I've just joined and still finding my way about here but wanted to say hi.
I've had an Oric-1 since about 1982 but it has been in storage in my mum's loft for years. I recently got it out and it's a bit bashed but does appear to mostly work. The speaker grille and the interface port have each taken a knock, which isn't hugely critical because I don't have any add-on hardware (for now!) and a speaker replacement may be quite simple to do. But there's something wrong with the video output. I tuned it in on the RF connection and got a very grainy image of the start screen. I could see just enough to know that typing things works so it's definitely not dead. Confirmed that the TV wasn't at fault since it can display the signal from a ZX Spectrum which uses the same channel give or take a bit of fine-tuning. We never had a RGB video cable so I don't know if it's any better that way. Haven't opened up the case yet either. If anyone has any tips towards getting it working again I'd be grateful.
At the moment I'm in the midst of converting a box of old audio cassettes to WAV format prior to converting to TAPs. Some are originals, some copies, some typed-in programs, some game-saves. I don't have a full list yet, and I don't know how good the tape recordings are any more, but happy to share anything that's not been emulated already. I'll also be doing photos and scans of boxes, inlays and manuals when time allows. One game I've been looking for is A&F Software's Zodiac Adventure, I think also known as Adventure II. I think it was the first ever adventure game I played so I have a soft spot for it. I have a .TAP from Gamebase v3.0 but it gives a syntax error after loading and won't LIST. Does anyone have a working copy anywhere?
Anyway, I'm so pleased the Oric community is still alive and active!
