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Thanks to the wider Acorn collector community, we have now received a better scan of the BBC Master AIV User Guide.  The guide has now been converted into a searchable PDF and the links on Domesday86 have been updated.  If you don’t want to hunt for the new document, you can download it by following the link below: BBC Master Continue reading New copy of the BBC Master AIV User Guide available→

The first professionally made PCBs have now been delivered and the latest BeebSCSI prototype is up and running.  The following pictures show the top and bottom sides of the PCB after population (this is board version 7_5):

We’ve just uploaded a video to YouTube showing BeebSCSI (working in a real Acorn Master Turbo) communicating with our beta version of the VP415 laser disc emulator (which is currently running on Windows).  You can take a look at our Domesday emulation progress (so far) in the video below:

We’ve encoded some more videos including the Eco Disc introduction (winner of the 1987 ‘most funky AIV music intro’ award) and the ‘tutorial’ video from the Community disc.  The tutorial is on YouTube and walks you through the various features of the interactive disc: All of the BeebSCSI code and schematics are now available on GitHub: https://github.com/simoninns/BeebSCSI In addition, we Continue reading Community disc tutorial – and other updates→

Information about the Community and National discs are now included in the AIV Discs sections.  There are more pictures and media to come; we are busy scanning and organising!

The Philips VP415 section (under hardware) has been updated with photos of the laser disc player, the operation manual, the service manual and images of some of the internal EPROMs.  The service manual is a comprehensive guide (of nearly 200 pages) covering all aspects of the player including detailed circuit schematics.

Information is now available for the Countryside disc including a short excerpt video from the disc showing the farm you have to manage as part of the interactive educational experience.  The article includes the disc’s graphics, pictures of the video disc itself and a high-quality copy of the original manual.  Please visit the disc’s page for more information.

Information is now available for the Volcanoes disc including a short excerpt video from the disc.  The article includes the disc’s graphics, pictures of the video disc itself and a high-quality copy of the original manual.  Please visit the disc’s page for more information.

We’ve just made the first information available about the Eco disc.  The article includes the disc’s graphics, pictures of the video disc itself and a high-quality copy of the original manual.  Please visit the disc’s page for more information.

The SmallyMouse project (originally featured on WaitingForFriday.com) has been included in the project section.  SmallyMouse is converter that allows modern USB mice to be used with both the BBC Micro and the BBC Master computers.  SmallyMouse supports both the RB2 standard (for use with Domesday) and the AMX standard for use with software such as AMX pagemaker.  Full details are Continue reading SmallyMouse – Marconi RB2 trackerball compatible USB mouse interface→