Hi, According to the Minerva documentation, Minerva accelerates 98% speed of Lightning. But the text scrolling and displaying speed remain slow, apparently the same speed you get with previous ROMs. In any case, I also recommend Minerva for its completeness, reliability and high level of compatibil...

Minerva ROM does not accelerate text mode; on the other hand, Speedscreen (and also Lightning I suppose) does accelerate the text display very much.

So sorry for the fire, but happy you and your house are safe.
I well know the smoke smell: it's so terrible and difficult to neutralize. Many years ago a piece of wood of my kitchen burnt partially; it had been repaired, but still today it has some little smoke odour!

Which kind of dual HD drives set are you using? Is it a vintage device (designed for old machines like Spectrum, QL etc)? Or are you using a "new" one, containing "modern" floppy drives (the same used for PC)?

Whopper wrote:and used two different (new) FDD cables. Each with lines 10 to 16 twisted between FLP2 and FLP1

I can confirm that TrumpCard needs non-twisted flat cables for dual FDD.
Can anyone confirm if GoldCard needs twisted cables or not?

This is a great loss. Condolences to the family.
I love very much his design: thank you so much Rick!

Great news! Enjoy your new display

RWAP wrote:The problem is that strictly by sharing the archive, I am breaking copyright.

Is there a distinction between sharing/distributing to everyone, and sharing to someone for a strict preservation purpose only?[/quote]

Just replaced IC23 with a "new" one and.... no evident progress.
Next step: apply the mandatory modifications adding R102 and R103. Let's hope....