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I have written a number of articles, including some that were published in magazines A & B Computing (1980s) and Elektor Electronics (1990s).
A & B Computing
Old English Font | A utility for printing text in an Old English font |
Life | An implementation of Conway's 'Game Of Life' |
Brainteaser | An implementation of the game 'Mastermind' |
Android | Defend yourself against waves of descending aliens |
Easyword | A full featured word processor |
Advanced Buffer | Enlarge your printer, sound or RS423 buffer |
Beginners' ROM | A framework for building sideways ROMs |
Procyon | A sideways ROM containing various useful utilities |
Elite Fleet | Browse through all the ships available in Elite |
Master Keys | Master style startup options for earlier machines |
Elektor Electronics
Black-and-white video digitizer | A video digitiser for the Acorn Archimedes (black and white) |
24-bit full colour video digitizer | A video digitiser for the Acorn Archimedes (colour extension) |
Video digitizer for PCs | A video digitiser for PCs (black and white / colour) |
Various
SN76489 sound chip details | I delved deep into this sound chip (used in the Acorn BBC) to improve some sound emulation code. Some might benefit from my 'research'. |
CMOS RAM for the Acorn Atom | Surprisingly, the 2114 RAM chips used in the Acorn Atom do not only come in the regular and 'L' (low power) flavours, but CMOS as well. |
RISC OS graphics benchmarked | A comparison of graphics benchmarks performed under RISC OS 4.39 and 6.20, using the native video system, ViewFinder, and VPod. |
Various sources | A gathering of sources that may be of use to someone, somewhere, sometime, in some way. Or perhaps not at all ... |