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by Steve M
Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Homebrew Microcputer design...getting ICs and stuff.
Replies: 3
Views: 6357

Re: Homebrew Microcputer design...getting ICs and stuff.

It's building a computer from scratch but the schematics arent' there for the components provided.
Whilst there are documents there doesnt' seem to be enough to actually build anything.
by Steve M
Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric Atmos going cheap!!
Replies: 9
Views: 27892

Re: Oric Atmos going cheap!!

I can send a disk image. It's got other stuff on there.
send me an email to 48katmosATfreeuk.com
by Steve M
Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric Atmos going cheap!!
Replies: 9
Views: 27892

Re: Oric Atmos going cheap!!

Had a look and can't find a tape - not sure what happened there.
The disk version isnt' easy to convert to tape IIRC.
by Steve M
Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric Atmos going cheap!!
Replies: 9
Views: 27892

Re: Oric Atmos going cheap!!

I have it on disk if anyone wants it. I'll have to have a search to see if I've got it on tape, but I should have.
by Steve M
Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP Twilighte
Replies: 39
Views: 41314

Re: RIP Twilighte

I'm rather distraut because I don't think I will be able to make it. I'm not certain yet, but I don't think I will manage it. Though I felt very close we only actually met a few times. Twi spent much more time with you guys at CEO meets and with those of you at the coding parties. We chatted a lot o...
by Steve M
Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is what we do important?
Replies: 13
Views: 16652

Re: Is what we do important?

(Some) people are creative. I'm a musician, all be it not a very good one. For some musicians there is the urge to perform. You can go on stage,as I have done, and play your heart out. What do you get at the end of the say? Nothing much. The work is gone. Any pay we ever got went back into expenses ...
by Steve M
Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: Mags and books
Topic: Are there any english Oric mags left?
Replies: 7
Views: 17291

Re: Are there any english Oric mags left?

No, I don't think so. We were full of enthusiasm and hope but it didn't really turn out as well as we'd hoped. We struggled to fill the pages and we got little correspondence that was necessary to make a dialogue between the magazine/group and its users/ readers. I'd hoped to coax Jonathan into writ...
by Steve M
Wed May 29, 2013 5:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP Twilighte
Replies: 39
Views: 41314

Re: RIP Twilighte

Jonathan was a great person and so enthusiastic about the Oric. He helped save the hoard of Oric goodies from Steve Hopps garage which resulted in the discovery of the Phoenix. Ever the generous type he sent the boards to those that could get the best from them. He was always trying to get an Oric m...
by Steve M
Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:33 am
Forum: Demos
Topic: Missing Twilighte productions
Replies: 1
Views: 9805

Re: Missing Twilighte productions

If anyone hasn't had this running on their Oric it's a nice demo wiht a relaxed gentle mesmerising theme tune. It's quite a nice change from some of the furious, manicly bouncing demos that you see on other machines. The characters change into a flowing effect that is a bit like sitting by a lake. I...
by Steve M
Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:51 pm
Forum: Mags and books
Topic: Are there any english Oric mags left?
Replies: 7
Views: 17291

Re: Are there any english Oric mags left?

I'm currently in Elgin (north Scotland), but I'm originally from the south of England. I was in Devon when I first bought an Atmos. Ah, a bit far north. Peter the Spider used to live there but is in US now. I know there were a couple of Oric owners in Sterling and maybe one in Edinburgh. I'd be int...
by Steve M
Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:15 am
Forum: Mags and books
Topic: Are there any english Oric mags left?
Replies: 7
Views: 17291

Re: Are there any english Oric mags left?

Where is Scotland are you from? There used to be a West Lothian User Group. (Long since folded.) Oric User Monthly was the longest running UK magazine. There were a few others but they gradually slid by the wayside as people got tempted away by more modern computers. When OUM decided to close Rhetor...
by Steve M
Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missing software?
Replies: 5
Views: 8037

Re: Missing software?

I'll see if I can knock something together. I doubt I have any pictures. We never managed to organise a meet.
by Steve M
Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missing software?
Replies: 5
Views: 8037

Re: Missing software?

I think Oric Star came out much earlier. Rhetoric disk#1 is available from my website. Was that 1999? (It's SO long ago!!!). Most of the Rhetoric stuff wasn't new but it contained disk versions of games that hadn't been on general release previously and some odds and ends from magazines and such tha...
by Steve M
Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy 2013
Replies: 3
Views: 6248

Re: Happy 2013

It's strange to be here at this time. They said we'd have flying cars and hovering trains in 1999.

Oh well. I hope this year is better than the last one! All the best.
by Steve M
Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: **~~°\° Merry Christmas °/°~~**
Replies: 10
Views: 13259

Re: **~~°\° Merry Christmas °/°~~**

Yes, all the best to all you guys still using your Orics.

Have a good time!