Date   : Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:14:44 -0000
From   : "Kris Adcock" <krisa@...>
Subject: Re: That BBC online database thing you all forgot about....

Top. Maybe something like the MAME frontend? Simple screenshots, plus a link
to a webpage containing extended information about the game, like author,
publisher, background, maps, solutions, reviews, tips, theme music as MP3,
etc.

Set in stone how the files on the web are named, directory struct, etc, so
that mirrors can be set up and each user can configure the links to go to
their closest site :

So if address of "Beeb game repository" for me was :

www.8bs.com/bgr/

then the frontend would link me to www.8bs.com/bgr/superior/repton3.htm,

but if someone in Australia configured a different site :

www.some-beeb-site-in-oz.au/bgr/

then the frontend would link to
www.some-beeb-site-in-oz.au/bgr/superior/repton3.htm.

Etc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bbc-micro@...
> [mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...]On Behalf Of Richard Gellman
> Sent: 14 November 2001 19:40
> To: BBC Micro Mailing List
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] That BBC online database thing you all forgot
> about....
>
>
> I've just had an idea, based on an amalgamation of ideas from Chris
> Richardson, Thomas Harte, and Mark De Weger.
>
> Mark de Weger suggested a BBC software information database
> could be set up
> on the internet, and his front-end, BeebEF, could access this
> to obtain
> information on certain disk images.
>
> Chris Richardson has suggested an interface for BeebEm to run
> disk images
> off the internet. Thomas Harte also thought of this idea originally,
> although in a more developed form, for ElectrEm.
>
> I myself, suggested the idea of a cddb.com style database that could
> determine information from within any compatible program
> about the software
> being used.
>
> So, based on all this, what would you think of the idea of a
> simple browser
> (single list only, no directories or anything) for retrieving
> disk images
> from sites from within BeebEm? It would use HTTP to retrieve lists and
> images, possibly even supporting zipped images. Limited
> information would be
> supplied, such as title, and software type, and it wouldn't
> be anything as
> elegant as internet explorer.
>
> Do you think that would be going too far or not?
>
> Also, let me know of any other suggestions you have for
> BeebEm, anything is
> welcome! :)
>
> -- Richard Gellman
>
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