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Yawning Angel @yawning-angel.bsky.social · 23h

Video recording in process today…

#bbcmaster #retrocomputing

A BBC Master computer connected to a TV, with video lighting gear around it and a jesters hat.

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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 1d

That's the one!

RISCOSbits @riscosbits.co.uk · 1d

This back page?

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 2d

When you saw the Acornsoft MODE 7 loading screen you knew you were about to play a great game! A sign of quality. In 1986, Acornsoft and Superior Software joined ranks and games were released with both companies names present on the packaging.

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 2d

Rougol October 2025 meeting on monday - RISCSObits Preshow teaser

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The October 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday and is billed as a pre-show teaser from RISCOSbits.

Rougol October 2025 meeting on monday - RISCSObits Preshow teaser

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Archive Magazine @archiveriscos.bsky.social · 2d

Archive Magazine Oct/Nov 2025 issue is out now! Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users. It's not too late to subscribe and get the latest issue - see www.archivemag.co.uk/subscriptions.html for details. Worldwide subscriptions available! #riscos #raspberypi #opensource

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nemo 🐦 🦣 🐳 🃏 @nemo20000.bsky.social · 3d

Yay! A RISC OS laptop that isn't an inch thick (unlike my other Dell). This one only has 4 cores though...

Not that RISC OS would notice! 🤭

[now to deploy AHK to fix the Fn-Menu keypress 😡]

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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 5d

So the Pi 5 and 500 can't run RISC OS that runs on the previous models not because Broadcom changed anything in the GPU but because of the more fundamental limitation that the newer Cortex-A76 CPU core can only run unprivileged (user mode) code in 32-bit mode. All privileged code has to be 64-bit.

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 5d

I have a BBC Master 128 with USB, IDE and an internal HD. I have also added a Rasberry PiCoPro to it so I can run ARM, 32016, Z80 and 80186 code on it! It's great that people keep old hardware alive by making cool stuff like this!

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 5d

Probably the best, fastest 8-bit computer I've ever used. A Master Turbo ( 4MHz 65c102 ) + 28MByte Hard Drive. Perfect for BBC Micro game development. Made obsolete with the arrival of the Acorn Archimedes range in June 1987. That jump from 8-bit to 32-bit was massive!

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 5d

London Show 2025: Pre-Reserve Your RISCOSbits Hardware for collection

www.iconbar.com/articles/Lon...

RISCOSbits are prioritising having pre-built systems for customers over a general selection.

London Show 2025: Pre-Reserve Your RISCOSbits Hardware for collection

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 6d

The London Show is less than 2 weeks away....

www.iconbar.com/articles/The...

And Tony (Amcog Games) has a really great 2 minute video on youtube promoting it...

The London Show is less than 2 weeks away....

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armbytes.bsky.social @armbytes.bsky.social · 7d

;) Maybe check the language support - Acorn, AFAIK, is the first to support the Welsh language.

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Binary Dinosaurs @binarydinosaurs.co.uk · 9d

Acorn A3000 is getting there. Last night was 'test the floppy drive' so I gave it a little servicing and by and large, nothing happened. 'Drive empty' said RiscOS. Discovered the battery leak had destroyed the cable internally so I thieved one from my R140.

It works! Time to make a new cable...

Overhead view of the internals of the A3000 now that it's largely reassembled. You can see the recently replaced RiscOS2 ROM chips to the left in a stack, the RAM sticking up vertically in the middle, MIDI/User Port board to the upper left and floppy drive on the upper right. White/black wires power the speakers and the red/white cable is for the floppy. There are stickers on top of the major chips where I noted the pinouts for various functions.

Screenshot of the first successful floppy format under RiscOS2 showing 800k formatted and two bad blocks mapped out. I'm amazed this worked actually, given the state of the floppy drive.

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Mark Fraser @mfraz74.bsky.social · 12d

@vincemh.bsky.social From the April 1998 issue of Acorn User.

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Hacktoberfest @hacktoberfest.com · Sep 3

Get ready to celebrate open-source once again with Hacktoberfest! Whether you're going to be creating pull/merge requests, maintaining a participating project, or hosting a community event, check out the site for all the information you'll need: hacktoberfest.com

Hacktoberfest 2024

Hacktoberfest: a month-long celebration of open-source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors.

hacktoberfest.com

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 13d

The 2025 London Show is less than 3 weeks away...

www.iconbar.com/articles/The...

It's now less than 3 weeks to go until the 2025 London Show!

The 2025 London Show is less than 3 weeks away...

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 14d

I'm currently working out what to show at next month's Retro Computer Festival ( Gaming Edition ) at the Centre for Computing History. I'm bringing along a Master 128 or BBC Micro and will focus on game development for those machines. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 16d

The exhibitors are telling us what they're bringing to the RCF - and, wow, what a line up! PDPs and oscilloscopes from the dawn of gaming to brand new projects for the Sega Mega Drive - and into the future with the Spectrum Next! Tickets are selling fast - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 16d

WROCC October 2025 meeting - R-Comp and ROD Show teaser

www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO...

Wakefield's October speaker was Andrew Rawnsley from R-Comp, giving us some updates and teasers for the London Show (in case you need more reasons to attend!)

WROCC October 2025 meeting - R-Comp and ROD Show teaser

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Phil M0OFX @philpem.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 17d

I find the weirdest stuff on old computers. Handheld camcorder footage of the British Motorcycle Grand Prix in 2004 at Donington Park... and someone at Cambridgeshire Software House paid Uniqueway to turn it into an Acorn Replay movie.
#retrocomputing

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 19d

So that's how it worked! Very clever.

Generating the landscape - Lander on the Acorn Archimedes

A deep dive into generating the 3D landscape in Lander on the Acorn Archimedes

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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 20d

The RISC OS London Show is now just under four weeks away! Preview from RISCOSitory - www.riscository.com/2025/london-...

London Show 2025 - just four weeks to go

Today is Saturday, 27th September, 2025, and I've scheduled this post to appear at 11:00am - which means at the time this article appears it will be precisely f

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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 20d

For those who missed it, Gavin's excellent talk can now be watched here youtu.be/NmZSXjij7x4

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 20d

WROCC October 2025 talk on Wednesday - R-Comp

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The October 2025 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 1st October and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom.

WROCC October 2025 talk on Wednesday - R-Comp

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Gavin Crawford @givvygavvygoo.bsky.social · 21d

I've been working on Ovation Pro to add extra scaling options to the picture proxy setting. For those who attended my @rougol.bsky.social talk, I explained the use of proxy images. Base/16, Base/32 & Base/64 now offer even smaller proxies, making for smaller document sizes.
#OvationPro #RISC_OS #DTP

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 23d

September 2025 News Summary

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Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

September 2025 News Summary

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