Date   : Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:32:03 -0000
From   : "Adam D. Barratt" <lists+bbc-micro@...>
Subject: Re: Beeb ROMS

On Friday, February 24, 2006 1:33 AM, Thomas Horsten
<thomas.horsten@...> wrote:
> I have a few Beeb ROMS in my collection, one of them is an INTER WORD
> original, which has a blue label and a funny construction.
[...]
> I'm curious about it - is it some kind of copy protection, and if so
> how does it work? Or is it an adapter they made so a larger ROM can be
> used in a 16k slot, with some sort of bank switching?

The latter. InterWord is a 32K ROM.

>From memory my random ROM collection contains around a dozen such devices -
InterWord, Computer Concepts Mega3, Beebug's Master ROM, Watford
Electronics' Quest Mouse ROM and some others I can't remember right now.

[...]
> And to make my collection complete (and be able to test my secret
> project on a 3.50), I'd like to get my hands on a 3.50 MOS, so if
> someone has an image (or can make one with Andrew Benham's BASIC
> program, see link above), I'd really like a copy.

There's usually half a dozen or so going on ebay...

Adam