Date   : Fri, 05 Sep 2003 11:07:27 +1000
From   : "Bob Devries" <bdevries@...>
Subject: newbie question

I've just acquired a BBC Model B. It seems to work, but I'm having trouble
getting a monitor to sync with it.

I'm using a Commodore 1084, which has a composite video input, but I get
multiple images of the text on the screen. Is this a fault of the computer,
or is the monitor not compatible?

Also, Can anyone tell me which ROMS go where in a *standard* BBC-B? I have a
daughter board which has two Acorn ROMs on it marked 'HN613128PB04' and
'HN613128PB05' alongside a rom marked 'DFS 2.0 Solidisk' As well as that I
have ROMs marked VIEWMOD, WORDPLUS, and VIEWSHEET. The latter two I assume
to be a word processor and spreadsheet.

I have _NO_ disks for this unit. Is there anyway I can obtain/create some
disks? I have a 40trk Teac 5.25" unit which will work, but I know nothing
about how to format the disk.

Maybe I should remove all non-acorn extensions (for now) and leave only the
acorn ROMs, but which sockets do they go into.

Well, enuf for now.

Regards, Bob Devries; Ipswich, Qld, Australia