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by techfury
Tue Sep 05, 2023 6:53 am
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: ICL OPD
Replies: 180
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Re: ICL OPD

Two more OPD cartridges' contents... one seems to be a backup copy of a machine code program named Presenter, another one has about a dozen games in OPD SuperBASIC. Interestingly, it also seems to contain some kind of SuperBASIC dump tool, but it unfortunately seems to rely on an assembly subroutine...
by techfury
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: ICL OPD
Replies: 180
Views: 173612

Re: ICL OPD

I have no idea if these are even usable copies, but they seem to be... I managed to extract the contents of these OPD Microdrive cartridges last night: - BT Merlin M1850 Welcome - BASIC (ICL branded) - BT Merlin M1853 Xchange Demo - BT Merlin M1854 Xchange Help I used the OPD Interchange tools found...
by techfury
Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: ICL OPD
Replies: 180
Views: 173612

Re: ICL OPD

I can supply felt pieces for them. Tried PMing you about this one, but it seems I don't have enough posts yet... Not sure if it's the same software as chr$ mentioned - there's something called OPD Interchange which runs on QL on my site at http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/filetran/index.html I've ne...
by techfury
Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:06 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: Complete OPD ROMs, in case anyway fancies making an Emulator!
Replies: 4
Views: 5741

Re: Complete OPD ROMs, in case anyway fancies making an Emulator!

IC4 image in the first post is blank, unfortunately. I've attached the ROMs from my OPD. I wonder if any variations exist, do you know the ICL ROM codes for your chips? They should start with an X or a Q, see below for mine from a BT Merlin Tonto: CPU daughterboard: IC4: XBAA02 IC5: XBAB03 IC6: QCAQ...
by techfury
Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: ICL OPD
Replies: 180
Views: 173612

Re: ICL OPD

Hello! I recently picked up a Merlin Tonto/OPD off of UK eBay (I'm just a silly yank) because the phone/computer hybrid perfectly aligns with my interests in vintage telecom hardware and vintage computers. Here are some pics of the stuff I picked up: https://imgur.com/a/8y5x0sY I seem to have about ...