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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Repton 3 Redux Special Edition

Stardot about 7 months ago

For **ALL** BBC machines with at least one bank of 16k swram.On the disk image see files:-readme - full instructions to get playing.credits - various routines where they came from.version - version history.passwrd - passwords and edit codes for all the ma …
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8-bit acorn software: other • ChatGPT client for 8-bit Acorn computers

Stardot about 7 months ago

I got the idea for this client from a message where someone wrote such a client for a Mac Classic, working under Mac OS 7 / 8 / 9. The only thing he uses is a proxy server because these computers do not support HTTPS. speak. Well, I actually have the same …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R7 - 2048

Stardot about 7 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 72048 chosen by Klintworth=================... Round Seven starts at 9pm on Monday the 30th of October and ends at 9pm on Monday th …
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Help & Support • Crazy Question: Can a 1541 or 1571 write an Atari Disk?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

I know this probably sounds dumb, but I have an Atari 800XL with a 1050 disk drive, a C128D, a C64SX, and a PiStorm1541. My kids wanted to play some Atari games since they have been playing on the Commodore computers, but I don't have a way to get the gam …

Need help adapting a drive parameter block

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hi guys, Am adapting Coleco Adam CP/M to handle larger drives. The sector access method does not change at all, as it can easily address a 1024 byte block as a 32-bit quantity. So in theory I should be able to simply adjust the DPB: But I've fallen flat …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Odd Problem with Acornsoft's Snooker

Stardot about 7 months ago

I bought a BBC Micro model B a few months ago with an MMFS for loading software and have been having great fun playing the games I used to play at school during the 80s - one of which was Acornsoft's Snooker. There's a copy of it on the SD card that came …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R6 - Qwak!

Stardot about 7 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 6Qwak! chosen by KarateEd===================... Round Five starts at 9pm on Monday the 16th of October and ends at 9pm on Monday the …
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Help & Support • Pi1541 Zero with Epyx Fastload Hat Issues

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

I was wondering if anyone else had the Pi1541 cartridge model? I have not been able to get it to work. I purchased a pi zero from the pi store and it went together fine.I am using a Commodore SX64 and the cartridge/cable plug in perfectly. However, the LC …
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Have any of you tried a Gotek out on your Apple II yet?

Apple Fritter about 7 months ago

So to my surprise there was some advancement in Apple II floppy emulation via HXC within the past few years. I havent messed around with modding a gotek since 2018. I went by the instructions here and built up a cable: https://hxc2001.com... …

Osborne OCC1A won't boot from floppy A, B, or GOTEK

VCFed about 8 months ago

Seeking some ideas, as I've run out of options here... Symptom: Osborne will not book any disk image from Gotek or floppy disk from drive A or B. Background: I have a (new to me) Osborne OCC1A, with factory DD board and a Nuevo 80 column card. ROM 1.5 …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • Smir 3, 1 C128 version fixed: should work now.

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hi! I just uploaded a bug-fixed version of my Smir 3, 1 text adventure: apparently, a stub needed by the program wasn't being written to the disk image during compile. It is at https://sourceforge.net/pro... Posted …
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Help & Support • cc65: #pragma local-strings()?

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hi! I am having a problem with cc65, and I posted about this before: when I use the #pragma local-strings() feature od cc65, I don't get the desired results. I want to be able to put specific strings in specific modules in a segment different from the d …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R5 - Nevryon

Stardot about 8 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 5Nevryon chosen by MatthewThompson============... Round Five starts at 9pm on Monday the 2nd of October and ends at 9pm on Mon …

introduce yourself • Hi from Northamptonshire

Stardot about 8 months ago

Hello!My name is Neil Beresford.Back in the day (2008/9) - I wrote Spare Invaders, using SWIFT and P65. The disk image and source were on Retro Software (Still is) and just out of interest, I found out that in 2013 8b-software's magazine featured it on th …

8-bit acorn hardware • Gotek woes

Stardot about 8 months ago

I've just taken delivery of a lovely new Gotek from RetroClinic (usual great service) but I'm running into problems. I have my Master set up to default to DFS. I select a disk image on the Gotek. Performing a *CAT lights up the LED on the Gotek, but its d …

DiskCopy 6.5 breaks .img files into 1Gb chunks. How to use them in Basilisk?

Mac OS9 Lives about 8 months ago

As per the title, when making a disk image from a folder (say 32GB) with DiskCopy 6.5 b13 on MacOS 9.2.2 using a PowerBook Pismo, it breaks it into 1GB chunks, named: .001, .002, etc.If the final target use is a disk image that Basilisk/Sheepshaver ca... …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R4 - Mr. Ee!

Stardot about 8 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 4Mr. Ee! chosen by ManiacMiner================... Round Four starts at 9pm on Monday the 18th of September and ends at 9pm on Mond …
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New Releases • New Release - QIXSCII by Roman Werner

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

https://romwer.itch.io/qix... Author:The original Qix is an early 80's arcade game by Taito and surprised with its unique style, look & feel and its simple but clever game mechanics.PETSCII on the other hand is the character set that all 8-bit Com …

miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Repton 3 Redux

Stardot about 8 months ago

For the BBC Master 128/Master CompactThe attached disk image will run on the above machines only.Approved by Richard Hanson of Superior Interactive.On the disk image see files:-readme - full instructions to get playing.credits - various routines where th …

8-bit acorn hardware • RISC-V Co Processor(s)

Stardot about 9 months ago

Hi all,There has beed a lot of interest in new microprocessor architecture called RISC-V, which is positioned in the market as a simpler, more open alternative to ARM. You can read more about RISC-V on Wikipedia.To allow fellow stardotters to experiment w …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R3 - Star Striker

Stardot about 9 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 3Star Striker chosen by MillieTD83=================... Round Three starts at 9pm on Monday the 4th of September and ends at 9pm on …

software preservation • Examining ADFS HDD image created by 'dd'

Stardot about 9 months ago

Hi,I've created a backup of my HDD from an old Risc PC, using 'dd' on Linux.I am now struggling to open the file. The version of Ubuntu I have (22.04) in a VM allows me to mount it ("mount -t adfs <foo>") but doesn't allow navigation beyond the root …

Problems creating a HDOS boot disk for a Heathkit H8

VCFed about 9 months ago

I just restored a Heathkit H8 and H17 and have problems creating a boot diskette on the H17. The H8 has a pam8 ROM monitor and the following boards: H8-16 RAM, H-8-2 PARRALEL I/O, H8-5 SERIAL I/O and the controller board. All tests in H17 manual have passe …

IBM SCSI w/cache in PS/2 Model 50 troubles

VCFed about 9 months ago

I am trying to use a Spock Prime/Anosprime SCSI adapter in Model 50z It’s Reference disk finds it ok, and it even seems to work, I see ZuluSCSI’s devices properly, I’d 6 is an attempt to use reference disk image (it does not boot form it), and ID1 is …

Atari st timekeeper cartridge - utilities

VCFed about 9 months ago

Hello I found a timekeeper rtc cartridge by navarone and but included floppy disk is unreadable, shocker Anyone has it and can send or point me to disk image? Thx …