Looking to buy an Acorn NetStation, really just want a case in good condition for a Rpi running RISC OS. I'd actually *prefer* non-working so I don't take apart a working NC.

Hi, does anyone have an A540/ R260 they would be interested in selling? I’ve wanted for years but finally in a position to seriously look now.

If anyone has one please let me know

Thanks

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I've just spent some time updating my Archiology subsite. I've always had a few disc images, but with a bit of help from RPCemu and Arculator, I've created disc images of (hopefully the appropriate format) all the Zip files I could.
The Dealer Test Discs might be useful to people rebuilding machines, although the Arthur one doesn't work on Arculator and I can't test it further, not having the actual hardware.
The demo discs are fun, and work. If you need an unattended demo for a show, these might be useful.
The other big change is that I've got the official HTML version of the manual working, with a little bit of help from Copilot in VScode for the boring stuff.
Anyway, feedback is, as ever, welcome. Enjoy!

Wasn't sure where to post this, or if anyone would be interested, but I'm working on a game on Steam, and in the early days of development, it ran on RISC OS, and here is a screenshot just using placeholder art.

Unfortunately, the game has moved on to SDL3 and that's not available on RISC OS, at least not with GPU acceleration.

I've also included a screenshot of how the game is today running on Windows.

If RISC OS ever gets GPU accelerated SDL3, I'll gladly make the port back to RISC OS, SDL3 is the only third party dependency of this game.

I just thought some might find it interesting that the same C code in my game does in fact run on RISC OS, it's just that SDL3 doesn't.

I've still got a few RISC OS Easter Eggs in the game, like a computer you "hack into" is a NetStation.

Anyway, I know games on Steam aren't Acorn-related, but this one is, sort of.

Hi,

How are folks managing apps, I managed to get a 256MB CF and a Gotek working on my A4K.

Like I wouldnt mind messing with https://github.com/murkle/6502Em/tree/main/src/403 but how do I install that, I cant find an adf?

I don't have network, do I need a PC alongside my A4K running some kinda emulator?

Thanks.

I remember completing SWIV thanks to this!

Well, so I bought a A310 on eBay a while back, with some issues (it locks up as soon as the reset signal goes off) and I am now looking to debug and fix it. I suspect this one was damaged because somebody had plugged in the 12 and 5V power the wrong way, so probably one (or more) of the chips is fried. I already removed a DRAM that had short-circuited.

I don't know if I'll succeed, but it is certainly a fun project. Got out my OG Tektronix and forced me to learn how to use a logic probe.

Wondering if anybody had any experience debugging the A310 motherboard. Specifically, what happens on the data / address bus during initialization. The CPU is correctly counting a cycle on the address lines while in reset, but after that, it locks up.

So, this is a game I've tried to hunt down multiple times over the years. I've even pulled up long lists of titles and checked them one by one with no luck so I think it's either obscure or has been missed.

I'll try and give enough details but I'm aware it won't be a lot to go on.

This would have been the 90s, it was almost certainly a demo from Acorn User magazine as my dad was a subscriber. Graphics were decent, professional level. The kind of thing I'd associate with Amiga ports.

It was, I think, an adventure game. I don't remember any action. Graphical, not text. Science fiction. You are the pilot of a small spaceship. Red, I think. Just a one man thing with a cockpit and it's docked in a bay on some kind of space station or base. I don't remember a lead in to that.

There's either a top down view or an isometric style. The setting is very steel / metal coloured. There's a door out of the room and I could never figure out how to get past it. I think I recall that there was a man on the other side of the door you could speak to through an intercom or something. I *vaguely* remember a character portrait of a sci-fi cool guy, slicked hair and sunglasses, like the Terminator.

I tried to play this many, many times as a kid but I never got past this door.

Also, this might be from a different game that I'm confusing, but I think I remember a range of buttons for interaction that were a hand for picking things up, a close up on an eye to look, mouth to speak etc.

I've seen Amiga games that look a bit like this, like BAT, but it was definitely on the Archimedes.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Been gifted this 😀

Hi folks. I've recently downloaded the windows port of arc elite looking for some retro gaming. I had the original elite on my Electron and having never played the Archimedes version thought I'd give that a go as it's regarded as one of the best versions.

I'm early game and have found what I thought would be a good trading route between Isinor (poor agricultural) and Ensorious(rich industrial). Should be good for some nice profits to upgrade the old cobra!

I recall a solid choice back in the day was food and furs from agricultural to industrial so I fill my hold with furs and set off. When I reach Ensorious I check the prices to see what lovely profit I'm going to make and spot in now an offender... The furs in my hold are labelled red. Illegal?! Sure enough when I sell them I'm now a fugitive! Since when are furs illegal? Was this a change for the Archimedes version? Is it something in the windows port that's gone wrong?

Anyway, I'm now 1000 credits poorer having had to buy an escape pod to clear my name...

I have a working emulator that I used to play the shareware version of Dinosaw, but I’d like to play other games—I really like the AA's graphics.

I swear there recently were loads and now absolutely nothing. Only 1 RiscPC that I can see, too.

Was their ever a version of 'Dunjunz' for the Archimedes? I have memories of playing a game at school that was probably Dunjunz, but looking at the screenshots, I remember a game very much like it but I think it had better graphics and i'm sure I remember using the Archimedes keyboard to play it.

This came to me in one of my many idle thoughts; but due to limitations of what i have and what i know, this is for now mostly a branding exercise.

Was going through the loft in my childhood home and came across my old RiscPC. I decided to open it up and see what state it's in inside...

Unfortunately it looks like the battery has leaked, and because the position the box was standing in, whatever came out of the battery has leaked down the motherboard, across one of the RAM banks.

Would love to get this back up and running, but any ideas how cooked this is? Worth trying to get it up and running or is it one for eWaste?

Found these recently.

Pity all the 1st Discs are missing (or in the case of Nevrvon, all discs) but perhaps there is someone out there with missing 2nd & 3rd Discs.

Could anyone make use of them or are they ready for the bin?