Date   : Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:34:00 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: *INFO

It was definitely on a Viglen utility disc although I am sure I
have seen it on utility ROMs as well.  The good thing about the
disc-based version was that you could just copy the *SWAP
utility onto your dual catalogue disc and then anybody with a
Beeb could read it.

This Beeb was far from "bog-standard", with it being a US one, I 
wish I still had it now, they are pretty rare.

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Tomlinson
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent:  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:34:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Re: *INFO

In article <852EDC5048C844B79CC1DB88C7048DAC.MAI@...>, Ian
Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...> writes

>This had a dual catalogue
>facility activated with the *SWAP command which then accessed
>a dummy file called "!.!!!!!!!" 

>Has anyone else used this or even got a copy of it?

I remember it (especially the !.!!!!!!! file), but not the association
with Viglen.  Thought it came with one of the utility ROMs - Disc
Doctor, Advanced Disc Toolkit, Enigma, Toolstar, etc.  Perhaps there was
also a disc-based version to allow discs with the extended catalogue to
be distributed and used on bog-standard machines?

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