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Thanks again for sharing Kenelm

I’ve been keen to try out Longman - Nuclear Reactor Simulator for some time, but I couldn’t locate a copy - I’ve not tried searching for this for a while, but I don’t think it’s available elsewhere?

How do you transfer something which is bigger than a disc size with this method? Is there a tool for splitting/recombining files or a multi-part archive format? Here’s a utility to do that - http://www.steve-potts.me.uk/software.html#split - this method does work, though it’s a bit of hassle. For t...

I finally found some time to build up my remaining Econet Hub PCB, and fit it into an enclosure, along the same lines taken for the Econet socket box described on the retro-kit site here . I decided to use a 2.1mm panel mount jack plug socket to power the Hub via a jack plug to usb cable. This Hub i...

Can I have an Econet podule, a socket box, and 5 T-pieces please!

The programs are in BASIC and the book is a delight!

Contents pages and Preface below, to give you a good idea of the subject matter covered:

An 8-bit IDE v2 unit for me, please!

Thanks for the kind offer Dave!
I’ll take you up on that, if I may?
There’s no hurry from my point of view, so I’ll just post the chips to you next month, if that’s ok with you.

Nice to see another Econet coming together! =D> You might like to try JGH’s Talk conferencing app on your Econet whilst you work on getting an L3FS instance set up - see http://mdfs.net/Apps/Networking/Talker/ - I think Talk is much more fun than *Notify! There are a couple of old threads here that ...

I see from the “Design Security“ section on p4 of the datasheet that these PEEL devices have a security bit that may be set at the time of programming to prevent subsequent “unauthorized reading or copying of designs programmed into the device”. Furthermore, it appears that relatively few programmer...

Well, it’s taken me a little while to dig out and open up my A5000 with the Atomwide 8Mb RAM expansion card, but here are a couple of photos - it’s a fully populated version of DutchAcorn’s board. As the photos show, U4 and U5 aren’t GALs but PEEL PLDs - datasheet here: https://datasheet.octopart.co...

The other Longman titles I have are: Aural 5 Flowers Human Population Growth Investigating Circuits Micro Map 1 & 2 Pond Terrible Tales Winds Workers and Machines World of Newton Thanks for the uploads Kenelm! I’d very much like to see some of these other Longmans titles - Human Population Growth, ...

It would be great to have an Econet interface for the Pi, or the BBB - there has been an Econet USB project on this forum in the past, but as yet it appears not to have come to fruition: there’s this one from flynnjs - https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6065&hilit=econet+raspberry+pi ...

There’s a RAM test program in the A3000 Acorn dealer test disc here - http://www.lewisgilbert.co.uk/archiology/dealerdiscs.html - I’ve not had a chance to look at this in any detail, so may not be useful for testing RAM expansion. If the ROMs or dealer test disc aren’t suitable for test purposes, th...

For reference, the ACP ADT ROM (various versions) is available from mdfs.net - http://mdfs.net/System/ROMs/DiskTools/

and the documentation can be found here - http://8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/applications.shtml

One board for me, please!
Thank you

Hello Andy, Are these cables still available? Is it a case of just replacing the floppy cable in my A3020 with this one to add an external FF Gotek? I still have some second floppy pcbs, so I could make you up a cable. The cable is easy to use; it’s just a matter of swapping the existing cable for t...

Looks like a pre-modded Gotek from RetroClinic, so I think we can safely assume the Gotek itself is good. The problem may well just be dirty contacts on the floppy drive IDC connector on the Beeb - try plugging/unplugging the floppy cable from the Beeb several times, and see if that fixes things. Th...

Now that I have 2 working Beebs, how about setting up an econet between the 2, then they could chat :) Is the econet option being sold in a similar way as an upgrade kit somewhere? Check out this thread - https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15086 You’ll need a second processor for one...

I find NetSurf perfectly usable for retro computing purposes on a RiscPC; it’s quite handy for quickly downloading software directly onto the machine from old RISC OS websites, which have a tendency to be javascript free. A functioning web browser is also handy for browsing documentation and dealing...

I'm afraid I don't know the cause of the error you're getting with Webster - I gave up with Webster when I briefly tried it in the past. I think that you should try using NetSurf - all but the very earliest versions require at least RISC OS 4.02, but I believe that you may be able to run one or more...

Here you are - two zipped ADFs - one with !FTPc (and the 32bit CLib module, which is needed for FTPc - you may already have a suitable CLib module in your !Boot system), and the second with !Sunfish. Enjoy!

That network card looks absolutely fine - it should “just work” once set up through the Network configuration app.... There's a good walk through of setting up the Acorn Internet stack here - http://www.mjpye.org.uk/networking/ Lots of old RISC OS shareware/demo CD-ROM isos here - https://archive.or...

Many thanks for these detailed and very helpful instructions! Following your instructions, I've got RPCEmu 0.9.0 built and running on my MacBook Air running Mac OS X 10.13.6. Just a couple of trivial points. When compiling, I had to use: path_to_qt_install/Qt/5.11.1/clang_64/bin/qmake qt5/rpcemu.pro...

You’re well on your way now, waltermixxx! Parallel port Zip100 works well on RO, and is something I’ve used to quickly setup new RO machines from scratch without too much messing about with floppy discs. There is a very nice RO ftp client here: http://ftpc.iconbar.com In practice, I prefer to use NF...

Well, I’m sorry about that - that is a shame

But, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and it may yet all work out to the good, in which case you’ll have a very nice A3010........

danielj has given you some sound advice on the other thread - take a look, and start there......

BW
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Some quick answers: Risc OS from 3.1 onwards will happily read 1.44Mb DOS floppies - have a look at this old thread for more details - https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11158 I don’t know if there’s a readily available app out there to allow you to make DOS floppy images for transferring...

No problem! Just create the missing directories, and you’ll be good. i.e. navigate to the Boot.RO310Hook directory and create the missing directory “Res” in that location. Do the same for Boot.RO360Hook. These errors are not sinister, but mere leftovers from trimming down the !Boot app at some point...

Love the pictures BTW!

Good progress, waltermixxx! =D> Now all you need to do is get a suitable !Boot application onto your formatted CF HD. To make life easier, I've created two ADF disc images containing a suitable RISC OS !Boot app - you can uncompress the files below, and put the ADF images on your Gotek in the usual ...