Date   : Thu, 08 Sep 1994 07:26:40 -0600
From   : barnett@... (David Barnett)
Subject: BBC Micro emulation on a Mac

Dear Chis Rea,

I got your name from James Bonfield.  He tells me that you manage a mailing
list for BBC Micro emulation.

Right now I am at the University of Texas at Austin completeing a Ph.D. in
physics.  I brought a BBC Master with me so I could run my old software,
but that is a very cumbersome solution for someone who travels so much.

Why do I still care about the beeb?

1.  I was one of the developers of AMPLE (I wrote most of it) and the Music
5000 system at Hybrid Technology. I still use AMPLE.  Haven't got around to
porting it to the Mac.

2.  Other bits an pieces that it would be nice to read without needing a beeb.

3.  Nostalgia: I wrote the VIEW printer driver generator, and Paul Bond was
a good friend from my University days (we were both at Fitzwilliam and
shared shared digs one year.  Later we did consultancy work together).

It would be useful if a beeb emulation could simulate the 6522 VIA timers.
It is probably too much to ask for emulation of I/O such as user port and
1MHz bus because one would need to add hardware, but perhaps memroy mapped
I/O hooks are possible so that anyone who has the inclination might build
hardware and the necessary background drivers.

What sort of emulation speeds are possible?  I currently use a Powerbook
180 (68030 at 33MHz).

Please add me to your mailing list.

David Barnett