MiSTer FPGA Forum

GreyAreaUK wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:47 pm

To all intents and purposes, Meta IS Facebook.

Yep, you're right. I can't keep up with how many companies Facebook have. Instagram, as well.

The Acorn AKF17 is an Archimedes 15hz Monitor, it was built for the first A3000 series (not the later A3010/A3020 etc..), and it's output was 15hz - Heck, you can even use it on a regular CRT TV. The Archimedes core has 15hz issues, and has never been fixed properly for a 15hz CRT.

This is the only mount I know, specifically for that trackball.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcade-Trackba ... 992&sr=8-1

They are on eBay as well, but you might need to buy from a Chinese seller, or hope you have a seller in the EU.

Will this work for Arkanoid World ?

[Arkanoid (World)]
spinner_vid=0xFFFF
spinner_pid=0xFFFF
spinner_axis=0
spinner_throttle=50

Or do you just write Arkanoid, in the brackets ?
I have just made my own spinner using an Ultimarc USB SpinTrak, and it's really slow in Arkanoid.

I literally just tried this, and it worked great, and looked as good as MAME.
Outrun, and Turbo Out, on the other hand, both had major graphical problems, including extreme colour issues - lots of green everywhere.

I still have my BBC Master, Cub Monitor, Disk Drive, along with some modern hardware. Great machine.
If you click this link, you will see some more games that have been released in the last few years. Great that this machine still gets releases.

http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php

Great game, that also had (like many "Universal" cabs at the time) a great-looking arcade cabinet.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10707024@N04/50175736033

Looking forward to this.

Excellent news. Time to dust off that Driving Force GT.

Good luck.
My own 3DO will never be sold, I have had it since the late 90s when they were all sold off really cheap. I have the Panasonic Real FZ-1, and I just love it's 90s aesthetics.

Retro-Bit USB Saturn Controller ?

I just love that Astro City cab. The closest I have got to own one is the Astro City Mini, lol.

Malor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:13 am

Some games came with viruses, so IPF is no guarantee of anything. And writable IPFs will be just as vulnerable to external infection as writable ADFs.

You literally have no idea what you are on about. Just like 99.9% of your posts.

The way forward is IPF support, then nobody will have to deal with dodgy viruses, dodgy cracks, and crap 90s intros.
With IPF, it just works because it's a 1-to-1 copy of the original media, with copy protection intact.

The ST was a great computer,

It was. I had the first 1Mb Atari 1040ST to hit the UK sometime in 1986, and I loved it more than any of my later Amiga machines. I still have it here, in it's original box, second disk drive, 4Mb upgrade, AtariI SC1435 RGB Monitor, also have a modern UltraSatan, and a SD4ST.

Telemachus wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:26 am

Ultimately I believe the objective should be about preserving authenticity and not "this is good enough" solutions.

100% Spot on.

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, because of our (UK) Brexit stupidity, buying anything from Europe is a hit-and-miss lottery at the moment.
But thanks anyway. I will post here if I get the Golden Tee working as a USB trackball, when the USB controller arrives in Jan 2023.

I also have one of the above, it's ok for the cheap price they go for.
Problem is, you need a mounting plate for it, and I haven't found a UK seller that sells them, only a Chinese seller.

Nice. Looks like the connections are all labelled for you.
I'm still waiting for my order (IPAC 2) to arrive, but due to Royal Mail strikes it's marked as late as Jan 6th, so I can't do much at the moment.
The only issue I have of the Couchcade is the size of it, it's too big for the desk my Mister is using.