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Presume it's only DDOS that implements *ROMID, wish other publishers would've implemented something similar, especially Solidisk. Oddly enough it is only in DDOS. No such command in Challenger or SEDFS. Although by March '86 they get sloppy and send out three different ROMs with the same date and r...

It is 3.45, but contains a couple of extra bytes at offset &190 and a NOP at &19D, which then causes all JMP/JSR's to differ by 3 bytes. Haven't investigated any further but am assuming it's a hack, does yours look original? No reason to believe Tom's ROM isn't original: >*ROMID 3.45 01-06-...

Hi all, just a little drive-by post to say I've been working on the long-running patch for the FS that came with my Beeb. I'm pleased to say that the last two oddities of the old code are gone, namely:- Loads and saves are trimmed to length, and loads in particular don't overrun. Player data is now ...

The same error exists in the source code for Xfer 5.3a. I can see it in the /src/ folder, but I can't identify where it lies in crunched version in the /bin/ folders, so no quick fix without recompiling. Am I correct in thinking that Greg Cook ( regregex ) is the current maintainer of 5.3a? Hi ther...

FWIW it may have something to do with a bug in *RUN under CFS/RFS. In BBC OS 1.20 and Electron OS 1.00 after *RUN loads the file it tries to update the OSFILE block with the length of the file, except that *RUN did not set the address (stored at &C8) of the OSFILE block. If !&C8 points into ...

I'll be there.

Just letting you know that I've updated Mark de Weger et al. 's Xfer in C file transfer software to version 5.2. http://regregex.bbcmicro.net/#prog.xfer Changes: Enabled the CTS/RTS handshake mode for, you've guessed it, CTS/RTS handshaking serial cables. (Recipe enclosed.) After finally making up o...

There's a match for each ROM in Wouter's collection : roms/kopie_van_disk/varia/Control_universal_ltd__Cube__6809_monitor roms/kopie_van_eprom/varia/CMS__CMSLINK_Micro_module The monitor has the same help screen but different banner. Hmm, bootleg? :-k A dump would only be of interest to 'completists...

Remember Byte Back? "Hey, there's another room!"...

Kent GEEK Game Expo East Kent www.geek2013.co.uk Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th February 2013 Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent CT9 1HX "So if you don’t know what to do for that half term, you do now. "GEEK2013 is built around MEET-MAKE-PLAY: MEET–Meet friends new and old, family, d...

Good find. The BBC Micro article shows up another small set of discrepancies with the Micro Men narrative, most obviously the date of the Proton demonstration, now placed in December 1980 rather than the following July as implied by the footage of the royal wedding -- although a year does seem a lon...

I don't post very often these days, but I notice tomorrow's ShortList magazine has gone all retro gamey. It's its first interactive issue apparently but I wouldn't know, my 'dimphone' can only take a picture of it :) There's an article on Pong, the inevitable '20 greatest retro games' list and a num...

I do like to jump in late to these things... not this time though.

But, in case the video doesn't make it clear, that place is big - you could fit six Norcalympias in there. Have a great time everybody!

Greg

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but the ARM copro takes 20 minutes to render as well, the host is the bottleneck here. The release will run without a copro as well, just with a lower quality background.
@jbnbeeb: I didn't know anyone was waiting!

Greg

Hello again Chris. I was thinking of your twirling Beebs on the front page when I wrote this.

Thanks again for the 8BS pool which now sits nicely on a couple of GoMMC cards

Greg

On the disc controller side, check the 4 MHz clock (on pin 3 of the header) and the interrupt outputs (pins 8 and 11). The latter may be being held up and perpetually interrupting the startup routine. Also check the pins for tarnish or bending in as the header Opus uses is prone to these. AFAIK the ...

Thanks PJ! Made my day. Chickened out at 999.8, mind you, the score wraparound is probably just as well!

Greg

I didn't use MakeUEF (using SoX and Kleen.)

Not going to post the output as it's an Acornsoft number. Sorry!

HTH

Greg

Got it moving after I posted, Col -- T to start while you pump the gaS!

I attempted a UEF conversion of Revs, although I don't know if it was successful, as in BeebEm the car won't budge (anti-piracy measure?) and B-Em quits altogether before it can load the protected file. Adding it to the copy protected software list though.

Greg

http://www.stairwaytohell.com/music/Microcosm.mp3

I love doing this... I've booked a hotel for the Saturday and will make a weekend of it.

I know I haven't been reading the boards a lot lately but if @MartinB does appear I'll discuss any UEF queries he may have.

See you in 40hrstowers

Greg

Dear Daley,

How good are you at QWOP?

Greg

It's an infinite loop. After the second pass the stepping addition in a FOR loop silently overflows to -2147483648, and so the loop never exits, as there's no integer greater than 2147483647.
BASIC's got lots of bugs with the minimum value actually -- least of all integers, indeed.
--Greg

Thread resurrection!

Naturally, someone has to produce a Twitter client in time for the next Acorn World.

--G

@jms2: my Beeb is 3935 down the line from yours! The serial number sticker has fallen off and been reattached, no doubt the same has happened with your sticker. I'd be interested to see the date stamp on the motherboard if you ever lift the WE ROM board. I've got: 03ANB01 3054325. Date stamp: 11 MAY...

I'd love to go but my wallet is empty right now, besides from Sunday I'm due to sit my sister's dog.
Hope you all have a lovely time.

Greg

Glad news, good to hear from you again

Greg

Howdy

--Greg