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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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Newcomers Forum • Pink Screen Direct Video Digital IO through HDMI and Component Adapter

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Hi, I got the MiSTer Direct Video to Component Adapter from Laser Bear to try moving my MiSTer from my HDTV to my CRT. I made the changes to the mister_alt_1.ini file and I’m getting a pink tint through the CRT as well as my HDTV. I’ve experimented wi …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Softlife Numeric Keyboard Manual (PDF)

Stardot about 5 months ago

Folks, Attached is the PDF manual for the Softlife Numeric Keypad for the BBC Micro. We don't have the keypad unfortunately.I had a quick google and couldn't find it hence I scanned and attached. If it is of use to anyone? Softlife_Numeric_Keypad.pdf... …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Acorn BBC Micro USB-C power adaptor Install

Stardot about 5 months ago

I picked up an BBC Model B case, board and keyboard separate but no PSU. As it did not come with a PSU I thought I would give the USB-C supply a go. Here are some pictures of the install. There is no 12VC output so no external output is the only thing to …
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communications • Econet: *Notify fun

Stardot about 5 months ago

I've been having some fun playing with Econet *Notify To send on a Beeb:*NOTIFY <station> <message> To receive on a Beeb:The received message is dumped in the keyboard buffer! To send on a RISC OS 2 Archimedes:The NetFiler icon has a "Notif …

communications • Econet: TCP IP ROM without debug

Stardot about 5 months ago

I thought I would post this version of philb's IP ROM. It is (as far as I can tell) the original release of 0.14.The version on MDFS.NET has debug output enabled, which is in itself useful but a PITA to do anything with.So for all of you who haven't found …
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8-bit acorn hardware • 6502 CPU Card with SRAM in Model B

Stardot about 5 months ago

Picked this BBC up yesterday. It's got this CPU card with 24KB of SRAM.Can anyone shed light on how this would've worked? Is it just more RAM and/or a bank-switching? Was this board perhaps published in a magazine in the day? Any info would be great!Stati …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Gotek in Master cardridge slot

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I've just watched a video from the Centre of Computing History which included a really interesting piece on Acorn hardware...https://www.yout... the video there is an image of a Master with a Gotek mounted in a car …
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programming • Computing pi with Leibniz

Stardot about 5 months ago

For some reason I started thinking about summing up some reciprocals, specifically computing pi using the famously slow (but historically important) series by LeibnizSo I did some programming, and here's what happened next. I don't include any code, so yo …
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8-bit acorn hardware • DOS image won’t boot on Electron

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello allI have an Electron with AP5, PiCoProc and BeebSCSI. I have built a hard drive image which works fine in BeebEm but when I select the 80286 co-proc on my physical hardware I just get this:Pressing return does nothing but I suspect it may have alre …
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Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET • Automatically Running a Program from Floppy at Boot

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

As far as I have been able to find, there's no simple setting to make the C64 core load and run a program from a floppy image at boot.But the you can use a MGL file to mount a floppy disk and then inject a PRG file.And you can have a simple program that p …
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new projects in development: games • Zezito in the Glittering Caves - Electron 32K

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello guys,For the last couple of days I have been working on a version of my game Zezito in the Glittering Caves for the Electron.https://www.youtub... have about 9kb of memory left and I still need to create the menu, game end and …
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Sharp MZ80-A screen upside down issue

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi AllI have two MZ80-A computers, one has a screen that just isn't working the other screen appears to turn the computers output upside down and is wavy.I have tried both motherboards and it is the same issue. Can anyone advise on what is faultyThanks in …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Doom2 wad developed for 30th anniversary

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi Folks,The 10th of December may have gone past and many don't know it but it was the 30th anniversary of the release of Doom.I've created a wad file just to celebrate that fact. I've played and loved Doom for, literally, decades so thought I would shar …
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acorn atom and acorn system series • AtomMC V4: works but autoboot never does

Stardot about 5 months ago

After chasing bug after bug, I decided to completely replace all the sockets in my Atom with machined sockets. This restored it to perfection. I have the AtomMC V4 installed along with the noise killer. I have never been able to get the MC to autoboot no …
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Other Console Cores • VTech CreatiVision

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Holy hell, I must thank the creators of the VTech CreatiVision.I run a very small YT channel and enjoy a lot of the content on the MiSTer FPGA. I think at some point when I first got the MiSTer a couple of years ago ( now own two of them ), I worked thro …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Master AIV/Doomsday Battery Location

Stardot about 5 months ago

While doing some offsite work at TNMoC yesterday on various systems, there was a Master AIV (Advanced Interactive Video), aka Doomsday box needing a little attention.When it came to the battery replacement, the obvious first thing that stands out is the A …
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32-bit acorn software: other • Vprotect oddities

Stardot about 5 months ago

SoPoking about with the ROOL disc image on my R260. Perhaps in Prep for RO 3.20 roms. Have latest bugfixed !VProtect !Killer and an Ancient copy of Vzap.It works (heck it works on my A3010 with 4mb as long as I dont try and load internet.)But Every …
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acorn atom and acorn system series • 2532 / 2732 Adaptor Board

Stardot about 5 months ago

Does this look ok if I want to use a 2732 in place of a 2532 in the Atom? In particular, I've wired:2532 pin 12 (Gnd) to 2732 pin 18 (nCE)2532 pin 18 (A11) to 2732 pin 21 (A11)2532 pin 20 (PD/nPGM) to 2732 pin 20 (nOE)2532 pin 21 (VPP) left floating (it's …
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Technical questions • Oric-1 Help Needed

Defence Force about 5 months ago

I started this refurb with high hopes of a quick and easy fix, however this is fighting me every step of the way.It was given new caps, the PSU was popped open and new cap fitted (these can be opened as the screws are just hidden with push-in plugs btw), …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S21 - R10 - Beebchase

Stardot about 5 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty One: Round 10Snapper chosen by Venger=====================... Round Nine starts at 9pm on Monday the 11th of December and ends at 9pm on Monday th …