Date   : Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:37:51 +0100
From   : "Robert Schmidt" <Robert.Schmidt@...>
Subject: Re: bbc master

Hi Michael!

michael wrote:
> 1.      What are the best BBC/Acorn sites on the web?

The two largest are probably:

- Chris Richardson's "8BS", at http://www.karoo.net/8bs, has an 
  enormous collection of mostly public domain software, as well as
  technical tidbits and a comprehensive stock of spare parts.

- My own "The BBC Lives!" at http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc.  The 
  files in Mark Usher's documentation project are hosted here.  
  All known emulators of Acorn computers are listed, and most
  popular BBC games can be found in the archive.  (I've chosen to
  honor Superior's wish that their software (which includes all
  Acornsoft titles) is not made publicly available.  Same goes
  for Computer Concepts and a couple of smaller publishers.)
  You'll find also find lots of links to other fine sites on the
  "Internet Resources" page.

> 2.      Are there any emulators available for the BBC master?

Stuart McConnachie's "pcBBC" supports Master functionality to a certain
extent (the Master version of Elite works), but not completely.

> 3.      Do Acorn licence their roms for use on the emulators?

No - not at all.  They forbid using the system ROMs inside anything that
is not a real Acorn machine.  

However, with the recent takeover of Acorn, it is doubtful that they'll
bother pursuing this matter.  Many sites carry the ROM images seemingly
without problems, though I've chosen not to.

--
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