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I'm writing a library for "running" co-processorsCrossposted at [URL=http://amibay.com/showthread.php?p=117391#post117391]amibay[/URL] and [URL=http://forum.classicamiga.com/forum/showthread.php/436…
... second CPU would use the BBC Micro's OS calls to communicate ... the "I/O processor" (the BBC Micro itself), the usual OSWORD/OSBYTE ... -
Programs & hardware you lostThought i would start a thread on a discussion of stuff you lost, sold, gave away....& pehaps stuff you now find you are in the process of getting ba…
... -1988 or so for the BBC Micro on an econet network (although ... I never owned a BBC Micro, the school had them plus ... -
Powerpack melts! +3 survives!I woke up this morning, switched on the sockets, went to the loo 'as you do' and came back into the living room. I heard this clicking sound so I th…
... way).
Incidentally, the BBC Micro uses a switch mode supply ... -
Other good oldschool computers?Hi! I'm a collector of games, and i looooooooove computers. I'm very much intrested in: -Amiga 500&1200 -Atari 8-bit -C64 -C16 -Spectrum -QL -CoCo -…
[QUOTE=lastkill3r;493008]I will try Acorn Electron.
Have CPC and MSX on my list already.[/QUOTE]
Get a BBC Micro over the Electron. The games are the same by and large, just cut down a bit for the latter machine. -
Donkey Kong and Pac ManWhat are the best versions of Donkey Kong and Pac Man on the speccy?
... handy also.
the BBC micro version of DK is really ... -
Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.
... , RGB for a +3) and BBC Micro/Master giving an excellent picture ... -
Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.
... , RGB for a +3) and BBC Micro/Master giving an excellent picture ... -
Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.
... , RGB for a +3) and BBC Micro/Master giving an excellent picture ... -
3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…
... is much better on the BBC Micro. It's got a faster ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... bit CPU for their "next BBC Micro" because the multiply instruction took ... -
Other good oldschool computers?Hi! I'm a collector of games, and i looooooooove computers. I'm very much intrested in: -Amiga 500&1200 -Atari 8-bit -C64 -C16 -Spectrum -QL -CoCo -…
... an enhanced one for the bbc micro.. which used the add on ... -
Other good oldschool computers?Hi! I'm a collector of games, and i looooooooove computers. I'm very much intrested in: -Amiga 500&1200 -Atari 8-bit -C64 -C16 -Spectrum -QL -CoCo -…
... an enhanced one for the bbc micro.. which used the add on ... Z80 second processor on the BBC Micro was to run CPM software ... -
Can a ZX81 be upgraded to a Spectrum?No, I don't want to do this, and I agree that to do so (even if I could) would be a waste of time. The question is, is it possible though? The upgrad…
... sort of the way the BBC Micro was designed, as part of ... . The thing we call a BBC Micro was originally intended to be ... Tube.
(Indeed my BBC Master is probably as Acorn ... properly written program for the BBC will run on the faster ... -
Anyone here have the UIEC for the C64....and if so what do you think about it? Guy selling them on Ebay for $55 and I'm tempted to get one, a brief look seems to suggest there is lots of…
... / cf systems for various things. bbc micro sd... speccy divide.. cf on ... -
Anyone here have the UIEC for the C64....and if so what do you think about it? Guy selling them on Ebay for $55 and I'm tempted to get one, a brief look seems to suggest there is lots of…
... / cf systems for various things. bbc micro sd... speccy divide.. cf on ... -
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... the Acorn Proton became the BBC Micro, and not the Speccy, ... found in schools, the BBC was just far more suitable ... be learned from how the BBC Micro OS works, it has ... things like memory buffers. BBC BASIC even has the concept ... ended up being the BBC Micro. -
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... ... :p
Yes the BBC micro was over-engineered, but in ... of junk compared to the BBC :)
it'd be ... -
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... I love the Speccy - the BBC Micro was a far better machine ... real boon was that the BBC was a robust machine. It ... -
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... all this "complexity" in to BBC BASIC did reduce usable RAM ... mode. Personally I enjoyed the BBC BASIC programming I did at ... Electron was better than the BBC Micro and is one of the ... -
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... all this "complexity" in to BBC BASIC did reduce usable RAM ... do with screen layout, BBC BASIC fit in a single ... . MODE 2 on the BBC however is a 4 bit ... resembling an OS on the BBC Micro, it was much easier to ... were made. For what the BBC was used for the tradeoffs ... -
Hi againBeen a while since i was last here :P How is everyone else? What have you been up to? I have expanded my collection to: Commodore 64 Electron BBC mi…
[QUOTE=Robin;504977]I have expanded my collection to:
Commodore 64
Electron
BBC micro[/QUOTE]
Really sorry to hear this. Hope things get better. -
Hi againBeen a while since i was last here :P How is everyone else? What have you been up to? I have expanded my collection to: Commodore 64 Electron BBC mi…
[QUOTE=Robin;504977]
I have expanded my collection to:
Commodore 64
Electron
BBC micro
ZX spectrum
[/QUOTE]
Bonfire night is not until November, plenty of time to build it up... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... mode power supply in the BBC Micro because a linear supply made ... far too much heat (the BBC originally insisted "you must use ... running at radio frequency. The BBC relented when they saw how ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... to ?300. And who won BBC educational contract Sinclair initially was ... seeing the cost of the BBC Micro's BOM it's impossible ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... seeing the cost of the BBC Micro's BOM it's impossible ... -
TimelordsDoes anyone know about this game? All I know is that it was Julian Gollop's first game. Even Sinclair Infoseek doesn't have it!
... probably because it's a BBC Micro game.
You can ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... and write code for the BBC Micro instead...
Since you ... -
Jet Set F*****g Willy - Clive gets remixed.[youtube]z1QU60cTyh4[/youtube] May be NSFW because of that one expletive, only used once.
the acorn electron and bbc micro.. well a fair bit of ... (of ocean) started out on bbc micro
all the ... rich kids had BBC micros .. faling that, their folks ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
I've never seen that either, but I've only played elite on the [URL="http://hubpages.com/hub/BBC-Micro"]BBC Micro[/URL] and the Amiga.
Each version has it's own little secrets then! -
Did I dream this game existed??Huge apologies for the fact this game (probably) wasn't on the speccy but it has been bugging me for yonks and I can't find any reference to it's exi…
... The Lost Frog on the BBC Micro at school and completed it ...
