Date   : Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:46:42 +0000 (GMT)
From   : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: BBC B micro repairs

In article <51732f4575ajg@...>,
   Alan Griffin <ajg@...> wrote:
> I tried a Wordwise chip, and that goes straight into Wordwise when you
> turn on, and you can't get out of it. Control/Break just brings up
> Wordwise again. *Quit gives the message: "Bad Command".

On the BBC B, there must always be an active language ROM (Wordwise, BASIC,
etc) because there is no default like on the Master and Archimedes - with
those families you can fall back to the supervisor prompt with
  *GOS
but on the BBC B you can only quit Wordwise by starting another language
like BASIC (or vice versa).

Similarly *QUIT doesn't exist on a BBC B, that's an Archimedes era thing.

If you want a supervisor prompt, you could download my GOS ROM and program
it into an EPROM. It's in the downloads section of
  http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/minib.htm
Sprow.