Date   : Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:13:25 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Master Compact Question

It sounds like this Compact was used as an Econet network station
if it is used without the drive box.  (Maybe there was a Master
Compact ET??!!) The Compact will happily run off an off-the-shelf
DC power supply if you don't need the disc drive and I have used
mine like this as a network station briefly.

There is an Acorn Application Note on the Tinternet somewhere
(probably BBCDocs) detailing how to make up a lead to connect
a standard 5.25" floppy drive.

The Mega-3 ROM is indeed the Computer Concepts ROM containing
Inter-Word, Inter-Sheet and Inter-Chart, which can be started with
*IWORD, *ISHEET and *ICHART.

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Johns
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent:  Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Master Compact Question

> 1. ROMS. the ROM sockets are as follows. Top one (furtherest away from 
> front of computer) empty, second fitted with MEGA3, third fitted with 
> ANFS (Econet module fitted), forth empty and fifth fitted with a ROM 
> labelled 537X then 0004 on the next line.

> Obviously the ANFS is the network filing system Waht i want to know is 
> what the Mega 3 and the other rom are.

I think Mega3 is some CC thing with the all the Inter- apps in it.
(Interword, Intersheet and Interchart?) The other ROM is probably the
Master OS/BASIC/ADFS ROM. I can't remember if it also has View etc in it.
It has less than the Master 128's ROM - there's no DFS for a start.

> 2. There is a 1770 fitted but the two sockets (IC13, IC14) are empty. 
> What, if anything should be in those two sockets?

Probably serial port. It wasn't standard on the compact.

> I am assuming this machine was a diskless network station. What will I 
> need to do to get this machine to be a working disk based machine?

It sounds like you don't have the disk drive / PSU / monitor stand bit.
There's a socket on the back of the compact that connects to the disk
drive, so it should just be a matter of connecting a drive to it. Its
not a normal disk drive type socket tho, so you'll need to make a
suitable lead.

The compact always struck me as a strange setup, with the computer bit
in the keyboard, rather than in the "box" bit. Perhaps it just seems
strange now because thats how everyhing is nowadays.

Cheers

Chris
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Chris Johns <chris@...             >