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Those modules will be included in RISC OS 5, don't panic.

In my experience, ADFFS on a Pi is the best option. The hardware offers easy internet access, SD card storage, an HDMI interface, ability to use common keyboards, mice and joysticks. You can run the later RISC OS games like SF3000 or Dark Wood (which benefit from faster hardware than an 8MHz ARM2). ...

This reminds me of the Chocks Away instructions. They said something about newer Archie keyboards not picking up the keypresses properly in two player mode, so there was a utility or recommendation to change the keys.

I think you might be able to use a higher rate, but you might need to switch to mode 0!

Don't you just need to make the system$path check in the !run file only happen if the check for CLib fails? So the same version could work on RISC OS 2 and 3?

Has anyone ever bothered to construct a new self-extracting SparkPlug with a fixed !Run file? This used to drive me crazy!

Isn't the Irlam 24i16 supposed to be the best for Replay?

I used an EagleM2 and thought the capture quality was pretty poor. The Eidos Escape compression was interesting though.

I think that you need to either use the traditional Acorn UniBoot, as was back in the day. You can add a few newer bits, such as AcornSSL. Or you can go the ROOL way. The RISC OS 5 disc image, amazingly, supports machines right back to OS 3.1, so you can use their HardDisc4 and PlingSystem instead o...

Sadly I don't, but I just wanted to say thanks for the memory!

I had one of those which held up my beeb and commodore 64 for a number of years. That was a blast from the past.

You could show the pic to a local joiner,and I am sure they could make one.

Didn't Acorn make a bit of noise about the CHIRP (later PREP) standard, where they would use an off the shelf PowerPC board and plug in an ARM card. No idea how RISC OS would ever have booted!

I used it back in the day, on Econet and Ethernet. There certainly are more command line arguments. You can configure ram caching and perhaps some network transfer options. I wish I could remember where I found them! I seem to recall there were two or three major releases, maybe v2 was DCI4 compatib...

There is a macOS port in progress. Have a look at the mailing list.

Wow, well done chaps! Makes total sense why they had to modify mine.

Absolutely amazing that the A4 could have had the same issue. Mind you, would anyone even have tried to use an A4 as a server? Probably not.

Sadly I don't have the hardware any more, so could not oblige with a photo.

I thought maybe one of the Econet boffins on here who understood the hardware could maybe compare the circuits...

Makes sense. I would have thought it wasn't a simp!e ROM issue, as you would think that could be resolved with a soft load driver/patch (and Risc PCs all had hard discs). I suspect a hardware fault.

I posted on this one viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19428

Back in 1994/95 I remember my dad trying to run Level 4 on his Risc PC with Econet. It didn't work. Acorn said they needed to modify the Econet board to make it work 'as a server'. It was returned and then worked fine. Don't know what they did to it. Carl Elkins of Acorn was suggesting that we didn'...

Of course, if you use ADFFS to enjoy retro games on a Pi, then USBJoystick will allow you to use a modern USB joystick/joypad to control any Joystick game (regardless of which SWIs it used).

Yes, the A3010 has an Atari interface.

Not many games support the Acorn Joystick SWIs. There was an app called JoyMaster which allowed the joystick movements to be mapped to keyboard or mouse actions.

It should certainly be possible. I had an A5000 with Econet (to Beebs and Arcs) and Ethernet (Arcs only, of course). I ran Level 4 OK. I think I ran the GateWay app, although it wasn't necessary as machines from either side did not need to talk to each other. Sadly I cannot remember much detail, but...

Ohh... First time I have seen those mentioned here! I don't know where they are now, but I had a good look at one of those BNFL systems at a local school. Essentially an Archimedes version of the Domesday setup. An A3000 with a genlock minipodule, RS232 chip, and a SCSI hard disk. It was a simpler L...

TSP supported their own API and also the Acorn one. It also provided comprehensive keyboard and mouse emulation.

The 'delta cat' interface was an analogue stick with three buttons which plugged into the mouse port. I think this was the Interdictor option.

Wasn't the first release (or perhaps preview?) of Impression an Arthur app?

What about. Acorn's ArcWriter?

Pro Artisan? I only used it under RISC OS but it was a non-desktop experience!

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Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:26 am

Perhaps it would allow Econet and Ethernet to be fitted at the same time?!

Can put Econet on the network connector and Ethernet on a mini podule.

Ah yes, of course. Still, at least it frees up the minipodule!

Presumably this will work on the A3020 and A4000 too...:) No point, you can plug a module straight in, the pins from the Arm250 are tracked to the econet connector already. #-o quite right, I should really have checked the obvious before posting... Perhaps it would allow Econet and Ethernet to be f...

Good spot. Don't think so.

I remember those early Cumana SCSI devices. Didn't they appear with A5000s, so RISC OS 3?

So how did it go?!

Wow. I am slightly surprised it worked, but good result.

Of all the daft nonsense to remember! I think it was mentioned in the RISC User review of the A540, almost in passing (probably Acorn trying to keep a lid on expectations for more revisions of RISC OS).

That SWI number is MessageTrans_CloseFile according to the PRM info on riscos.com.

Didn't MessageTrans come in with RISC OS 3? So it may not work on 2.

I assume you have checked *Unplug and done a delete power on?

Back in the day, when I broke ROM legs, I would tin some wire and solder it on!to the stub. Then trim to size carefully. Has a high chance of breaking if you move the ROM again, but hey-ho...