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32-bit acorn hardware • ZIDEFS - transferring files

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi Folks,I seem to have come all the way from a defunct A3010 with no screen, mouse or sound ... to one - despite the bodge wires - that works really well. My ZIDEFS arrived in the post and It also works fine. I am a MiSTer user so have a nice HDF with so …

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 …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Elite on the NES, fully documented and explained

Stardot about 5 months ago

I have just finished publishing my latest analysis project: Elite on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).As this project was inspired by a suggestion on this very forum, I thought I'd post the details here. And it turns out that about 30% of NES Elite …

32-bit acorn hardware • A3010 ZIDEFS mini podule

Stardot about 5 months ago

Okay, I got my A3010 up and running (see my other thread about the psu).I recently got the ZIDEFS IDE mini produle from eBay and I ran into the next hurdle. As soon as I install the podule, either with or without cf-adapter (I tried a SD card adapter too …
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Elite: load commander?

Stardot about 5 months ago

First post. I came across B2 emulator. And got Elite (Master 128) running on the MacBook. So cool, with the craters and much smoother than the Amiga port. Played a while, got a laser upgrade and shot my way to Average. B2 doesn't save state between sessio …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Model B Issue 7 "40th Anniversary Edition" not working

Stardot about 5 months ago

On the last ABUG-NL I got a blue (pcb) Beeb that doesn't work at all. Just a soft everlasting beep after power on. I plugged in the ICE-T65 and looked at the ROM. It only shows the block &2800-&287F repeated throughout the memory map from &C00 …

32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Adding additional SCSI drives

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I was trying to add a third SCSI HD to the RISCiX box I've been messing aroung with under Arculator the other day, and found it wasn't quite as straightforward as I'd expected.I'm not going to get into how to create and format a new disc partition (her …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Atari 520ST with thermal induced screen flicker

Stardot about 5 months ago

I have been restoring my 520ST that was fitted with 512kb expansion that pokes into the PLCC adapter and terminatesat the screen shifter IC. The external power supply has been fully recapped, all electrolytics (save the two non-polarones) are replaced on …

programming • Current Scanline?

Stardot about 5 months ago

I would like (on a Model B) to be able to read the current video scanline out of a register. Am I right in thinking that no such register exists?Lacking one, how about starting a VIA timer at the top of every frame, and using that to count scanlines? Woul …

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 …

32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Hard disc image of RISCiX backup on archive.org

Stardot about 5 months ago

I stumbled across this this other day https://archive.org/details... and interest got the better of me. It's a backup from around 1993. It has quite a lot of potentially interesting things on it, including early versions of bash and a couple of web s …

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 …
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8-bit acorn hardware • ADC-06 65C102 Co Pro on a master 'Turbo'

Stardot about 5 months ago

Well friends, I'm looking for any ideas here.......I have an issue 2 ADC-06 board on a Master 128.It is 'running' but distorting the screen output initially.It only does this until the board is warm, then it works exactly as you would expect.I've had it r …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Frontier Elite II - combat

Stardot about 5 months ago

I was very excited when I saw a copy of Frontier Elite II in a games shop back in the 90s and immediately bought it. It ran superbly on my 486 DX4 100 on maximum detail etc. I remember marvelling at the scenery as I flew away from Merlin and up into the s …
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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Polymer Picker v1.11 (festive edition)

Stardot about 5 months ago

Inspired by Colin Hoad's festive romp through the BBC Games Archive on his Youtube channel, I failed miserably at resisting the urge to create a festive version of Polymer Picker.So, after fighting tooth and nail through plastic wrapping, broken baubles, …

introduce yourself • Hello from Lincolnshire, UK

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello all,Just joined the forum and thought I'd say hello and give a quick intro! Had the computer bug since first getting my hands on a Commodore PET at school, they later got a RM 380Z - like a lot of school's pre Beeb days I guess. The school also had …

8-bit acorn software: other • Getting games to load and play via Econet

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi All,A group of us are trying to put an Econet Demo for an event next year and we'd like to have a handful of games that can be loaded from the File Server and then played.So far we've been able to get these games running without modification, however m …
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8-bit acorn software: other • Wider screen MODEs

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello.Purely out of curiosity, since doing this eats more than 2K of valuable memory, but does this disc image produce the same as the screenshot (including the yellow pixels bottom right) on physical hardware? All emulators I've tried look fine but I've …

32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Tutorial: How to transfer files RISC OS<->RISC iX

Stardot about 5 months ago

Transferring files from RISC OS to RISC iX and vice versa isn't too hard (especially from iX->ROS), but there's some interestingness for sure.From RISC iX to RISC OS:This is the easiest transfer direction. The RISCiXFS module loaded by !RISCiX can actu …
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32-bit acorn hardware • Acorn A3010 transformer

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I recently bought an A3010 on eBay but unfortunately the transformer got damaged during shipping The computer was in good condition, the battery damage was minimal but the transformer is broken. Three connections got broken off. Two remained on the u …
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new risc os games and conversions • Archimedes Hypercube

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hypercube, a 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers employing an isometric view. This was originally published in Archimedes World magazine May '93.Instructions attached and also within the application. I've got this running on …

general • What the heck was "*Configure Dir" for?

Stardot about 5 months ago

So, as I understand it, *Configure Dir was used on both 8-bit and 32-bit machines to configure the machine to auto-mount the root of the configured drive at power-on (as opposed to the first time it was accessed), and *Configure NoDir was used to prevent …

8-bit acorn hardware • Penman Plotter PSU

Stardot about 5 months ago

I've stupidly mislaid the PSU for my Penman Plotter. The unit itself says 9.5V DC 1A but just wondered if anyone with a Penman can confirm the rating as I've seen pictures online of Penmans using PSUs with other ratings.Thanks,RobStatistics: Posted by Rob …