Date   : Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:21:40 -0000
From   : David Gorst <dgorst@...>
Subject: Re: Richmond - Text based east end adventure game


Hmm.. There were a few games that did load at 0x400 as I remember (the tape
version of  the Hobbit for one). HAMPSTEAD2. could be correct - maybe
HAMPSTEAD1 is some sort of data file with the weird address put in as some
sort of basic protection to stop people just *LOAD and *SAVEing it. What
does it do in the loader program?

Regards,
Dave.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Foot [mailto:mikef@...]
> Sent: 15 November 1999 07:18
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Richmond - Text based east end adventure game
> 
> 
> I downloaded the file from 
> http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXbbc.html.
> 
> Inside the zip are 3 files:
> 
> $.HAMPSTEAD fffff946 832f4abe 2aa
> $.HAMPSTEAD1 d9cd ffff 3c5
> $.HAMPSTEAD2 400 67e 5700
> 
> The file 'HAMPSTEAD' is basic, but as you can see the other 2 
> have really weird load/exec addresses. This is the tape 
> version (which is why it has 10 character filenames) but even 
> so those addresses still look wrong.
> 
> Could you email me your version or upload it to the BBC Lives site?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike.
> 
> In message 
> <Pine.HPX.4.05.9911141603400.14926-100000@...
> el.com> you wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Michael Foot wrote:
> > 
> > > Has anyone managed to be Hampstead working at all? The load/exec
> > > addresses seem to be wrong for the files HAMSTEAD1 and HAMSTEAD2.
> > 
> > I have two files, called HAMPSTD and HAM. HAMSTD is the one to run,
> > it's BASIC (and runs $.HAM).
> > 
> > HAMPSTD: FF1900 FF8023 00032A
> > HAM      001400 001400 005C00
> 
> -- 
> Michael Foot <mikef@...>
> http://www.voyager.co.nz/~mikef
>