Date   : Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:59:09 +0100
From   : "Richard Gellman" <r.gellman@...>
Subject: Re: Online BBC Games database

>If BeebEF is to fully support the protocol, and it is intended primarily to
>include information that would have been available to the software user but
>not the machine hardware, do emulators really need to support any of the
>protocol? Couldn't a method for BeebEF just passing on the relevant
>information be formed, and is a new method necessary when I assume it can
>already push certain files upon emulators when starting them up?

*confuzzled*

*erms for a bit and quotes from the email he just sent to Mark De Weger*

My idea for the protocol was a simple way for any frontend or emulator to
identify a disc image based on its contents.
The opportunity to offer additional information is at the discretion of the
emulator/front-end author.

IMO, I quite like the idea of a simple (but optional) retrieval system
whereby publisher/game info is retrieved for the selected disc (or tape)
image. But any plans in this area involving BeebEm are a long way off.

-- Richard Gellman

p.s. never absent-mindedly try to send mailing list messages to
bbc-micro@... - it doesn't work

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