RC2014 Community Newsletter
Issue 50
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  • USB Storage
  • New RomWBW Release
  • Bubble Memory
  • Tut-Tut
  • Ghosts of Blackwood Manor
  • Community support
  • Feedback

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USB Storage for RomWBW based RC2014s!

In January 1996 the USB standard was launched. And in January 2024 a USB storage module comes to the RC2014 Zed and Zed Pro! This CH375 based adapter allows you to use a USB stick for storage and file transfer. Either native RomWBW formatted slices are supported, or FAT file systems using the FAT.COM utility. You need to be running RomWBW V3.4.0 or later though. (See below)

RomWBW v3.4.0 is here!


Wayne Warthen has worked his magic and released a new major update of RomWBW. There are some great new features like support for front panel switches for boot options and also USB storage support (see above).  This now ships with RomBWB based RC2014 kits but you can burn your own rom using the rcz80_std.rom in the /Binary directory
This video is 6 months old, so I'm probably a bit late to the party here, but nevertheless excited to see Dr Scott Baker back making YouTube videos on the RC2014 again. For those that aren't familiar with his work, check out some of his older projects

Tut-Tut Ported to RC2014

Tut-Tut, the tomb raiding adventure game by David Stephenson has been ported to the RC2014 by Shiela Dixon.  This runs on any RC2014 from the Mini II to the Zed Pro, although you will need a TMS9918A video card, or a TMSEMU. A sound card and joystick module add to the experience too.

New Infocom Style Text Adventure

If you enjoy text adventure games, you'll love The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor which was released by Stefan Vogt. Built around the Infocom Z-Machine platform this dark and spooky game can be played on any RC2014 machine using the Vezza interpreter. (type vezza-rw story.dat to play)

Community Support
Got a question about the RC2014? A project you want to share with other RC2014 users?  Need to find some software that runs on your RC2014?  Or just want to see what other RC2014 owners are up to?

Google Groups and GitHub are starting to become vibrant parts of the RC2014 infrastructure.  Why not join up today?  No Google account needed!

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Feedback

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