Date   : Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:28:30 +0100
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

In article <4bthd19hl0onmlg8rj2l5s4vdr19di1p6g@...>,
   John Kortink <kortink@...> wrote:

[snip]

> >But aren't those just used by emulators?  You
> >can't use them directly with a real Spectrum.
>
> Not yet probably. However, for the BBC : I'm tinkering
> with the idea of supporting playback of UEF files via
> GoMMC. Although this may need a few slight adjustments
> to the OS ROM, loading a 'tape' via GoMMC may eventually
> be indistinguishable from the real, cumbersome thing
> with cassette tapes.

Why not make GoMMC respond to service call 13 and 14 and make it appear as a
tape filing system image in ROM? No patching of the OS required.

Since it doesn't appear to check whether it has read more than 16k from any
one ROM, instead being prompted by the end of ROM maker (+), you could just
funnel the data from the MMC card through the GoMMC ROM, into the OS.

Essentially, GoMMC would become a carousel of tape images in UEF format but
not occupy any more ROM sockets.

Cheers,
Sprow.