Date   : Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:45:32 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Acorn "System" machines & software

Pete G. wrote:
> boxed BBC Basic card - but the really odd thing that I seem to remember is
that
> it isn't compatible with Atom DOS, so you can't use the disk drive -
> only cassette?! I could be wrong here, but this is what I remember from
 
You need a BBC MOS extension ROM to provide DOS support. The
supplied BBC MOS ROM only does enough to provide COS (Cassette
Operating System) - just like with the Beeb!
 
I don't know if anybody ever produced any such extension ROMs.
 
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