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by Alastair
Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: XRoar 0.31 released
Replies: 69
Views: 32989

Re: XRoar 0.31 released

0.31-w32 keeps freezing on my computer (running XP). I've had some success by increasing the number of audio buffer frames to 2048, but it's not foolproof and XRoar still freezes on occasion. Unsurprisingly, with "-ao null" XRoar works all the time.
by Alastair
Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:36 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Fame Again! (At The Register)
Replies: 0
Views: 1359

Fame Again! (At The Register)

The Dragon is No. 1 in a new series of articles at The Register.
by Alastair
Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:17 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Repairing Floppy Drives
Replies: 11
Views: 5788

Re: Repairing Floppy Drives

I know of 30 year old disk drives for other computers failing due to worn or perished drive belts. I don't know if Dragon Data drives are susceptible to this problem, but it could be something to check.
by Alastair
Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:38 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: XRoar 0.30 released
Replies: 47
Views: 22382

Re: XRoar 0.30 released

Further: you can't actually type in line 860 (v3) without deleting the space before and after DATA. Line 860 (v3) is exactly the same as line 900 from the original (v1) listing, since there is no warning about typing in this line I can only assume that Mr. Cadge arrived at this line after using the...
by Alastair
Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: XRoar 0.30 released
Replies: 47
Views: 22382

Re: XRoar 0.30 released

I've found another bug :( and unlike the last time I'm pretty sure it's a real bug this time :). When importing .bas files XRoar truncates lines with 250 or more characters. For a few examples see my latest upload.
by Alastair
Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:16 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: Disassembler by Brian Cadge
Replies: 2
Views: 2262

Disassembler by Brian Cadge

This download contains three versions of Brian Cadge's disassembler. Version 1 was printed in Your Computer (May 1983, Vol. 3 No. 5, p. 119-122), see the Internet Archive or WoS (pages 119 , 120 , 121 , and 122 ). The eagle-eyed will note that the listing is not exactly as it appears in Your Compute...
by Alastair
Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:38 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Another Dragon version???
Replies: 15
Views: 9830

Re: Another Dragon version???

As Steve (Zephyr) mentioned earlier in the thread, this board has been discussed before. Phill (Prime) reckons that it cleans up the video signal.
by Alastair
Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:49 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: This is crazy - Double Disk drive for £445
Replies: 11
Views: 11055

Re: This is crazy - Double Disk drive for £445

And someone was fortunate enough to obtain a Dragon 64 for £55.50 including P&P, lucky blighter!
by Alastair
Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: Maggots from Your Computer magazine
Replies: 0
Views: 1368

Maggots from Your Computer magazine

"Maggots" can be found in Your Computer magazine (March 1983, Vol. 3 No. 3, p. 64), see the Internet Archive or WoS ( page 64 and page 65 ). Just like the " Rebound " upload - which, incidentally I have updated - this is a text file that can be CLOADed into XRoar. This time I have resisted making an...
by Alastair
Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:23 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: PSU Pictures
Replies: 31
Views: 16541

Re: PSU Pictures

I suppose I could post this as part of a wiki discussion, but why not post it here in a more public forum? Anyway in a bid to reach consensus, I think of the power supply unit as the brick which plugs into the Dragon, and the board in the pictures on the wiki page as the power board. What do others ...