Date   : Mon, 17 May 1999 19:42:30 +0100
From   : Graham Bisset <graham@...>
Subject: Re: Opus Challenger 3in1 floppy drive

At 12:58 17/05/99 +0100, you wrote:
>> I also had the Replay system on my BBC B, is there any "talk" about this 
>> system anymore, has anyone tried to incorporate it into any emulator?
>
>The ROM images for the Replay system are available in the TBL archive: 
>(http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/).   However, IIRC you also need some
>aditional hardware.   I don't think any of the emulators can cope with this.

Yeah, I had at least a couple of Replay systems.  Basically, you had
one connection to the interrupt line on the 6502 and one connection
to another chip near the PSU.  You pressed a little button when you
wanted to "freeze the action", which gave you a menu allowing you to
save the complete contents of memory.

The system worked very well and I recall the documented case of
Gary Partis doing his damnest to incorporate into Psycastria some
routines to prevent Replay from working on that game.  It however,
didnt work.

As I recall, it also had some encryption system on it, each unit had
its own id and Replay discs created with that id could only be
played on that id.

Hope that helps those who perhaps haven't come across Replay before.
In fact, in the "good old" BBC days, I recall there were people 
selling "pirate" versions of the Replay system!!

>
>> I have been to some of the BBC sites, and have noticed that the Acornsoft 
>> and Superior games are still copyright, anyone willing to tell me where a 
>> site might have some of the files, or send me some...only asking.
>
>The BBC Micro Emulation page probably has what you are looking for:
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/7207/index.htm
>
>> I haven't used my BBC for years, so I most get to use it again.
>> I had tons of stuff, unreleased games, copiers: tape to disc,
>> disc to disc, software that managed to copy the best protected
>> games on the market.
>
>I'm sure everyone would be grateful if you would upload this stuff
>to TBL.
>

Yes, very!  I too have maybe 50 or 60 discs of BBC stuff, from my
own creations (shoot em ups etc) to lots of Music 500/5000 stuff
to lots and lots of games.  

I shall hopefully be digging out my machine in the next couple of
weeks and shall catalogue everything I have in case its of interest.

Cheers
Graham