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WOW!! I've found other people with Archimedes computers! I have three, a A3000 and two A3020s. I bought them with a BBC Master for £16.00 on eBay, but they didn't come with mice. They all boot up into the GUI okay and I can use BBC Basic (press F12 for command-line-interpreter and then type 'BASIC'), but I can't do anything else without a mouse.
If anyone knows where I can get a mouse, or if it is possible to adapt a PC mouse to work on the Archimedes, please email me. I am proficient with a soldering iron and could probably knock up a translator circuit (PC mouse input to Arch. mouse output) if I knew what protocol the Arch. expects from the mouse. I've scoured the internet for an Archimedes program that will let me use the cursor keys instead of a mouse, but had no luck.
Either we are alone in this universe, or we are not.
Rig 1 : P4 2.0GHz, 1GB PC3200, 80GB & 40GB HDs, nVidia 6600 256MB, Asrock P4S61 (currently dead), Ubuntu Linux 6.10 & Windoze ME (purely for games!!)
Rig 2 : P2 266MHz (o/c to 300MHz), 96MB SDRAM, 3.2GB HD, nVidia Riva TNT2 32MB
Rig 3 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM, 2x120MB HD
Rig 4 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM
Rig 5 : Acorn Archimedes A3000, 8MHz ARM200, 4MB RAM
Also BBC Master 128K, BBC B 32K, Electron
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| I took my mouse appart years ago and I can tell you that the pins are: One for each of the 3 buttons, and the up down motion (and left right) is controlled by two bit such that the sequence ... 00,01,11,10,00 is up and 00,10,11,01,00 is down. The computer does all calculations of mouse position via interrrupts whenever an pin changes All inputs are normally open and (I think) there is one 5V supply. I can't rememebr if there is a 0V? You should be able to find a pin-out via Google but if not I can have a mooch in the loft for you (not an easy task). If there are 8 pins then you can work it out your self, if there are 9 then I don't recommend connecting the 5V to 0V
gaming: E4400@2.66GHz / P5K-E / 2x1GB PC8000@533MHz / 2x80GB D'Max 9-RAID0 + 320GB / 8800GTS 512MB / ViewSonic VX2835wm
server+media: P4 2.8GHz @ 2.4GHz / 775Dual-VSTA / 2x512MB PC3200 / 1000GB+500GB+250GB / HD2400pro
also: P3 for the mrs and a linux box and probably enough bits to build another one
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That's the same way as the Atari mouse if I remember right, trouble is, they are just as hard to find these days! That helps a lot though, now I just need to find a suitable connector. I might have to trace the connections and add wires direct from the motherboard and bring them out to a better connector, a DB9. Had to do similar 'surgery' on a BBC Micro to use the serial port, but it will be far less painful than trying to find a PS2 style plug with 9 pins.
Either we are alone in this universe, or we are not.
Rig 1 : P4 2.0GHz, 1GB PC3200, 80GB & 40GB HDs, nVidia 6600 256MB, Asrock P4S61 (currently dead), Ubuntu Linux 6.10 & Windoze ME (purely for games!!)
Rig 2 : P2 266MHz (o/c to 300MHz), 96MB SDRAM, 3.2GB HD, nVidia Riva TNT2 32MB
Rig 3 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM, 2x120MB HD
Rig 4 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM
Rig 5 : Acorn Archimedes A3000, 8MHz ARM200, 4MB RAM
Also BBC Master 128K, BBC B 32K, Electron
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| Go on then, you've twisted my arm. PM me your address and I'll put mine in the post for you - it seem silly me keeping something in the loft which I haven't used for at least 7 years. It's been through a few wars and has had a new connector put on it but it should work fine. P.S. if you are young then ask your parents first !!
gaming: E4400@2.66GHz / P5K-E / 2x1GB PC8000@533MHz / 2x80GB D'Max 9-RAID0 + 320GB / 8800GTS 512MB / ViewSonic VX2835wm
server+media: P4 2.8GHz @ 2.4GHz / 775Dual-VSTA / 2x512MB PC3200 / 1000GB+500GB+250GB / HD2400pro
also: P3 for the mrs and a linux box and probably enough bits to build another one
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Cheers Spedley. I suppose you could say that I am 39 years young!!
Either we are alone in this universe, or we are not.
Rig 1 : P4 2.0GHz, 1GB PC3200, 80GB & 40GB HDs, nVidia 6600 256MB, Asrock P4S61 (currently dead), Ubuntu Linux 6.10 & Windoze ME (purely for games!!)
Rig 2 : P2 266MHz (o/c to 300MHz), 96MB SDRAM, 3.2GB HD, nVidia Riva TNT2 32MB
Rig 3 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM, 2x120MB HD
Rig 4 : Acorn Archimedes A3020, 12MHz ARM250, 4MB RAM
Rig 5 : Acorn Archimedes A3000, 8MHz ARM200, 4MB RAM
Also BBC Master 128K, BBC B 32K, Electron
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Spedley (15/08/2006)
*WIMP ... I believe although it should really boot into RISCOS by default although I think that can be changed but I can't remember how. Edit: a few keywords for you RISCOS or "RISC OS"
WIMP
"star commands"
BBC Acorn Archimedes
adfs
A310,A3000,A3010,A4000,A7000,RISCPC
ARM on my a3000 i have to type desktop not *wimp
NOW UNLEASHED ON MICROMART
Rig1 asus p3b-f mobo, 1024mb pc133, p3-500mhz (overclocked to 908.4mhz and watercooled), 2x 20gb hdd Winxp Pro 28inch unbranded monitor (ex school)- "chavmobile" icute case Rig2 LINUX_NooB Compaq Evo D300( i think) 256 pc133 p4@1.6ghz 20gb HDD SUSE9 circa 1993 IBM ps/2 monitor 3Com palm pilot V
p.s. i'm a mod on www.cablehell.co.uk 80186 RM Nimbus with windows 3.0
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