Date   : Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:55:56 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: MOS6 - Any programmers want to see a free BBC Micro

On 26/09/2010 22:34, Farlie A wrote:

> but I think it's worth at least floating the idea...

I think the first question is WHY do people use BBC emulators? Will a 
change in the firmware be a big issue, or a more invisible backroom 
alteration?

What worries me is the OS firmware is pretty tight - would it be viable 
to recode it like that? Or would it be simpler to alter the Debian 
emulators to ship without ROM images, but know where to pick them up 
from (? la the MP3 workaround).

Don't forget, you'd need to recreate BBC BASIC too, in order to get the 
machine to be capable of a "default" boot...


Best wishes,

Rick.

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