Jim can sit and play games on it all day now hopefully!JonB wrote:Sorry, just got to say again.. that red MTX is the sexiest 8 bit machine full stop. I could sit and stare at it all day. No, really!
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- 15 Oct 2017 19:48
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Memofest 2017 Photos
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Re: Memofest 2017 Photos
- 15 Oct 2017 18:23
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Memofest 2017 Photos
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Re: Memofest 2017 Photos
Mark poster a picture of a home made keyboard with a suggestion it might have been a cake. Of course it's not, Pothole Pete was the real cake. The home made box hides a component reduces sort of MTX like system, one of a couple of experiments I'd tried with the intention of making a replacement Main...
- 15 Oct 2017 18:02
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Memofest 2017 Photos
- Replies: 13
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Re: Memofest 2017 Photos
Next up was fitting the Magrom internally and a "test" of some of the games. That revealed a 3rd problem the "H" key didn't work. Changing the cable didn't change anything so we connected my keyboard, that worked as expected, confirming the motherboard was fine and that the issue...
- 15 Oct 2017 17:49
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Memofest 2017 Photos
- Replies: 13
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Re: Memofest 2017 Photos
So last thing Sat, after everyone else had gone, Mark and I had a look at Paul D's MTX to try and work out why it was having video issues. By the time Mark had to leave for the long drive we still hadn't duplicated the fault, even with the extra load on the PSU of driving a CFX-II on the expansion c...
- 14 Oct 2017 22:24
- Forum: PROGRAMMING
- Topic: Memotest 2017 - Z80 coding contest
- Replies: 27
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Re: Memotest 2017 - Z80 coding contest
This was my PRNG16 entry, the actual entry is 44 bytes and 177 cycles. The code here is a little longer, as to prove it was romable, I build and tested it as a paged rom! NAME TestRom TYPE rom p EQU &A000 q EQU &A002 rnd equ &A004 ORG &2000 ;if bytes 0 - 7 are 8-1 resp. autoboot rom ...
- 13 Oct 2017 14:25
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Setting the Agenda
- Replies: 8
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Re: Setting the Agenda
Here's the sort of plan for the day, based on what I know of arrival times etc: 10:00 to 11:00 Arrivals, tea, coffee and chat. 11:00 to 13:00 Morning session: demonstrations 13:00 to 14:00 Lunch 14:00 to 15:00 Pre cake session: more demonstrations 15:00 to 15:30 Tea, coffee and CAKE 15:30 to 19:00 A...
- 07 Oct 2017 19:05
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Setting the Agenda
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Re: Setting the Agenda
The "computer room" benches are both about 7' long.
The "provisional" Memofest setup has 7 screens set up, one or 2 of which can be moved if necessary
The "provisional" Memofest setup has 7 screens set up, one or 2 of which can be moved if necessary
- 07 Oct 2017 19:01
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: ROM Upgrades
- Replies: 4
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Re: ROM Upgrades
CFX build 147, and the Magrom version 2.0 rom are both on the site.
- 06 Oct 2017 21:29
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: Setting the Agenda
- Replies: 8
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Setting the Agenda
Memofest is just a week away :shock: ! So now 2 questions so that I can try and work out an event plan. Who has something that they want to show. I know some of you have said you're working on something, no need to say what it is if you want to keep it a surprise :lol: What time to people expect to ...
- 05 Oct 2017 23:24
- Forum: MEMOFEST 2017
- Topic: What to DO at Memofest 2017
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19149
Re: What to DO at Memofest 2017
More like no software at allCrazyboss wrote:Einstein? - and the thief software ?
Boot disc and BBC basic were all that came with it.