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- Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:02 pm
- Forum: software
- Topic: Disc errors with adffs?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 747
Re: Disc errors with adffs?
Hmm, I installed the final 26bit release from 4corn on my a5000 via a gotek and that worked fine... Mind you, that version is OK on a riscpc too...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:18 am
- Forum: off-topic
- Topic: Solder/flux recommendations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 318
Re: Solder/flux recommendations
Arc would have been leaded. CPC sell multicore 60-40 still, that's what I've found to be the best? I have a US brand too which doesn't wet as well... I use no-clean liquid flux from CPC too:https://cpc.farnell.com/warton/315-0-5l-bottle/315-noclean-flux-1-2-litre/dp/SD00085 This is all for surface m...
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:33 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Date of last (final) use of BBC Micros in classrooms?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 932
Re: Date of last (final) use of BBC Micros in classrooms?
Actually, that reminds me, I nobbled a master which had just been retired from use when I was doing teacher training in 1998!
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:05 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Date of last (final) use of BBC Micros in classrooms?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 932
Re: Date of last (final) use of BBC Micros in classrooms?
Used all the way up until I left in 1992 at my old school. Finally bought it in 1994 iirc when the entire network got taken out by a thunderstorm. All replaced with PCs at that point...
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- Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: emulators
- Topic: Borrow a beeb in the Bay Area?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 357
Re: Borrow a beeb in the Bay Area?
If you've got a Master, you've no need for a compact 
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- Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:49 am
- Forum: archive issues
- Topic: Retro Software website down
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1210
Re: Retro Software website down
The forum is basically defunct and no longer used. It should probably be removed?
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- Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:31 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Old Master
- Replies: 2
- Views: 256
Re: Old Master
6522s are generally awful in anything 
The one with the messed up screen, try holding the cmos reset when you turn it on (R).
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The one with the messed up screen, try holding the cmos reset when you turn it on (R).
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- Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:04 pm
- Forum: wanted
- Topic: Acorn A3000 ARM 3
- Replies: 23
- Views: 699
Re: Acorn A3000 ARM 3
Hello, welcome to the forum.
If no one's got one knocking about, I'd be fairly confident that CJE will:
http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/indiv ... ARM3A3K-SH
You'd have to have a conversation with them though to see which varieties they actually have?
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If no one's got one knocking about, I'd be fairly confident that CJE will:
http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/indiv ... ARM3A3K-SH
You'd have to have a conversation with them though to see which varieties they actually have?
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- Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:19 pm
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Over-etched pads
- Replies: 8
- Views: 213
Re: Over-etched pads
Does it work? If so, I'd just leave it. The only real way to repair gold plating is to re-plate it electrolytically. Some of the solutions to do that aren't particularly nice (you'd need to wear a respirator), but all the gear is certainly going to cost more than £50...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: wanted
- Topic: Wanted: Microvitec Cub Monitor Repair(er)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 523
Re: Wanted: Microvitec Cub Monitor Repair(er)
Crumbs, don't skip it - where are you? Is it a 1451 or 1431?
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- Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:23 pm
- Forum: wanted
- Topic: Wanted: Microvitec Cub Monitor Repair(er)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 523
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:34 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: Worth Taking a Look At
- Replies: 2728
- Views: 239767
Re: Worth Taking a Look At
I'm assuming not ebay auction 
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- Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:14 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Strange Pegasus DFS fault
- Replies: 39
- Views: 922
Re: Strange Pegasus DFS fault
Is the care cartridge wired up properly for R/W on the elk? I have it in my head it might not be...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:47 pm
- Forum: software
- Topic: RiscPC Clean Setup
- Replies: 8
- Views: 445
Re: RiscPC Clean Setup
Filesharing is best done with !FTPc: http://www.ftpc.iconbar.com/ You can also fileshare using sharefs to a raspberry pi. It might even work to an emulated riscpc on a windows/macos machine but I've not tried it! There's also omniclient and lanmanfs but I think those cost ££s You set the filetype by...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:20 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: White stuff on pin connectors and jumpers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: White stuff on pin connectors and jumpers
Fungus merrily grows on floppy discs, there's enough moisture in the air. Food-source-wise they use all sorts of things - organic compounds in some plastics would certainly fuel them... Some even consume plastics, as you say! Conditions don't have to be anything special, just right for whatever it i...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: White stuff on pin connectors and jumpers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: White stuff on pin connectors and jumpers
Either something that's leeched out of the plastic, or, I seem to remember someone took a closeup of it and it looked a bit fungus-like... 
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- Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:05 am
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: help, price value of Electron
- Replies: 6
- Views: 315
Re: help, price value of Electron
Check ebay sold prices and decide what you'd take for it?
They've gone anywhere from £30 to £70. e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Electr ... 2160796722
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They've gone anywhere from £30 to £70. e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Electr ... 2160796722
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Re: Scanning
I've got a plan to build a non-destructive scanner (Basically a mounted digital camera, and good lighting), but as ever time is the thing... In theory archive.org have a network of these things around, but I can't locate any near me. There's certainly a service in London? https://archive.org/scannin...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: for sale / freebies
- Topic: RISCPC 600 motherboard for sale/swap
- Replies: 10
- Views: 368
Re: RISCPC 600 motherboard for sale/swap
They should appear instantly. Even if you can't send PMs you can receive them. I've enabled send on your account.
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- Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Millipede Apex board not working?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 477
Re: Millipede Apex board not working?
I've activated PMs for youIan Karley wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:05 pmAs a new user of this forum I can't contact Paul Emerton directly, if someone would mind dropping him a message I would be most appreciative.

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- Sun Dec 09, 2018 10:04 pm
- Forum: software: other
- Topic: Bootstrapping a CP/M installation
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1095
Re: Bootstrapping a CP/M installation
CPM Filer:
http://mdfs.net/Software/CPM/Filer/CPMFiler.txt
http://mdfs.net/Software/CPM/Filer/
That should do the trick if you've got a double drive?
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http://mdfs.net/Software/CPM/Filer/CPMFiler.txt
http://mdfs.net/Software/CPM/Filer/
That should do the trick if you've got a double drive?
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- Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:47 pm
- Forum: stardot.org.uk
- Topic: too many logins??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 453
Re: too many logins??
No idea 

- Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:12 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Two CF to IDE adapters as Master/Slave
- Replies: 5
- Views: 258
Re: Two CF to IDE adapters as Master/Slave
I've successfully done this using the CF-IDE adaptors that hold two cards. There is a master-slave jumper on them usually. I've not tried it with two separate CF-IDE adaptors.
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Open source firmware for Gotek floppy emulator released
- Replies: 173
- Views: 15826
Re: Open source firmware for Gotek floppy emulator released
There is a direct access mode that gives you direct access to the sd card blocks, but you'll need to implement a FAT library on the host. Then there's the "choose an indexed image", which is what this really is. There's nothing to stop you implementing something to give direct accessas you describe ...
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Elk ADFS niggles, questions and thoughts.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 600
Re: Elk ADFS niggles, questions and thoughts.
Personally, I have never used anything other than UPURS with real floppies and I’m a proactive developer but for some, once they have a solid-state storage system, they don’t perceive any tangible benefits from UPURS - fools :x :lol: I quite like the feel of an UPURS cable despite having multiple s...
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:50 pm
- Forum: wanted
- Topic: RISC OS 4.39 ROMs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 281
Re: RISC OS 4.39 ROMs
Just to note, if you can find the 4.02 ROMs (might be easier) you can softload 4.39 over the top very easily.
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- Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Electron Plus 3 Help
- Replies: 18
- Views: 586
Re: Electron Plus 3 Help
Whilst I had the Plus 3 in pieces I also tried one of my Beeb 3.5" FDD's by just connecting it's ribbon cable to the FDD pins on the Plus 3 board. This worked a treat. The external Beeb drive looks to be the same type as the Plus 3 drive, except it's double sided. I am thinking of whipping it out o...
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:22 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Electron Plus 3 Help
- Replies: 18
- Views: 586
Re: Electron Plus 3 Help
50 means it couldn't find the track/sector/side - either the heads are dirty, or more likely its the HD disk.
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:56 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Electron Plus 3 Help
- Replies: 18
- Views: 586
Re: Electron Plus 3 Help
Previously formatted on a pc can cause problems, and using an HD disk definitely can cause problems. The coercivity (ie level of energy needed to cause a flux reversal) is higher for HD media, and standard density drives don't push out enough to record a reliable signal. In this instance it could we...
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:42 am
- Forum: hardware
- Topic: Loss of output on Electron RGB Port
- Replies: 24
- Views: 549
Re: Loss of output on Electron RGB Port
If nothing at allon the gbs8200, it could only be ic14 the 74LS86 that the sync signal goes through? Composite working proves the rgb is fine.
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