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- Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:42 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Today I received.....
- Replies: 6131
- Views: 699154
Re: Today I received.....
Nice drives. =D> Now a 5.25", 3.5" AND a Gotek in the same case would be amazing! Is it possible, I wonder? Physically fitting all 3 into a full height case would be possible, using something like this for the Gotek and 3.5" floppy: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4237727 But you l...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:01 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Today I received.....
- Replies: 6131
- Views: 699154
Re: Today I received.....
Not so much received, but finished building. All working really nicely. The switch at the LHS of the 3.5" floppy drive is used to toggle which drive is drive 0/2, and which is drive 1/3 (or drive 0/4 & drive 1/5 for ADFS). I'm going to add the same switch to the Gotek / 5.25" floppy dr...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:23 am
- Forum: archive submissions
- Topic: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
- Replies: 97
- Views: 7183
Re: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
Ah. Just downloaded v2.5.6.6 (couldn't find v2.5.6.7 at first glance) and that seems to have fixed it.scarybeasts wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:16 amThat HxCFloppyEmulator version looks a bit old. I have v2.5.6.7 and I took the first HFE (Elite) and it loads fine.
Edit: Found v2.5.6.7 as a Beta download.
Thanks
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:04 am
- Forum: archive submissions
- Topic: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
- Replies: 97
- Views: 7183
Re: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
Do you know why the HFE files in your archive (at least the ones I've tried) won't load into HxCFloppyEmulator? Can you give a link to a specific HFE or two? And I'll check them out. Cheers Chris None of the ones I downloaded worked with HxCFloppyEmulator. So that was: Elite Hopper Colossal Adventu...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:23 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1218
Re: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
I alway use IPA! Not had any residue issues or any other problem! I either cut the top off the disc sleeve, if the disc isn't going to be used any further, or cut the plastic 'welds'. Remove the actual disc laying on a sheet of paper towel. Then use a 'makeup remover wipe' soaked in IPA and wipe fr...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:55 am
- Forum: archive submissions
- Topic: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
- Replies: 97
- Views: 7183
Re: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
You've been unlucky! The early Level 9 protection is _not_ 1770 compatible and is expected to fail with exactly that error code $0E. I think the catalog or !BOOT sectors declare themselves as 512 bytes or something like that. The 8271 can read them as 256 bytes by force anyway, but the 1770 is only...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:18 am
- Forum: archive submissions
- Topic: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
- Replies: 97
- Views: 7183
Re: Starting an archive of HFE protected disc files
I've just downloaded a couple of .hfe files from the archive (Level 9 Colossal Adventure & Snowball Adventure), and copied these over to my gotek (Flashfloppy v3.23) but I get a disk fault 0E with both of them when trying to read the disk (1770 controller / DFS2.26). If I try loading the .hfe im...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:17 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1218
Re: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
After removing the disk from its sleeve I tried the isopropyl alcohol on an unused part of the disk, but it left a horrible residue, so in the end I just used a cotton bud and some water. The marks are still on the disk, but it otherwise seems to be working ok: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopi...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:55 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: other
- Topic: Looking for Mini Office II
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8708
Re: Looking for Mini Office II
For anyone who's interested, here's a hfe version of Mini Office II taken from my original disk. Everything seems to work, apart from the Word Processor . Unfortunately, my disk was a bit mouldy, so I tried to clean it, and I'm not sure if that made it worse. Edit: Ran it through Greaseweazle a seco...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1218
Re: Disc rot on 5 1/2” disc
Does it need to be distilled water? What would isopropyl alcohol do to the disk?vanpeebles wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 1:01 pmYou can clean it with a cotton bud and distilled water. I have a load to clean I keep putting off![]()
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:24 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: other
- Topic: PunyInform and Ozmoo
- Replies: 453
- Views: 23748
Re: PunyInform and Ozmoo
Thanks Fredrik, and congratulations! I'll probably start taking a look at porting this after Christmas. I'll probably promote the current Acorn port to beta status at that point, and then the port of Ozmoo 5 will be marked as alpha. I see a sneaky version update has recently appeared on your github...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:39 pm
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: What was this disk used in???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 134
Re: What was this disk used in???
Yes, that does look very much like it. As you suggest, possibly single sided vs double sided.
I wonder if they would be of any interest to the computer museums?
I wonder if they would be of any interest to the computer museums?
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: What was this disk used in???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 134
What was this disk used in???
Whilst looking for some 3.5" floppy disks, I came across a handful of these. They appear to be 2.5" diameter. Anyone seen these before???
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:16 pm
- Forum: off-topic
- Topic: The Acorn Electron Collection
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9582
Re: The Acorn Electron Collection
Looks like you've not been active for a number of years, so not sure this will go anywhere. However, I may be able to help out with some of your missing collection. Having a dig through some of my old collections, I've found: Creative Graphics Missing Signs Word Sequencing PM me if you're still inte...
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
- Replies: 150
- Views: 11223
Re: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
I can do that. I've sent you a PM.stealthfire wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:51 amHI, I'm interested in a 1MHz level shifter and remote mounting. Can you PM me please ?
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: via shift register bug
- Replies: 11
- Views: 353
Re: via shift register bug
Sorry I wasn't clear: what resolved the issue was rewriting all the code which actually accesses the via in machine code. The code which converts between the chip's BCD registers and the Beeb's date strings is still in BASIC. I think the problem you mentioned about the 6502 dummy read was the actua...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: RGB port and scart
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1042
Re: RGB port and scart
I have taken a look underneath the board for any dry joints but it too looks fine. So I have ordered another SN74LS86N chip and I guess I'll have to brush up on some soldering skills. Before snipping out the old IC it might be worth reflowing the solder connections on the existing IC, just in case ...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:47 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
- Replies: 150
- Views: 11223
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:02 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: New Floppy DIsks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 524
Re: New Floppy DIsks
I've taken a punt with some of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324299652490 They're high density - not suitable for Beeb use? I've used lots of 96TPI disks in the past (mainly 3M branded) without any problem, but you may be right. Is 96TPI the same as HD, and 48TPI the same as DD, or are they dif...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:31 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: New Floppy DIsks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 524
Re: New Floppy DIsks
I must just be lucky then, I bought just 20 Kodak DSDD's and have a 70% failure rate. 14 out of 20 failed on me. :-( Same here. You must have bought from the same ebay seller as me! The ones I've got are 48TPI and I'm trying to use them on an 80 track drive, so I wonder if that's the problem? The p...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Mitsubishi MF503A/B terminator resistor value?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 513
Re: Mitsubishi MF503A/B terminator resistor value?
Old thread, but hopefully able to answer this question. I've just been testing out a couple of MF503As, and they both have removable 300 ohm, 9 pin SIL terminating resistors installed.
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:46 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
- Replies: 150
- Views: 11223
Re: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
Just sent you a PM.
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: acorn atom and acorn system series
- Topic: Teac FD-55BR playing up ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 234
Re: Teac FD-55BR playing up ?
Another guess... does the drive have termination?
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:17 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: SCSI Progress At Last
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8784
Re: SCSI Progress At Last
I'm impresssed. And jealous. And now I want to do the same with something similar from my junk pile of SCSI stuff. I can't imagine they'd be that common, but does anyone have a stash of SCSI cards available for sale or can they be built relatively easily? Doesn't look like much is on the card itsel...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:44 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: New SCSI Host Adaptor
- Replies: 122
- Views: 8342
Re: New SCSI Host Adaptor
So, after much stalling, everything should now be available on GitHub: https://github.com/kgl2001/BeebSCSIHostAdaptor I just uploaded everything via the web interface, so I'm not entirely sure I've done it right. Let me know if anything doesn't look right, and I'll try and fix it. I'll also provide ...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:39 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
- Replies: 150
- Views: 11223
Re: FS: Raspberry Pi to 1MHz and Tube bus interfaces
Tube level shifters also on order now, so I'll hopefully see those before the end of the month. That's the Tube level shifters arrived too, so I now have plenty stock of both 1MHz and Tube level shifters. I don't particularly advertise it, but I do also have a stock of User port extenders. If you a...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:30 am
- Forum: past all-day virtual ABugs
- Topic: All-day 'Virtual' Acorn session #11, Saturday 6th February 2021, 9am - 11pm
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1771
Re: All-day 'Virtual' Acorn session #11, Saturday 6th February 2021, 9am - 11pm
An all day ticket for me, please.
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:54 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Today I received.....
- Replies: 6131
- Views: 699154
Re: Today I received.....
Yup. Painted aluminium. Made by a guy on Keir Frasers Flashfloppy facebook group for a *very* reasonable price.IanJeffray wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:37 pmThose really look the part. The best looking Gotek I've ever seen. Metal?
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:24 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Looking for advice on Beeb Purchase
- Replies: 14
- Views: 487
Re: Looking for advice on Beeb Purchase
However, because on my Master I have filled all cartridge sockets and the internal ROM socket with essential software, I find that for using some of the larger than 16K ROMs (Spellmaster, Inter-Base, TED, etc.) I switch to my BBC with Econet. This has an ATPL ROM board, which means that all my 'spe...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:47 pm
- Forum: 8-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Looking for advice on Beeb Purchase
- Replies: 14
- Views: 487
Re: Looking for advice on Beeb Purchase
Indeed, the right answer is to get all 3! I also have all 3, and as much as I try, I just can't bond with my Masters. I'm not sure why, but I always drift back to using the Model Bs. I think it's because they're easier to work on, with most chips being socketed, which then allows more internal upgra...