Date   : Sat, 01 Apr 2000 23:09:24 +0100 (BST)
From   : Dave Gilbert <gilbertd@...>
Subject: Re: Fw: *TAPE command wont work

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Tracy Oldfield wrote:

> Hi Im Eric, new here.

Hi,

> I bought a second hand BBC B. OS 1.2
> Fitted with Watford Technomatic DDFS 1.54T disk drive operating system.
> Drive is an Opus 5&1/4 inch floppy : 40/80track switchable.

Welcome to the world of real computing!

> Ic socket 78 has a birdcage type thing fitted in it with a circuit
> board on top been told this is disc drive controller
> 
> Ic socket 87 has no chip in it but A link like a staple from pin 9 to
> 12. If I take this staple out the disc drive wont operate sensibly.
> 
> Problem 1 is I have loads of programs on tape but cannot use them as
> the *TAPE comand will not work and it doesnt reset page to &E00

*TAPE by itself won't reset page I don't think.  However if you do *TAPE
you should then be able to set page back to &E00 yourself.

Dave

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