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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 …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC master composite video issue

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hello all. I purchased a BBC Master last year on ebay and have only just got around to getting it up and running. I've replaced the collapsing X2 caps on the PSU and that now seems fine - happily the machine appears to be booting. The battery pack as bee …

8-bit acorn hardware • Interesting problems with commands from a rom image in SWRAM on an Electron

Stardot about 5 months ago

I have written my Desktop software in assembler to make a 'proper' rom image.The Keyboard version is attached in a SSD. Control by cursor keys+SHIFT on BBC or Electron if you can get that far!Problems1. Early during development, as soon as I tested on an …

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 …

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 …

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 …

8-bit acorn software: other • Welcome Disks Master 128

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I'm trying to build up a set of manuals and core software for my BBC Master. I'm just not sure what the best route is to do this, I've read multiple forum posts which explain that the BBC Master welcome disk and utilities are on the ADFS format so I c …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC Master Sideways RAM vanishes shortly after boot

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi ... I've got a weird problem with a BBC Master 128... LK18/19 set West, if you're quick with *ROMS on power-up it shows 7 (sometimes),6,5,4 as RAM, but after a few seconds if *ROMS is issued again, everything shows as ROM.I became aware of this when I …

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 …

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 …

Other Computer / System Cores • BBC Master - Memory question

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

I've been using the Model B setting of the Beeb core for a few weeks now which I'm fine with as I used to have a Model B when I was a kid. I never owned a Master and I'm having a look round in the Master Shadow RAM setting but I'm confused. According to t …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC Master - Continuous beep

Stardot about 5 months ago

UpdateWhen I switch on theres a continuous beep all what shows is:Acorn MOSAcorn 1770 DFS_Power light onCaps Lock light on (pressing the Caps Lock key doesn't turn the LED off)Shift Lock key off (pressing the Caps Lock key doesn't turn the LED on)Pressin …

8-bit acorn hardware • Teletext Cheese Wedge Idea

Stardot about 6 months 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 …

8-bit acorn hardware • ADFS - 1770 DFS - Language

Stardot about 6 months ago

Hi all,This is my first post so please be kind...lolJust picked up a BBC Master and having an issueFixes so far:Changed the PSU caps and its working fine with all 5v showingChecked the board/keyboard for corrosion/dry joints...looks all goodNew CMOS batte …

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

Stardot about 6 months 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 …
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New Releases • Free Release - Tristam Island by Hugo Labrannded just Updated Minimum Price to $0.00

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

https://hlabrande.itch.io/... Author:After crashing your plane at sea, you end up drifting to a small island, with not much to survive. You explore, and find out the island was inhabited, years ago. But why did the people leave? And why is th …

8-bit acorn hardware • Why was ‘The Master’ called ‘The Master’?

Stardot about 6 months ago

Why was ‘The Master’ called ‘The Master’?Not a Dr Who reference, but the naming of the BBC Master 128 computer .Why ’master’? Like School Master? Or Master of all it surveyed? Or something more adult-themed? But why ‘master’?Statistics: P …
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • The Xberry-Pi - A Spectrum NEXT compatible board by Don Superfo

Stardot about 7 months ago

Don Superfo has made a very neat "Xberry-Pi" Raspberry Pi form factor board with a Spartan 6 FPGA, 2 Megabytes of RAM and video output connectors. The board is targeted as a fully compatible clone of the Spectrum NEXT the size of a Raspberry Pi. However, …

off-topic • BBC Master Compact - are they still out there?

Stardot about 7 months ago

Hi all,when I was a kid I got the pleasure of a shiny new BBC Master Compact that I loved, but it sadly got disposed of when I went to uni. Since I've come back into retro beebs I have kind of secretly fancied getting hold of one again, or even the keyboa …
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8-bit acorn software: other • BBC Master Panel Y2K fix

Stardot about 7 months ago

attached a ssd image bootable with the BBC Master Panel program which I have patched to display 20xx instead of 19xx BBCMasterPanelY2kFix.ssdSta... Posted by vanekp — Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:20 pm — Replies 0 — Views 68 …

introduce yourself • Hi, 40 years late to the BBC party but here I am...

Stardot about 8 months ago

Hi all, the amount of information on this forum is absolutely staggering. Like discovering a hidden world.Back in the day I always fancied owning a BBC computer, but they were out of my price range. I went the cheapo Sinclair/Atari route instead, and in …

8-bit acorn hardware • Making a home made ROM box

Stardot about 8 months ago

Has anyone ever taken the time to work out the wiring for a ROM box so you could have multiple roms available and selectable. I never managed to win auctions when those original fellas came on eBay and I know there is already a version for the BBC master …
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8-bit acorn hardware • TecQuipments MA2000

Stardot about 8 months ago

Hi everyone,I was referred here by a facebook group looking a bit more information and what to do with this piece.My grandparents recently passed and we were up viewing the house before it gets demolished and the land auctioned.I wandered into my grandad …