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by ibisum
Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spot the Oric ..
Replies: 12
Views: 14194

Re: Spot the Oric ..

We (my Austrian family and I) recently watched the Imitation Game about Turing and co., and it was really fun to hear the reaction of my folks who had no idea that such things were going on, had no idea who Turing was and why he was important, and so on .. a great history lesson indeed, and I'm real...
by ibisum
Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Geoff Phillips interview
Replies: 8
Views: 11134

Re: Geoff Phillips interview

Its fun to hear of these lost projects. Even more entertaining when they get resuscitated and someone digs out that one long lost tape that still had working code on it, hint hint ..
by ibisum
Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Disk Images with Tape Files
Replies: 10
Views: 15689

Re: Disk Images with Tape Files

Is there any restriction to sharing these things freely among us these days - I understand in the case of the CEO, but anything else? I've held off on CEO membership because I don't speak French (and I heard this was the last year of CEO?) so I'm kind of curious as to what will happen with the archi...
by ibisum
Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..
Replies: 5
Views: 9342

Re: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..

Okay .. I updated the port of Oricutron for Pandora, and have posted a thread here: http://boards.openpandora.org/topic/17746-beta-oricutron-for-pandora-109/ .. for anyone who might be interested to follow along. I've already noticed a few bugs, unfortunately .. sound seems to be broken in some way,...
by ibisum
Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:04 pm
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

Thanks Godzil - The Passthrough connector would just be straight wired through, right?
by ibisum
Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:15 pm
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

Beautiful! I am going to build this! :)
by ibisum
Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:14 pm
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

I'm quite familiar with MIDI but not sure how to go about interfacing it directly to the Oric .. which I know has RS232, and can be programmed to handle MIDI's baudrate (31250) .. I guess I'll have a look at some of the existing serial schematics that are out there for the Oric and see what I can do...
by ibisum
Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:38 am
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

I've since found out they made the AY demos with this wonderful device:

http://twisted-electrons.com/ay3/

I guess I'm saving up for one .. ;)
by ibisum
Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..
Replies: 5
Views: 9342

Re: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..

It was discovered by a Pandora fan and then ported to it .. and then I piped up and said "hey you can just run the original in the Oricutron emulator for Pandora", and thats how we're in the situation of prepping a new release of PandOricutron fro the Pandora...
by ibisum
Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..
Replies: 5
Views: 9342

Re: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..

Okay, understood .. thanks.
by ibisum
Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..
Replies: 5
Views: 9342

New version of Oricutron for Pandora in progress ..

.. seems the Pandora crowd have re-discovered my previous port of Oricutron for Pandora, and we're now preparing a new release, being discussed here: http://boards.openpandora.org/topic/17509-laigle-dor/ Info about the Pandora here: http://boards.openpandora.org/page/homepage.html .. so the Pandora ...
by ibisum
Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:24 pm
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

Yeah its the serial hardware that I'm unsure of .. would be especially nice if there were some way to do it with the Cumulus onboard ..
by ibisum
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cumulus Issues
Replies: 358
Views: 323126

Re: Cumulus Issues

Hey - great to hear from you and have your insight into the situation! I'd love to hear more about your experience with the Microtan 65. I'd only ever read about it in some scant magazines, and mostly it was just the ad. I have an excellent-condition Atmos for you if you make me a fair price. I pick...
by ibisum
Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Keeping the 'old' machines alive ..
Replies: 0
Views: 18106

Keeping the 'old' machines alive ..

When I next get asked why I even bother with these 'ancient' computers any more, I will just print this out and insist that the interrogator read the thing: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389 The thing is, I truly believe that keeping an Oric-1/Atmos archive living, as a persistent...
by ibisum
Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: AY sound chip
Topic: Oric-1 Synthesis ..
Replies: 12
Views: 32541

Re: Oric-1 Synthesis ..

Yes, that's what I meant by portamento .. so he's doing this by controlling the chip externally and not by a portamento/slide parameter in the AY .. bummer. Well, its still interesting to me to create an Oric-based synth .. the question then becomes, how to add MIDI to a stock Oric ..