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  • A happy day

    From Bob Worm to All on Sat Jun 1 22:41:43 2024
    Hi, all.

    This message reaches you courtesy of (and as a test for) a terminal emulator I have written in ARM assembler for my favourite retro computer, the Acorn A3020. There are still a few more features to add but so far, so good... Eventually the code will make it onto GitHub but for now I'm just super stoked to have a pixel perfect VGA font doing CP437 with "correct" colours, three new things for me on this system :)

    Sorry for the humblebrag :)

    BobW
  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 1 14:56:08 2024
    This message reaches you courtesy of (and as a test
    for) a terminal emulator I have written in ARM
    assembler for my favourite retro computer, the Acorn
    A3020.

    Oh wow, IT LIVES!!! Great work, Bob! Running at 9600 bps?

    so far, so good... Eventually the code will make it
    onto GitHub but for now I'm just super stoked to have a
    pixel perfect VGA font doing CP437 with "correct"
    colours, three new things for me on this system :)

    That's awesome, sounds like a great terminal emulator. The quotes around "correct" colours makes me hope you're not colour blind. ;)

    Sorry for the humblebrag :)

    Well deserved and congrats on getting it online!

    ... what about Zmodem? :)


    Chris/akacastor


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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 1 18:07:34 2024
    On 01 Jun 2024, Bob Worm said the following...

    Hi, all.

    This message reaches you courtesy of (and as a test for) a terminal emulator I have written in ARM assembler for my favourite retro
    computer, the Acorn A3020. There are still a few more features to add
    but so far, so good... Eventually the code will make it onto GitHub but for now I'm just super stoked to have a pixel perfect VGA font doing
    CP437 with "correct" colours, three new things for me on this system :)

    Sorry for the humblebrag :)

    BobW
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
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    Congratulations!

    Got you here in Texas!

    ogg
    Sysop, Altair IV BBS
    altairiv.ddns.net:2323

    ... I'm not a complete idiot... Several parts are missing!

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    * Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)
  • From klunk@21:1/124 to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 1 23:35:13 2024
    Ah the good old beeb days, tinkered with many bbc / acorn computers in my gcse / alevel days. The speed or lack of speed on econet :D

    ... No honey, I can't eat with the family. My computer gets lonely!

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    * Origin: Who Dares Wins Amiga BBS (21:1/124)
  • From Bob Worm to AKAcastor on Sun Jun 2 07:15:15 2024
    Re: A happy day
    By: AKAcastor to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 01 2024 14:56:08

    Hi, Chris.

    Oh wow, IT LIVES!!! Great work, Bob! Running at 9600 bps?

    Full 9600, baby! Hold onto your hat!

    Actually the fully assembler-ified code ends up waiting for the bytes to come in :) :) :)

    That's awesome, sounds like a great terminal emulator.

    Let's not get ahead of ourselves - it might get there one day.

    The quotes around "correct" colours makes me hope you're not colour
    blind. ;)

    Thankfully colour recognition is one part of me that still works. I say "correct" because a) the terminal emulator I have until now been using on the Arc uses different colours, and particularly can't do intensity so Bubble Boggle is unplayable, b) the determination that IBM VGA colours are the right choice is a little arbitrary, and c) The palette on the A3020 is only granular to (I think) 4 bits per colour so the colours are very close to the VGA spec but not necessarily perfect in places.

    ... what about Zmodem? :)

    Roadmap :)

    Features in front of Zmodem in the queue include arrow keys, the ability to exit and a flashing cursor...

    BobW
  • From Bob Worm to ogg on Sun Jun 2 07:16:07 2024
    Re: A happy day
    By: ogg to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 01 2024 18:07:34

    Congratulations!

    Got you here in Texas!

    Thanks, Ogg!
  • From Bob Worm to klunk on Sun Jun 2 07:18:10 2024
    Re: Re: A happy day
    By: klunk to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 01 2024 23:35:13

    Hi, Klunk.

    Ah the good old beeb days, tinkered with many bbc / acorn computers in my gcse / alevel days. The speed or lack of speed on econet :D

    Ah, someone familiar with my new hobby!

    Amusingly I hated Beebs in school and never got near an Arc, it's only the last two years I'm really experiencing them for the first time.

    BobW
  • From k9zw@21:1/224 to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 2 08:58:49 2024
    On 01 Jun 2024, Bob Worm said the following...

    This message reaches you courtesy of (and as a test for) a terminal emulator I have written in ARM assembler for my favourite retro
    computer, the Acorn A3020. There are still a few more features to add

    Congratulations on the fine work!

    This is an "Archimedes" class model? One with the green function keys and the 'puter in the deep keyboard case?

    Was the '20 version the one with the drive and networking built in?

    Again fab work!


    73

    Steve
    K9ZW

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 2 13:24:00 2024
    Hello Bob Worm!

    ** On Sunday 02.06.24 - 07:16, Bob Worm wrote to ogg:

    Re: A happy day
    By: ogg to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 01 2024 18:07:34

    Congratulations!

    Got you here in Texas!

    Thanks, Ogg!


    BTW.. There are two "ogg"s here: The one in Texas, and the one
    not in Texas. :D




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    * Origin: Ogg's WestCoast Point (21:4/106.21)
  • From Bob Worm to k9zw on Sun Jun 2 21:59:02 2024
    Re: Re: A happy day
    By: k9zw to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 02 2024 08:58:49

    Hi, Steve.

    This is an "Archimedes" class model? One with the green function keys and the 'puter in the deep keyboard case?

    It is, indeed, an Archimedes. The A3010 is the one with the green function keys, the A3020 has orange / red function keys like its BBC predecessor. Basically they are the same computer with minor tailoring:

    A3010 - aimed at home use, has joystick ports
    A3020 - aimed at education, no joystick ports but on-board IDE (thank goodness, this is a huge quality of life boost)

    Both "wedge" form factor :)

    Was the '20 version the one with the drive and networking built in?

    The A3010 & A3020 both have a floppy drive built in, sadly both required an add on board for networking. Plus the networking would likely have been Econet rather than Ethernet...

    Again fab work!

    Thanks. A few niggles to fix before it can serve as my daily runner but it's almost there.

    BobW
  • From Bob Worm to Ogg on Sun Jun 2 22:01:00 2024
    Re: A happy day
    By: Ogg to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 02 2024 13:24:00

    Hi, Ogg.

    BTW.. There are two "ogg"s here: The one in Texas, and the one
    not in Texas. :D

    So is one "ogg" and the other "Ogg"?

    Thanks...

    BobW
  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 2 14:27:45 2024
    Re: A happy day
    By: Bob Worm to Ogg on Sun Jun 02 2024 10:01 pm

    BTW.. There are two "ogg"s here: The one in Texas, and the one not in
    Texas. :D

    So is one "ogg" and the other "Ogg"?

    Ogg (capitalized) is probably the one in Texas, because everything is bigger in Texas.

    Nightfox
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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 2 17:30:32 2024
    So is one "ogg" and the other "Ogg"?

    Thanks...

    BobW
    Yes Sir! When I resurrected my bbs, I used the old handle that I had and discovered the capitol Ogg and just changed mine to lowercase.

    ogg
    Sysop, Altair IV BBS
    altairiv.ddns.net:2323

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)
  • From Bob Worm to ogg on Mon Jun 3 15:56:47 2024
    Re: Re: A happy day
    By: ogg to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 02 2024 17:30:32

    Yes Sir! When I resurrected my bbs, I used the old handle that I had and discovered the capitol Ogg and just changed mine to lowercase.

    That's very gracious of you :)

    BobW
  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 4 12:58:14 2024
    So is one "ogg" and the other "Ogg"?

    If you want address them both, just type it out as Oogg.

    ST

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to StormTrooper on Tue Jun 4 09:18:00 2024
    StormTrooper wrote to Bob Worm <=-

    So is one "ogg" and the other "Ogg"?

    If you want address them both, just type it out as Oogg.

    Would the first ogg be "OG ogg"?



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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Bob Worm on Wed Jun 5 11:07:56 2024
    Roadmap :)

    Features in front of Zmodem in the queue include arrow
    keys, the ability to exit and a flashing cursor...

    A flashing cursor! Such luxury. Luxury Terminal Deluxe!

    Great work you're doing building this terminal from the ground up! I hadn't considered having to implement a flashing cursor too.


    Chris/akacastor

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    * Origin: Another Millennium - Canada - another.tel (21:1/162)
  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jun 15 12:50:11 2024
    If you want address them both, just type it out as Oogg.

    Would the first ogg be "OG ogg"?

    Makes him sound like a relation to Magog.

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