Date   : Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:25:46 +0100
From   : Kate Kneebone <kate.kneebone@...>
Subject: Re: More expert advice

Andrew Benham wrote:

>   o   Is this a machine which has never had a disk upgrade fitted
>       before ?
>
As far as I know, yes.  It had sockets for all the disc interface chips 
and a wire link soldered accross S9.

>   o   Is this a model B ?
>
Yep, it's a plain vanilla BBC B.  The only upgrade it appears to have 
had is a Termulator ROM.

>And some extra tests:
>
>   o   If you do a "CTRL D BREAK" (i.e. hold down Control and 'D',
>       and hit the Break key), does the DFS announce itself ?
>
Nope.

>
>   o   If you do "*HELP", does the DFS appear in the list ? There
>       are two help topics under the DFS (from memory I think
>       they are 'DISK' and 'UTILS'): can you get help on those
>       topics ('*HELP UTILS' or whatever ?).
>
Nope

>
>   o   Do you know what version DFS ROM you have ? If the *HELP
>       test above worked, you'll see the version number in
>       the help message.
>  
>
And thrice Nope :)  Though from memory I *think* it's 2.20.  I'm rather 
suspicious that maybe I've done something wrong fitting the upgrade; 
I'll triple check it tonight if I have time.


Kate