Date   : Fri, 22 May 1992 18:30:12 BST
From   : Jason O'Broin <J.P.O'Broin@...>
Subject: All the info you wanted but where afraid to ask

Exam's over - time to fill you in on my Beeb setup.

BBC Model B. Issue 7. OS 1.2
Solidisk 1770/8271 switchable disk controller board
(This allows me to use DFS with the 8271 to be *totally* compatable with
 everything and ADFS with 1770)
ATPL Rom Board - 16K RAM + host of roms inc. my own
Eprom Programmer - if anyone wants any EPROMs blown, I'll be happy to over
                   the summer
Dual 40/80 5.25" floppy

Think that's about it really

To be honest, I haven't used my Beeb much in the last 2 years - have been
using all my Arc all the time. Sorry :-)
However, I have got some homebrew software that might be of interest.

The main one is an IBM disk reader - requires Master on Beeb with 1770 
interface. Reads ok, but doesn't write. Can cope with IBM subdirs.
Econet: *OPEN...if you use SJ Econet and try to open a file which another
        user has already opened to write to, it bombs out on you, trashing
        the stack and other nefarious features. *OPEN traps this, and returns
        gracefully with file handle of 255
Comms: Xmodem if anyone fancies this. I still use it under the Tube emulator
       on the Arc to transfer files.

I actually used a beeb again during the Christmas term for my Physics project
- it was quite fun to come back to 6502 after all this time!!

Jason
J.P.OBroin@...