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I'm having no end of difficulties trying to get software on to my A3000 (with IDE). Just a reminder that I'm new to Acorn stuff so explain stuff in simple terms please. Problem is: it is not simple... One route might be: use an emulator on a PC like RPCEmu or RedSquirrel to "mount" the .a...

As the first in my series of tools "for RISC OS, but not running on RISC OS, unless someone ports a recent version of Java to RISC OS", a very early release of my Java-based SpriteViewer and SpriteConverter is now available for download: Windows: https://www.huber-net.de/riscos/SpriteViewe...

I can't immediately identify that as the 16bit variant or the 16/32bit variant...looks different than the models I remember. To connect devices internally, you need a standard 50pin ribbon cable. Externally, you need to look - some variants had 25pin Sub-D connector (looks like a printer port), othe...

Today, I took delivery of another friend's A5000 Alpha. I'm keeping this one, but we fitted the 8 Mb board and the machine works, but only shows 4MB. The Alpha variant of the A5000 had, IIRC, a 16 MHz system bus (and hence memory) clock. It needed "special" MEMC1a that worked at that spee...

Hi, I am currently working on a tool (written in Java, so only for Linux, Windows and MacOS and unfortunately not for RISC OS unless someone ports a current Java version!) to read filecore-formatted image files (.adf, .hdf, D/E/F format along with + variants) and extract files and directories to the...

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Hi, my name is Mark I am living in Germany and I am relatively new with an A3010 w/o harddisk. If you prefer to have your RISC OSy conversation in German, join us at https://forum.acorn.de/ Therefor I focus on 3D games partly. Here is a list of the ones I cannot locate anywhere online: -Galactic Da...

I am struggling with the modules. I can't find any modules that should be associated with the AEH50 podule. They should be listed as "Podule ..." in the list given by the "*rommodules" command, shouldn't they? Yes. However, various Ethernet cards had various variants which came ...

It looks to me like the Archie core in MIST is implementing the RTC/CMOS chip as a RAM block: https://github.com/mist-devel/mist-board/blob/master/cores/archie/rtl/i2cslave/registerInterface.v This is initialized on power up with values defined in a file called cmos.mif https://github.com/mist-deve...

So whether it'll work or not will probably depend upon whether the MIST is emulating a machine with a 9-pin video connector or one with a proper VGA connector (and whether the emulated VGA goes straight to the VGA connector or whether there's something fancy going on like the built-in scan doubler)...

In any case, the default CMOS settings are dictated by the kernel. On RISC OS 3.5+ it defaults to Auto monitor type. I'm fairly certain older OS versions will default to that as well - otherwise the problem with EDID-supporting monitors confusing the auto-detection in Archimedes machines wouldn't h...

somehow change the RISC OS ROM image to provide a different monitortype on startup (how does RISC OS decide?) If you use *Configure MonitorType Auto then the OS will probe the 'ID lines' to try and determine what monitor type to use (see the PRMs, or the ROOL wiki ). So if the startup CMOS could be...

OK, thanks a lot guys, when THE two experts on that topic agree, I am inclined to take it as fact

I will hopefully get this to work with the MIST, too!

hubersn

How can you change the MonitorType without rebooting? *Configure MonitorType changes both the CMOS setting and the live value that's used by the OS. The next mode change will use the mode definitions for the new monitor type. Oops - are you absolutely sure? I tried that (using both *configure and !...

Imagine the following: you have a virtual Archimedes system with RISC OS 3.10 or 3.11. CMOS writing is not supported. It starts automatically with MonitorType 4 and works fine with a VGA screen. Now you want to connect a real 15kHz screen or a true multiscan that can handle both VGA and 15 kHz to ge...

Ok, I have an older version of “universal” boot now and that recognises the card. IfConfig now lists the en0 interface but if I try to set the IP address ifconfig en0 inet 192.168.1.100 It throws an error: IfConfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): En module error "inet"? What does this do? Try to us...

This will result in three obey files with all the necessary commands in !Boot.Choices.Internet. After a bit of faking in Arculator...basically, what results from !InetSetup are the following commands (values: your IP=192.168.1.2, your nameserver=1.1.1.1, your default gateway=192.168.1.1, your netma...

I tried UniBoot and !InetSetup, but unfortunately it doesn't see my interface. Try to create an AutoSense file. Locate !InetSetup.AutoSense and put an obey file e.g. called "EtherO" into it. It should contain the following line: Set InetSetup$Driver$NIC Oak EtherO:eo0:EtherO:4.03:EtherO T...

I tried UniBoot and !InetSetup, but unfortunately it doesn't see my interface. There is a step-by-step guide on riscos.org I tried to follow, but fails in step 8/9 since my card isn't found. Still stuck I'm afraid. I'm still hoping someone else did the legwork already and knows what (modules) to lo...

Thanks hubersn, - Huge snip - OK, now that looks promising! Basically, you need at least MbufManager, Internet, EtherO and probably additionally the "Resolver" module. I would recommend to start with Universal Boot anyway and throwing away the stuff you don't need, there is a RO 3.1 versi...

-Huge Snip- I am fairly sure that ClassNet does not do "standard Ethernet" TCP/IP, but is instead proprietary stuff over Ethernet cabling. You need a "standard" Ethernet podule which normally comes with all necessary things in its podule (EP)ROM like the Internet module as well ...

It just feels like a sync issue. I just wondered if there were any specific modes I should put my A310 into to see the display. Remember to configure your machine for seperate sync - not sure how that is done on A310, but the A3000 needed that to be compatible with later monitors (even the NEC Mult...

The monitor I previously used on my Acorn Archimedes A310 recently died and I am now looking for a suitable alternative. At present I have it working on a 15" flat screen via the monochrome video output (definitely not desirable). I am not the most clued up person in the world when it comes to...

There was various cool stuff possible with the PC card - like the early Linux port by Mark Brinicombe, or ARMASPI by Andreas Walter which allowed access to every SCSI device directly from DOS and Windows software. And Windows 95 with Netscape for sensible Internet access via the "I am two netwo...

I found an IDE interface in an A310 that is labelled "SF & PS IDE". The copyright mentions Peter Szymanski. It seems similar to the ICS interface, but not quite the same. I think "SF" refers to Stefan Fröhling who sold the first IDE podule I am aware of. There were podule an...

A9home is USB1.1 only. Use small sticks, at most 2 GiB and FAT12/FAT16 if you want to use them with the bare system (because RISC OS integrated DOSFS had not been extended to handle FAT32 and long filenames back then). You have to configure MassFS to explicitly include the USB stick to be "supp...

A bit of beeb emulation. I've noticed Apple II, SNES and CPC emulators - were they useable? Regarding CPC emulators: on RPCEmu, you can use Andreas Stroiczek's (known as "Face Hugger" in CPC world) !CPCEmu version 1.10 from here http://www.huggers-world.de/mops.html It does not emulate th...

Never heard of the Magnetic Image interface (how was it connected to the Arc?), but I remember playing Spheres of Chaos with a Joystick interface called "Gamer's Upgrade" which was created by IOC in Germany, software was done by Matthias Seifert (author of Rockfall). It was connected to I2...

Hi all, Opinions on the best (free) Archimedes emulator? ArchiEmu of course. On Windows, Arculator. On Linux, ArcEm. Also, is there a repository of applications (like the Amiga and Atari TOSEC archives) There is also a TOSEC archive for the Archimedes, but it is rather incomplete. Good source for o...