Date   : Thu, 06 Jan 2005 09:38:04 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Updated ROM archive

In article <41DC398E.41C67EA6@...>, W.Scholten <whs@...>
writes

>I've been moving a few more ROMs into the right directories (e.g.
>terminal by Martin to 'Computer_concepts') and I've been checking some
>disc doctor files. Various were simply hacked to change keyword names; I
>also found that disc doctor 1.0B in the TBL archive is a hacked one).

I have several versions of Disc Doctor, including a version "R.0" (sic).
Have not yet checked your archive to see whether you have them all,
though I am doubtful of the usefulness of hacked versions.

>I'm not sure how many people still use modems, but at the moment posting
>it as a single big zip or at most a few big zips is the easiest method
>for me.

12Mb is not a big issue for a modem download - about 10 minutes.

>Regarding a CVS type system: this can be used also to keep an entire
>website in. I'd really like to see all the separate efforts on the web
>regarding the BBC micro (bbc lives, beebgames.com, stairway to hell,
>8bit, my own stuff, bbc doc project) into one website.

This would be very nice indeed, a single resource along the lines of
World of Spectrum (www.worldofspectrum.org), though this is somewhat
games-centred.