Date   : Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:30:06 -0000
From   : "David Harper" <dl.harper@...>
Subject: Re: Using the BBC Master 512

"Hereward Hall" wrote:


>    I have now made a copy of the dosplus boot disc and the 3 other Master
> 512 system discs. Everything loads up fine with the Digital Research logo
> and I come to an A:. How do I boot disc 2 and the subsequent discs?
>    I do have a scanned copy of a Master 512 guide, but it is rather hard 
> to
> follow.

The supplied Master 512 User Guide is utterly hopeless. If you want to use 
the 512, then you really need to try to get hold of the book (also called 
"Master 512 User Guide") written by Chris Snee and published by Dabs Press. 
(I think there is a scanned version on the Web somewhere, but I cannot 
remember where it is.)

The other 3 disks are only for using Gem. If you want to use it, then after 
you have booted up using Disk 1, just replace the disk in drive A: with disk 
2 (or swap to B:) and type GEM at the command line.

Disks 3 & 4 just contain further resources and miscellanea, again mainly for 
Gem.

Personally, I have hardly ever used Gem - nothing was ever written for it 
other than DR's "Gem Collection" and "Timeworks" from GST.

I can give lots of further info about all this, but when I have a bit more 
time!

David Harper