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This is a great thread about the hardware and software being used to create the most epic version of Acorn Electron Elite by @markmoxon.bsky.social

Electroniq WIP. New and improved version online. Now handles anything a real Acorn Electron can (famous last words). If you don't get a stable 50fps (looking at you Firefox) please try a different browser (or system 😉). Any issues? Let me know here or on github... 0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/

Electroniq WIP. That's Southern Belle (and Evening Star) fixed (yes, they are slow games)! I tried to clear a tape interrupt using a bitwise-OR! 🤦 These were the last known(!) incompatibility issues I needed to fix in my Acorn Electron emulator. I guess I should put this version online soon 😎

Electroniq WIP. This was a pig to get 100% right in my emulator. FireTrack for the Acorn Electron is a technical marvel and a great test for emulator writers. I can now throw almost anything at Electroniq and it will just work like a real Electron 😎

Electroniq WIP. I can finally run one of my older Acorn Electron demos flawlessly in my emulator. So now a real Electron and Electroniq (next release) are the only 2 machines that can run my demo correctly 😎

Thanks @merman1974.bsky.social for publishing your entire interview with me on your blog! 👍

I was a bit sidetracked (ok, obsessed) with improving the accuracy of my Acorn Electron emulator. Compared with a real Electron of course. My tests show that the CPU now correctly switches between 0, 1 and 2MHz controlled by the ULA. Including cycle stretches when slowing down from 2MHz to 1MHz

Just a quick "unboxing" (not sure if that applies to a magazine!) of the Retro Gamer I received yesterday, including some ramblings about the Dune launch party, 20 years in Norway, and Michael Bay! 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Ph... Noticed that @0xc0de.bsky.social was also in the magazine!

[email protected] It appears I have also found a case where a combined write to &FE05 won't work as expected on a real Electron + Plus1 + ElkSDPlus1. E.g. LDA #&F3: STA &FE05 will not clear interrupts AND switch to bank 3 at the same time

Acorn Electron shoot 'em up WIP. Name reveal! Enemies now shoot back 😰, but our little spaceship has a shield as well 💪

Acorn Electron shoot 'em up WIP. Quick screenshot to show the work I've done on the dashboard / status panel at the top of the screen