Date   : Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:56:07 +0100 (BST)
From   : Sprow <rsprowso@...>
Subject: Re: Patched !65Host - Break Key

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Christopher Dewhurst Clerical Assistant SS wrote:

[snip]

> I was given 6502Em for a present a while ago now but it's taking me this
> long to get used to it, having got used !65Host, I suppose. I don't like
> the way keys are mapped onto other keys so that the keyboard operates
> like (but certainly doesn't look like) a BBC keyboard layout. I am
> altering the keyboard map file so that all keys map onto themselves -
> hopefully!.

For most work I can handle the conceptual leap of using a different
keyboard layout,and for me the only time I want the key layout to be the
same as a beeb (albeit the keytops don't match) is if playing games.

> I found the 'Virtual DFS' system strange at first,which has 
> a more contrived feel than the 'ADFS' on !65Host. 

There's a patch for VDFS on my webpages somewhere in
 http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/bbconly.htm
so the help is better.
 
> I disliked the way that Warm Silence advertised 6502Em as compatible
> with RISC OS2+.

Well,RISC OS 3 came out in 1992ish so I think it's time to upgrade!

> No discredit to Mike Borcherds there - 6502Em is an achievement in
> itself, but everyone has their own preferences ;-) 

Indeed - thumbs up to Mr.Borcherds,
Sprow.