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- Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:57 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Heathkit Oscilloscope IO-12U
- Replies: 5
- Views: 373
Re: Heathkit Oscilloscope IO-12U
That looks proper sci-fi! 

- Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Today I received.....
- Replies: 6138
- Views: 704186
Re: Today I received.....
*snicker*
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:47 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Bad news: water damage at CCH
- Replies: 6
- Views: 734
Re: Bad news: water damage at CCH
They tried to get an estimate for the roof repair, but the figures didn't add up.
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:17 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Bad news: water damage at CCH
- Replies: 6
- Views: 734
Re: Bad news: water damage at CCH
I was waiting for the punchline thereBeebMaster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:06 pmCrumbs...last time I was there, it was raining in over the antique calculators.

- Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:12 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: eBay : A 1MB A3020 ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 470
Re: eBay : A 1MB A3020 ?
That wouldn't account for the joystick ports. They're only present on the A3010. That's a 3010 with the keyboard and top lid from a 3020. Seems like someone combined two machines to make one working one. It's a a3010 with what would of had a german keyboard, not an a3020 :lol: I found where I read ...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: eBay : A 1MB A3020 ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 470
Re: eBay : A 1MB A3020 ?
I'm sure I read that these were late models intended for the German market, then bought here and the keyboard swapped ower?
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:23 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Beeb Spotting
- Replies: 107
- Views: 15882
Re: Beeb Spotting
That's the one! I do like a bit of Minder, class show.
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:45 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Beeb Spotting
- Replies: 107
- Views: 15882
Re: Beeb Spotting
On Minder this morning, Ray had a three box Archimedes on his desk in Arthur's lock up. It was the Arthur is retiring episode. He put a cup of tea on the monitor, much to Ray's disgust 

- Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:29 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: ARM sold to Nvidia (by Softbank)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 688
Re: ARM sold to Nvidia (by Softbank)
Yes, the hoss bolted years ago, the stable has been long demolished, and the hoss died years ago anarl.
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: A3010 worthwhile/worthy?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1902
Re: A3010 worthwhile/worthy?
I love my A3010, owned it since I was a kid. It started out with 2mb and ended up with 4mb and a hccs mini ide podule. Only thing I missed out on was a turbo ram
I even had a parallel cd rom drive, although the fuse used to trip in it.

- Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:07 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: When to recognise you have a problem
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1584
Re: When to recognise you have a problem
Needs proper racking for vertical storage, so much wasted 

- Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:56 am
- Forum: 8-bit acorn software: other
- Topic: PunyInform and Ozmoo
- Replies: 514
- Views: 25495
Re: PunyInform
I have some proper infocom games for the Tatung and they do hammer the disc drive a lot. I was surprised at first!
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Tatung Einstien..
- Replies: 69
- Views: 12411
Re: Tatung Einstien..
Yes the search goes on, I dumped a load of rare stuff recently. I think it’s filtering through. I’ll be buying a setup on payday! Are they cheaper outside of ebay? 

- Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Tatung Einstien..
- Replies: 69
- Views: 12411
Re: Tatung Einstien..
The two machines using different drives is a pain I had when trying to get some working drives. I was looking at your replacement system for the 256, is it easy to use and fit? Do you just dump the files on or does it require more tweaking than that?
- Thu May 28, 2020 10:03 pm
- Forum: introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from the North East
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2245
Re: Hello from the North East
Hoo Colin!
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Acorn Communicators on TV… in 1996
- Replies: 6
- Views: 752
Re: Acorn Communicators on TV… in 1996
Those Bull Electrical ads used to awesome! 

- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
I wanted to keep to multiples of 24MHz. I would guess that if a 48MHz crystal was 9.64 Mips then a 50MHz one would pretty well hit it. (Doing the calculation, it should be a 49.793MHz oscillator, but they don't exist.) I like the idea of a mild overclock, I loved my A3010 when I was a teen, althoug...
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:44 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
What about for just over 10 mips?
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:46 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
An old post by someone on the iconbar stated "Right, here we go. The 'Turbo RAM' upgrade was a 4MB upgrade that used some stupidly-fast 40-50ns 4Mbit FPM memory (8x 1Mx4). Usually, upgrades at the time used 70/80ns. The upgrade also replaced the memory system clock of the ARM250 to clock the m...
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:45 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
I know I've asked this before, but what differences did the Simtek Turbo ram have? I'm guessing it was user fit, and didn't needed soldered oscillators to be replaced? Would it be possible to re manufacture the turbo ram?
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
Double the MIPS does seem a like a fierce overclock. I hope you boys won't ride the tail off these old A3010s.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
What would be a nice overclock of say around 10 to 11 mips?
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
Grumble! 

- Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:04 pm
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010

- Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:17 am
- Forum: introduce yourself
- Topic: Hi from Cheltenham uk
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1080
Re: Hi from Cheltenham uk
Hi all, Wanted a bbc as a kid. What I actually had was a Vic 20. I loved it and learnt to code using it. But, was always jealous of my friends with BBCs, and even the Electron. Anyway, I have a couple of amigas and a nice C64 but the need to have a beeb hasn’t gone away, so here I am. Ready to do s...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:42 am
- Forum: 32-bit acorn hardware
- Topic: Today I overclocked my A3010
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53996
Re: Today I overclocked my A3010
Is it overclocked? 

- Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:52 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Connecting a viewdata terminal to a wifi modem?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2782
Re: Connecting a viewdata terminal to a wifi modem?
I have a Tandata QL Modem stack!

- Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:32 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: Today I received.....
- Replies: 6138
- Views: 704186
Re: Today I received.....
I didn't understand any of it, I thought he had been haxxored 

- Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:02 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Tatuing Einstein 256 Power without Monitor
- Replies: 5
- Views: 745
Re: Tatuing Einstein 256 Power without Monitor
With that cable, I use a molex power adapter, I use the same one on my Amstrad 6128. I'm trying to remember the brand name, it was a decent quality one for around £30.
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:22 am
- Forum: other vintage hardware, software and languages
- Topic: Tatuing Einstein 256 Power without Monitor
- Replies: 5
- Views: 745
Re: Tatuing Einstein 256 Power without Monitor
Yes, that's the cable I got, it works well enough for the moment. Hoping to get a proper rgb/scart one at some point.
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