Date   : Wed, 01 Dec 1999 05:27:27 -0800 (PST)
From   : Alex De Vries <alexdevries@...>
Subject: Re: Looking for Electron documentation (for emulator)

Maybe I will include Electron emulation in Beebem. I
started my own emulator for now, to learn and
understand emulation programming better. I'll decide
what to do when I understand emulation and the
Electron hardware better.

--- Robert Schmidt <Robert.Schmidt@...>
wrote:
> Oh, I'd love to see an Electron emulator - for
> completelness sake.  I
> agree that the differences are not big enough to
> warrant writing an
> emulator from scratch, unless one is quite fanatic,
> or would really like
> the experience of emulator devlopment.  My choice
> would be to attempt
> adjusting BeebEm to accomodate Electron ROMs and
> features.
> 
> Remember those shortcuts used during programming to
> quickly enter BASIC
> keywords?  Or the single sound channel?  Or the lack
> of mode 7, which
> made text adventures rather small?  Charming, if you
> ask me... :-)
> 
> Faraz Choudhry wrote:
> > 
> > Why do you want an Electron emulator?  Many
> Electron games run on a Model B.  There are plenty
> emulators for BBC computer series *scratches head*
> Electrons run on 3.5" disks right?  They should be
> readable into the existing emulators.  That's as far
> as I know about Electrons.  I'm a Beeb user. :-)
> 
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