Date   : Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:58:16 +0100 (BST)
From   : Tom Walker <tommowalker@...>
Subject: Re: BBC B with edge-connectors instead of IDC connectors?

> a) The User Port, 1MHz Bus and Tube connectors
> appear to be card-edge
> connectors instead of the usual IDC connectors - is
> this common? 
> There also appears to be no Analogue port on the
> back

None of this looks common to me. I've never seen a
model B like this.

> b) There is a ROM labelled "DNFS" (can be seen in
> the pic above). What's
> this? 

DFS and NFS in one ROM.

> Oh, one other thing - can I safely swap the ADFS ROM
> out of my Master
> into the B? I assume I will need this if I want to
> use the disk drive on
> the B? 

Not unless it's a B+. The model B uses a different
disc controller to what ADFS expects.

Tom

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