Date   : Fri, 16 Jan 1998 09:48:12 +0000
From   : Joel Rowbottom <joel@...>
Subject: Re: Doomsday Project Laserdisc Rom?

Robert Schmidt wrote:

> > it's just i've got the laserdisk player (no domesday discs sadly)
> and
> > would like to see it work.
>
> Sorry, I haven't seen such a ROM yet - however, wasn't the laserdisc
> hardware used in the Domesday system rather proprietary?  I would
> guess
> it had more hardware than a single ROM to control the laserdisc.  How
> would you connect it to your BBC, for example?

The ROM was called VFS (Videodisc Filing System), and the LD player
connected via the 1Mhz bus among other bits and bobs to do the
genlocking. ISTR we had a Master 512 doing the work.

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