diff --git a/Machines/Oric/BD500.cpp b/Machines/Oric/BD500.cpp
index 777aa4d7a..e8c3df0b7 100644
--- a/Machines/Oric/BD500.cpp
+++ b/Machines/Oric/BD500.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void BD500::write(int address, uint8_t value) {
 	access(address);
 
 	if(address >= 0x0320 && address <= 0x0323) {
-		if(address == 0x320) printf("Command %02x\n", value);
+//		if(address == 0x320) printf("Command %02x\n", value);
 		WD::WD1770::write(address, value);
 	}
 }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void BD500::access(int address) {
 		case 0x317:	disable_basic_rom_ = false;		break;		// Could be 0x311.
 
 		default:
-			printf("Switch %04x???\n", address);
+//			printf("Switch %04x???\n", address);
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Machines/Oric/Oric.cpp b/Machines/Oric/Oric.cpp
index ba04c4a3f..7f6323d2c 100644
--- a/Machines/Oric/Oric.cpp
+++ b/Machines/Oric/Oric.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,16 @@ template <Analyser::Static::Oric::Target::DiskInterface disk_interface> class Co
 			speaker_.set_input_rate(1000000.0f);
 			via_port_handler_.set_interrupt_delegate(this);
 			tape_player_.set_delegate(this);
+
+			// Slight hack here: I'm unclear what RAM should look like at startup.
+			// Actually, I think completely random might be right since the Microdisc
+			// sort of assumes it, but also the BD-500 never explicitly sets PAL mode
+			// so I can't have any switch-to-NTSC bytes in the display area. Hence:
+			// disallow all atributes.
 			Memory::Fuzz(ram_, sizeof(ram_));
+			for(size_t c = 0; c < sizeof(ram_); ++c) {
+				ram_[c] &= ~0x40;
+			}
 
 			if constexpr (disk_interface == DiskInterface::Pravetz) {
 				diskii_.set_clocking_hint_observer(this);