Yes amazing that much of the hardware came from the 70s.
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- Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: new ideas wishlist & general chat
- Topic: what should i write next?
- Replies: 364
- Views: 37195
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:12 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: New Stryker's Run 3
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5076
Re: New Stryker's Run 3
It's a letter asking him to keep him informed on the progress of SR3.
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Acorn - A World in Pixels - new book
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3930
Re: Acorn - A World in Pixels - new book
Interesting what Peter Irvin says - I wonder what other things they couldn't implement in Exile apart from a bigger ending? Anything from Peter Scott? With no disrespect to the other amazing programmers, especially the ones who post here such as Kevin Edwards and Angus Duggan, these are the two -Irv...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: new ideas wishlist & general chat
- Topic: what should i write next?
- Replies: 364
- Views: 37195
Re: what should i write next?
Hope not.
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Beeb Spotting
- Replies: 104
- Views: 14518
Re: Beeb Spotting
The A3000 was called a BBC computer for some strange reason.
- Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: new ideas wishlist & general chat
- Topic: what should i write next?
- Replies: 364
- Views: 37195
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn emulators
- Topic: Arculator v2.0 released!
- Replies: 85
- Views: 14511
Re: Arculator v2.0 released!
Do you mind sharing how?arthurseat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:13 pmThank you so much, it's amazing
I was despairing with ArcEm, not working at all, so I was really happy to find Arculator.
Getting a hard disk image installed was not documented but I found the info elsewhere so now I can access my old A310 files.
Thank you!
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:27 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: other
- Topic: Drawing a circle in BBC BASIC
- Replies: 71
- Views: 8828
Re: Drawing a circle in BBC BASIC
There's a fast circle routine in ARM code on p.257 of Terry Blunt's Archimedes Game Maker's Manual which apparently doesn't use polar calculations. Not sure I ever understood it.
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn emulators
- Topic: Arculator Install Instructions
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16870
Re: Arculator Install Instructions
I've configured the latest version for A3010, IDE module and 40MB HD. However the hard disc icon is greyed out.
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:16 pm
- Forum: new ideas wishlist & general chat
- Topic: what should i write next?
- Replies: 364
- Views: 37195
Re: what should i write next?
yet Graham Richardson wrote Nevyron.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:49 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn emulators
- Topic: Emulators on A3010-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 912
Re: Emulators on A3010-20
What's the most recent version of 6502em for A3010? I had v.3.03.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Submitting software
- Replies: 0
- Views: 287
Submitting software
just having a look though my old A3010 for a fgame I wrote. Is the Archimsoftware preservation project still a ctive?
There's also a lot of 8bit and 32bit sampled-n magazine tapes, type-ins games and demos.
There's also a lot of 8bit and 32bit sampled-n magazine tapes, type-ins games and demos.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:52 pm
- Forum: new ideas wishlist & general chat
- Topic: what should i write next?
- Replies: 364
- Views: 37195
Re: what should i write next?
Colourful as snapper.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:18 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Restarting A3010
- Replies: 3
- Views: 326
Re: Restarting A3010
Sorry CMOS. It has one but I'm assuming expired long ago.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:02 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Restarting A3010
- Replies: 3
- Views: 326
Restarting A3010
Having turned on and tuned in my A3010 I get bad configure option error number &DC. Can I get it to work without a working CMPS?
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: introduce yourself
- Topic: Bladedancer
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8571
Re: Bladedancer
Should be with you and Multiwizard now.
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: My new A3010 is up and running. A few questions...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1198
Re: My new A3010 is up and running. A few questions...
Unless technically adept then it seems best way for small data is to find an old PC with a floppy and USB port for a stick.
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: My new A3010 is up and running. A few questions...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1198
Re: My new A3010 is up and running. A few questions...
Which Gotek product works?
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:35 am
- Forum: the complete BBC games archive
- Topic: Help required for the new BBC games archive
- Replies: 333
- Views: 109525
Re: Help required for the new BBC games archive
I've helped and contributed a lot including programming that I'm capable of, every previous game I've spent hours and months on myself - one still waiting to be uploaded on BBC micro.co.uk - and knowledge of history. Your attitude is deeply disgusting and hypocritical.
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:39 pm
- Forum: the complete BBC games archive
- Topic: Help required for the new BBC games archive
- Replies: 333
- Views: 109525
Re: Help required for the new BBC games archive
This should probably be answered really as it's about backups.bakoulis wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:03 amHow is possible to download (wget?) the whole site http://bbcmicro.co.uk/ for offline gaming for my vacations at a mountain without WiFi?
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- Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:30 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: ROM basics
- Replies: 8
- Views: 534
Re: ROM basics
Think I understand most of that thanks. Can I ask how shadow RAM is/would be addressed?
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: ROM basics
- Replies: 8
- Views: 534
Re: ROM basics
Thanks. So 256k+16K theoretical max or 512K?
Shadow Ram I recall is the same RAM used as screen memory.
Interesting about the speech ROM. I assume this was not writable. Where did the Kenneth Kendall thing go -external box? Would the ROMs have been for increased vocab?
Shadow Ram I recall is the same RAM used as screen memory.
Interesting about the speech ROM. I assume this was not writable. Where did the Kenneth Kendall thing go -external box? Would the ROMs have been for increased vocab?
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: ROM basics
- Replies: 8
- Views: 534
ROM basics
Just wanted to understand fully the ROM/RAM expandility of the BBC B based on limited knowledge acquired before. - the Beeb has 2 spare slots. These can be SRAM or shadow RAM or ROM. - the RAMs are selectable with a flag. The flags permit a theoretical max of 128K RAM. This is achievable with an ext...
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:46 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn emulators
- Topic: Memories of RISC OS Beeb emulators
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1129
Re: Memories of RISC OS Beeb emulators
In 6502em you could access the host RISC OS as if it was Beeb FS. In Beebit you could open the disc image into a RISC OS file window.
In Mac Beebem I can copy clipboard but that's all it seems.
In Mac Beebem I can copy clipboard but that's all it seems.
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Exile type games
- Replies: 2
- Views: 379
Re: Exile type games
Well found well done , many thanks. I posted the actual demo at one point and someone, phlamethrower I think, couldntget it to work. Regarding the map I think I settled with a more complex map with several blocked off areas after learning that Exile had to open up certain map areas. So close to an E...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn emulators
- Topic: Memories of RISC OS Beeb emulators
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1129
Memories of RISC OS Beeb emulators
What was great about Beeb emulators on RISC OS was being able to open up a disc image in the desktop and edit or manipulate the files. Also you could click on an exec file to launch. The downside was they could be too slow for older CPUs.
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: Exile type games
- Replies: 2
- Views: 379
Exile type games
Once I did a game demo of a man flying about a cave generated by a pseudo random algorithm in a 640x256 or x512 256col screennmode on the RiscPC. I posted it on iconbar.com with screenshots but since can't locate it. I was trying to add particle effects but put it aside when work came along. I don't...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm
- Forum: introduce yourself
- Topic: Bladedancer
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8571
Re: Bladedancer
I remember that. The next year Acorn Computing and the BbC subscription disc were gone.
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:37 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: A3010 worthwhile/worthy?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1768
Re: A3010 worthwhile/worthy?
When my "new" A3010 arrived recently I found it pretty unusable with 2mb, IDE podule and Universal Boot. It really needs 4mb to be a fun machine to use. My A310 was already up to 4mb by the early 90's, by the time the A3010 came along it was sporting a Arm3 and 8mb as I was finding having...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn software: classic games
- Topic: TOP 10 GAMES A3010?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1593
Re: TOP 10 GAMES A3010?
What's the best emulator for it?