Nice! I think the booting confusion comes from the "Return" key is actually a keyboard shortcut for resuming the suspended Oric session (if successful). "Space" is the universal selection key. Yeah, it's a bit "creative", should be better marked and tuned for behaviour. "Esc" will give you fresh boot each time. The user manual has all the keyboard shortcuts listed.
Ah, straight from the creator of LOCI - thanks for your kind comment and polite referral to the manual. Yes I really should read it properly lol !! Space, Return and Esc makes sense actually - pretty neat! Looking forward to seeing how we can integrate dflat to use your device as a media interface!
Awesome video! Since LOCI gives the Oric USB abilitites will we see a dflat version in the future with USB Joystick/Mouse/Serial port? That'd be amazing!
Thank you for the kind comment! Yes the LOCI has several interesting features beyond media. It would be great to add these features, might need to review my code though as currently dflat has 1 byte free in the 16KB ROM space!! But I will definitely look to get dflat TAP files loading through LOCI, I think this will make dflat much more accessible!
Yeah unfortunately Oric seems to be pretty expensive, must be rarer than I think! But also there is a healthy amount of support in the Oric community which means it's maybe more popular than one might think. The Oric-1 in the video I have owned since new in 1983! I also have an Oric Atmos that I got a couple of years back. Good luck with your search, hope you find one.
Looks like just what I need to get more out of my Oric! Can these be purchased now? A Tindie store came up in a search but they didn't seem to be selling them currently.
Hello Robin, big fan of your channel! :-) Right so I bought it from a guy on FB who runs the 8bit-tronics shop - he has an ebay shop maybe you can get in touch with him because I know he was making up batches. Not sure regarding cost of shipping outside of UK. (DM me on Twitter or Bluesky and I'll share his name on FB). www.ebay.co.uk/str/8Bit-Tronics Also, the h/w and s/w design is on GitHub so in theory you can build your own - although it's too much bother for me so glad I got an assembled one! github.com/sodiumlb
Very interesting! I love seeing new stuff being developed for brilliant little machines like the Oric. Nice video!
Nice! I think the booting confusion comes from the "Return" key is actually a keyboard shortcut for resuming the suspended Oric session (if successful). "Space" is the universal selection key. Yeah, it's a bit "creative", should be better marked and tuned for behaviour. "Esc" will give you fresh boot each time. The user manual has all the keyboard shortcuts listed.
Ah, straight from the creator of LOCI - thanks for your kind comment and polite referral to the manual. Yes I really should read it properly lol !!
Space, Return and Esc makes sense actually - pretty neat!
Looking forward to seeing how we can integrate dflat to use your device as a media interface!
Awesome video! Since LOCI gives the Oric USB abilitites will we see a dflat version in the future with USB Joystick/Mouse/Serial port? That'd be amazing!
Thank you for the kind comment!
Yes the LOCI has several interesting features beyond media. It would be great to add these features, might need to review my code though as currently dflat has 1 byte free in the 16KB ROM space!!
But I will definitely look to get dflat TAP files loading through LOCI, I think this will make dflat much more accessible!
Great video! Nice that new hardware is made for suchva niche computer! Looking for an Oric at a reasonable price for a while now
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Yeah unfortunately Oric seems to be pretty expensive, must be rarer than I think! But also there is a healthy amount of support in the Oric community which means it's maybe more popular than one might think.
The Oric-1 in the video I have owned since new in 1983! I also have an Oric Atmos that I got a couple of years back.
Good luck with your search, hope you find one.
Even rarer is Oric Nova 64, a version of Oric Atmos sold in Yugoslavia (100% same, except for the sticker)... Unreasonable prices for that one also.
Looks like just what I need to get more out of my Oric! Can these be purchased now? A Tindie store came up in a search but they didn't seem to be selling them currently.
Should be right around the corner. Raxiss and 8Bit-Tronics.
Hello Robin, big fan of your channel! :-)
Right so I bought it from a guy on FB who runs the 8bit-tronics shop - he has an ebay shop maybe you can get in touch with him because I know he was making up batches. Not sure regarding cost of shipping outside of UK. (DM me on Twitter or Bluesky and I'll share his name on FB).
www.ebay.co.uk/str/8Bit-Tronics
Also, the h/w and s/w design is on GitHub so in theory you can build your own - although it's too much bother for me so glad I got an assembled one!
github.com/sodiumlb