Date   : Sun, 28 Dec 1997 19:36:11 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <jasper@...>
Subject: Re: what have you got?

In article <3.0.3.32.19971228153124.006a1848@...>,
Crispin Boylan <viewtronix@...> writes

>A good idea that was put into practice a long time ago on the mailing list,
>was that people sent their configurations to the mailing list, the idea was
>that people who had a problem with a particular piece of equipment could
>contact someone else with the same equipment, and get their problem solved
>faster!

Possibly, but the people using this list tend to know more about the
Beeb then the average user and so will be able to help out anyway.

>If anyone else wants to do it, then send it to the mailing list, here is my
>list to get us all started:

Errr..  I'm not wildly over-enthusiastic about downloading a load of
posts from people detailing their configurations.  I get plenty of sleep
thanks, don't need any more <g>

<schnip list of kit>

>I also have a Torch z80 second processor which I think is incompatible with
>the APTL board, 

Nope.  I have a Watford 32k ram card, ATPL, two sideways RAM banks, a
RTC and Torch *inside* my standard BBC case.  Gets a tad warm, mind you
but it all works <g>

>and anyway I don't have the software.

All you need to get started is the MCP ROM.  The version varies with the
disc controller in the machine, so if you have the wrong MCP rom, it
won't work.  MCP n.nn xxi (eg 0.41 CBL) is for the Intel 8271, MCP n.nn
xxW is for the Western Digital 1770.

I can mail you the ROM file(s) you need if you wish.  Stick the ROM in a
spare socket, type *MCP and you're in CPN (Torch's version of CP/M).
CP/N is held in a ROM, called the CCCP (CP/N command processor) on the
Torch card itself, so you don't need to boot it from a disc like you
would with the Acorn Z80.

>My main interests are hardware (especially adapting the Beeb to a more
>modern age)

Buy a PC, run an emulator.  BeebEm 0.8 is _excellent_ - I downloaded it
today.  Hardware upgrades are tricky though <g>

> and games.
>
>Hope this is not too boring.

Hope not.  This reply has probably sent most of the list readers to
sleep <g>

-- 
Mike Tomlinson
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     Please reinstall universe and reboot  +++