Date : Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:10:14 +0100
From : Matt.Forbes@...
Subject: Re: Beeb Em 1.41 on XP?
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Stuart hasn't done any visible work on pcBBC since (IIRC) 1998, and I
e-mailed him about 18 months ago as I had lost my original installation
disk (I had a registered version) and wanted a replacement - no reply. At
the time, pcBBC was far and away the best emulator on the market, and so I
really gave up on the whole BBC emulation scene, until about 6 months ago,
when I discovered BeebEm, and found a superb emulator that works
beautifully under win2000 (work) and Win XP Pro (home).
On a semi-related topic, there seems to have been no work done on either
"The BBC Lives!" and the "BBC Documentation Project" - the latter is a
huge shame, as there are some documents on there, marked as "coming soon"
or "volunteers needed", which I'd really like to lay my hands on. I have
emailed Mark Usher to offer my assistance, but again - no response.
Back on topic - as far as I'm really concerned, the only new features I'd
like to see on the emulator would be -
-> Support for an emulated teletext adapter, using a PC TV card
-> Support for "virtual" hard drives under ADFS (see thread on this
subject recently)
-> An emulated Domesday System !
I know that I'm probably pushing my luck with the last one, but then I'm
sure that all the data could be squeezed onto a DVD or two, and that
software could emulate the Laserdisc control system, and use a DVD-Rom
drive to access it. This of course depends on there being a set of
Domesday disks still in existence!
Oh well - I'm happy with BeebEm for the time being, but we can always
dream!3
All the Best
Matt Forbes
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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Beeb Em 1.41 on XP?
Have you noticed that no-one seems to be doing any work any more on
either of the good emulators, pcBBC and BeebEm? What's going on?
Fiaz.
Matt.Forbes@... wrote:
Hi John (and all)
As far as I know, 1.41 is the latest version, although sadly, no-one
seems to be doing any more work on the emulator, and the websites are
only available in a cached form on Google and other search engines.
As for XP, I'm running 1.41 on XP Professional, and have had no
problems whatseoever, without having to resort to any form of
compatibility mode - what are the messages that you are seeing?
All the best
Matt Forbes
"John Richardson" <j.m.richardson@...>
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Is anyone running BeebEm on XP? And is 1.41 the latest version?
Richard Gellman's old page no longer seems available and when I run
1.41
on XP, I get various error messages, even with Windows 98 compatibility
on.
John.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Stuart hasn't done any visible work
on pcBBC since (IIRC) 1998, and I e-mailed him about 18 months ago as I had
lost my original installation disk (I had a registered version) and wanted
a replacement - no reply. At the time, pcBBC was far and away the be
st emulator on the market, and so I really gave up on the whole BBC emulati
on scene, until about 6 months ago, when I discovered BeebEm, and found a s
uperb emulator that works beautifully under win2000 (work) and Win XP Pro (
home). </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">On a semi-related topic, there seems
to have been no work done on either "The BBC Lives!" and the &qu
ot;BBC Documentation Project" - the latter is a huge shame, as there a
re some documents on there, marked as "coming soon" or "volu
nteers needed", which I'd really like to lay my hands on. I have
emailed Mark Usher to offer my assistance, but again - no response.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Back on topic - as far as I'm really
concerned, the only new features I'd like to see on the emulator would be
-</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-> Support for an emulated telete
xt adapter, using a PC TV card</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-> Support for "virtual"
; hard drives under ADFS (see thread on this subject recently)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-> An emulated Domesday System !<
/font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I know that I'm probably pushing my
luck with the last one, but then I'm sure that all the data could be squeez
ed onto a DVD or two, and that software could emulate the Laserdisc control
system, and use a DVD-Rom drive to access it. This of course depends
on there being a set of Domesday disks still in existence!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Oh well - I'm happy with BeebEm for
the time being, but we can always dream!3</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All the Best</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Matt Forbes</font>
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either of the good emulators, pcBBC and BeebEm? What's going on?<br>
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Fiaz.<br>
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Matt.Forbes@... wrote:<br>
Hi John (and all) <br>
<br>
As far as I know, 1.41 is the latest version, although sadly, no-one<br>
seems to be doing any more work on the emulator, and the websites are<br>
only available in a cached form on Google and other search engines. <br>
<br>
As for XP, I'm running 1.41 on XP Professional, and have had no<br>
problems whatseoever, without having to resort to any form of<br>
compatibility mode - what are the messages that you are seeing? <br>
<br>
All the best <br>
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Matt Forbes <br>
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Is anyone running BeebEm on XP? And is 1.41 the latest version?<br>
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Richard Gellman's old page no longer seems available and when I run<br>
1.41<br>
on XP, I get various error messages, even with Windows 98 compatibility<br>
on.<br>
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John.<br>
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