Date   : Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:35:48 +0100
From   : "BeebMaster@..." <BeebMaster@...>
Subject: Re: 80186 co-pro

In the first instance you will need the 4 Master 512 DOS plus discs,
the first of which is the boot disc in a dual ADFS/Acorn DOS format.  I
think from discussions previously that somebody has made disc images
of them and no doubt somebody will point you to them.

After that, PC world is your oyster...unfortunately!

The best use for the 80186 co-processor in my opinion instead of running
all that silly PC/DOS plus nonsense is as a nice big RAM disc.  If you put in
a handy little ROM called CPFS you turn the co-processor memory into a
500K RAM disc or printer buffer.  I can e-mail it to you (although it must
run in ROM and not SRAM) if you can't find it on the internet.

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Blundell
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:06:57 +0100
Subject: [BBC-Micro] 80186 co-pro

So, I just discovered (to my slight surprise) that one of my Masters has
an internal 80186 coprocessor fitted.  I don't have any disks or
manuals, though, and I have no idea what software it needs.  Can anybody
help me out?

Thanks

p.