plus3 drive aswell. I think though from reading various threads this is “normal’ ? Just wanted to con …
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8-bit acorn hardware • No sound with externally powered Gotek Drive

Stardot about 5 months ago

As pictured I have my USB-C PSU powered Beeb connected to a Gotek with an external power connection. This is since the USB-C PSU board does not by default have an external power connector and I happen to be playing with a secondary drive for my Plus 3 ear …

programming • Random access files: Avoiding 'can't extend'

Stardot about 5 months ago

I know this is an old chestnut, but I wonder if my failing memory is making me miss something.Acorn DFS and ADFS in B-Em (as a Master 128, not that it matters).I am writing lines to a text file. !INDEX, three at a time, don't know in advance how long it w …

32-bit acorn emulators • Arculator v2.2 for Raspberry Pi 5 ‘menu’ not working

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello all,I've built the linux version of Arculator (v.2.2) for the Raspberry Pi 5 and all appears to be okay, except for the menu. Whenever I right-click I get the following error in the terminal window and no menu pop-up:(arculator:179053): Gtk-WARNING …

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 …

32-bit acorn hardware • A3000 to PC file transfer options

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi, and season's greetings!Now that my A3000 is working great thanks to many helpful people here I'm on a quest to find ways to transfer files between it and my PC. My current process is CFCARD -> Amiga 1200 -> 720K DOS disk -> A3000 . I bought …

introduce yourself • Hello from London

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,I'm Mark from London.I owned a BBC Model B back in the 80's, after suffering through a ZX81 and wobbly RAM pack.I mainly used the BBC for playing games and loved hacking the games to get them from tape onto disk and working out how to make them easi …

32-bit acorn hardware • A3020 battery corosion and repair

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi all,I've just fished out an A3020 alongside some other Acorn goodies from my parents shed, went to check the battery, and yep, it's spilled its guts.There are some traces that I'll have to repair and caps to replace, but my primary concern right now is …

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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32-bit acorn hardware • RPC 600 video issue, vertical lines all wavy, and its not the psu, any ideas?

Stardot about 5 months ago

One of my RISC PC 600's develops this video issues after its been left on for a while, it gets gradually worse and worse, the kid said 'and then it crashed', I whipped out the PSU and and had a pile of electrolytic on my bench before you could say "they …

8-bit acorn hardware • Master Keyboard Advice

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I've had some issues with my Master keyboard... first the LED's didn't work, I fixed that as there were some broken traces near the LED lights themselves, these are working fine now. Now I have a 'K' key that takes a bit of bashing to work.. and the d …

8-bit acorn hardware • Converting DFS disc images to ADFS disc images

Stardot about 5 months ago

Good evening learned gentlemenI have recently 'discovered' the OmniFlop disc writing program and can now successfully write ADFS disc images to 3.5" discs.I have several DFS disc images in SSD format but can't work out how to convert them to ADFS using Om …

8-bit acorn hardware • ROM Trouble

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I've recently got myself a BBC Master, currently it has the RetroClinic selectable ROM in IC24, in IC37 it has the ADT Tools ROM, in IC 27 it has the RetroClinic RAM disc. Whenever I try to use IC 41 the computer goes nuts (I know this isn't a technic …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Master 512 stalls

Stardot about 5 months ago

Master 512 displays the following (attached image) at boot. Any * command causes it to hang so it won't boot DOS except sometimes when it displays a few random characters. It's not the TUBE interface cables - I have tried both internal and external, and o …
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8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Castle of Riddles competition

Stardot about 5 months ago

In order to promote their new text adventure game, Castle of Riddles, Acornsoft, in conjunction with Your Computer magazine, launched a competition whereby the first person to send in a correct entry would receive a trophy worth £700 and £1,500 of hardw …

programming • Using OSByte156 (&9c) to set RTS High/Low

Stardot about 5 months ago

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with how to use OSBYTE156 to set RTS high or low? as mentioned here https://beebwiki.mdfs.net/O... I'd like to be able to send a signal from my beeb to TcpSer (connected via RS423) so that it can disconnect t …