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So, when is the C64 emulator due for release? ;) I did think about it very briefly but couldn't understand the video modes in enough detail. And I got rid of my own C64 ages ago without ever doing much with it. From my limited understanding, I thought the sprites would be a problem without some ser...

Great stuff - I'll be sure to tune in. I recently read a fascinating BBC R&D blog about (I think) some other M&W episodes that "survived" on a really badly damaged roll of film. The film was too badly damaged to play but they were able to recreate frames without unwinding the film by using x-ray ima...

Excellent - very smooth

I've only just sorted out the palette change interrupt stuff on my Beeb CPC emulator and so have been playing lots of Pacland today. The lack of scrolling on the Amstrad version is *really* annoying as you can die by hitting a car that you can't even see!

The manual I have is the one from the archived Millipede website is issue 0.2 16 August 1997 if you have anything else I would be most interested. Also if you are able I would be most interested if you could send me a copy of the software. I suspect the manual that I have will be the same as I got ...

I have the older version (with ARM3 I think) fitted into a RiscPC slice. I've not really used the Apex podule but I have seen it demonstrated at RISC OS shows. I also have the manual (think it's in Impression format) and should have an application that was written for it - I think it's a video captu...

Great stuff. Haven't had time to produce a PLD file but here are the equations as generated by jedutil.

Could I take the Bitstik user guide please?

Not only is the 464 rumoured to have a decent keyboard, it can now be fitted with an Acorn-style second processor (in the form of a Raspberry Pi, running PiTubeDirect) thanks to the efforts of revaldinho. See this thread over on the CPCwiki forum. That's brilliant :D =D> Whereas, I'm not sure anyon...

I've been looking at Pac-Land and although I can't get very far and haven't played it much, so have no idea about secrets etc, it does look like it might be OK. The sprites look scarily big though, so I think a prototype is in order! It seems to run perfectly well on my CPC emulator but that is usi...

I had thought of it, but was leaving it for RobC (after he has done Bomb Jack ;)) Rob's Pack Land NULA demo Funnily enough, I've just been playing Pacland on the Beeb through my Amstrad CPC emulator :D The Amstrad version doesn't scroll though which is a bit of a disappointment. And I still haven't...

Essentially I'm after the smallest size with 16 colours (or 4 at a push). It seems therefore that Mode 8 (horribly wide pixels) from the AUG is the safe minimum. If you don't want to risk things, it's entirely possible to reduce the number of vertical pixels safely as you just reduce the value in t...

For a long time, I would have said that it's not possible to change the vertical resolution on a Beeb but, amazingly, it was demonstrated recently in this thread: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=15707 . I'm not sure whether anyone has used the technique to produce a 128x128 mode y...

As promised, here's the dump of my AKA35 rom. However, the module versions seem to be the same as yours

fwibbler wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:26 pm

Good to hear you're still working on it.
Did you use Mode 5 or 2?
Do you have any videos or demos available?

It's mode 2 with background graphics by the very talented John Blythe. I've attached the latest stable version (no enemies but all the levels).

Sorry - I've been busy for the last couple of days and have only just seen this.

I'll try to dig out the AKA35 ROM image tomorrow.

Someone started a port of Bombjack a while ago but it hasn't seen the light of day yet. That was me :oops: I do still work on it from time to time and now have a version that has some of the enemies. However, other projects and being able to play the Spectrum and now Amstrad versions on the Beeb ha...

Sorry it has taken so long but I finally had cause to go into the attic today and dug out my trakball.

Here are some pictures:

Ha Ha I nearly changed my name when I saw how similar it was to another. Sorry 'bout that #-o but then I thought, Hey - people can read can't they? :wink: :lol: And my wife's name is Mary so I did a double take when I first saw this thread! :D Great story and really glad you got it working =D>

pixelblip wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:17 pm

Thanks for trying to help Rob.......I didn't find it easy to follow unfortunately.

No problem - sorry if my previous post sounded a bit shirty, I didn't mean it to. When I get a spare hour, I'll dig out my MIDI keyboard and give the Amplinex stuff a whirl.

pixelblip wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:44 pm

Thank you for all your help everyone........I wonder how difficult a midi to ample routine would be.....hmmm

Isn't that what the Amplinex article I posted does? I believe the article includes source code.

danielj wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:59 pm

This is mitigated by using the PRES E00 ADFS, which runs from sideways RAM. That leaves all your memory there, *but* it won't work with a SCSI disk.

I've definitely used some version of ADFSE00 with a SCSI drive on a Beeb (actually B+) - it was possibly this one.

I've not tried it yet but came across these articles when trying to get the Music 5000 to work under 6502 emulation on the Arc: http://amplinex.tumblr.com/post/53540686082/006-midiif http://amplinex.tumblr.com/post/62704087583/007-x-info It claims to do the opposite of the Music 2000 so MIDI->AMPLE ...

Thanks Simon. I take your point about the risk of damage - my plan had been to look at getting digital audio out of my 410 before risking the 415 but the 410 obviously doesn't have the decoder board so would require more work. My main motivation was to get some use out of the non-Domesday discs I ha...

Worth a try -- especially as the signals are handily available on the connection between the LV-ROM decoder board and the CPU data grabber board… I've ordered a couple and will report back when I've tried it out. I guess the only thing that might stop it is whether there are any differences in the ...

I've seen something similar to this with a low voltage Master PSU and adjusting the pot made it go away. Can't remember if it was only in mode 4 though (think not) but it was definitely coloured speckles on the screen.

They are the original Arc MEMCs. Our eldest is called Anna and I gave her one to take into Digital Technology club at school

Looking at this and this, I'm wondering if it's just as simple as connecting a couple of PCM56 DACs to the output of the SAA7000 on the decoder board?

I've always understood that the LV-ROM data and PCM audio data are encoded in an identical fashion… This seems to be corroborated by the photo of the LV-ROM decoder board on Domesday86 , which is using Philips SAA7010 and Philips SAA7020 chips to demodulate and decode the data. The data sheets for ...

Not sure I could list all the Beebs I have as some are hidden in areas of the loft that I never go into but these are the machines that I know about/can remember: 1 x Atom 8 x BBC B 5 x Master (including one Domesday setup and a 512) 1 x BBC B+ 64 1 x BBC B+ 128 1 x Compact 2 x Electron A440 3 x A30...

Great game - really like how it looks as I've always loved mode 1 platformers on the Beeb. "Optional background music" I would really need to know something about music to make this happen! I have experimented converting some pieces of sheet music to SOUND commands with the plan to issue one note ev...