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PC 486SX (ao486) • SAVIOR.EXE: A general solution for backing up DOS saves

MISTerFPGA about 21 days ago

Work in ProgressThis is a design document specifying the functionality of a program that is not finished. I've implemented a lot of the functionality described below, but not all of it, and there are probably a lot of bugs. I can make an alpha version ava …

Linux • Custom Loader Screen

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I'm working on a custom screen ROM loading mode. Depending on a file with loader name or loader_bg and extension png or jpg in the root directory (like menu.png/menu.jpg). I'm still working on it, but I can show how the idea would look like: iframe ifram …

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 …

Official Addon Boards • mt32-pi not Booting on Model 3 A+ board; Shows "Power Failure Type B" Blink Pattern [Solved]

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

This was originally going to be a request for help, but in the effort of collecting information for my issue, I was able to find a solution.ProblemI got a misterfpga.co.uk mt32-pi hat, a Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ board, and a Geekworm enclosure. I prepared …

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 …

Reading files from DEC Rainbow drive image

VCFed about 6 months ago

I read the ST-412 (RD51) drive into a sector image using Dave Gesswein's mfmemu and would like to loop mount the MSDOS partition under Linux and read out the files. So far I've been able to decipher the Rainbow partitioning scheme (described in the DEC MS …

8-bit acorn hardware • Private and Hidden Objects on Econet File Servers

Stardot about 7 months ago

As far as I know, there isn't a way to hide an object on an Acorn Level 2 or Level 3 file server from a logged-on user. Any user can see a catalogue of everything on the file server from $ downwards, and enter all directories to catalogue or examine them …

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 …