Date   : Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:23:54 +0100
From   : adsb@... (Andrew Benham)
Subject: Tube ROM

On 18/08/11 15:46, Rick Murray wrote:

> Ah, but the logic here is that the HiBASIC simply *will* *not* work if 
> the co-processor isn't connected. It isn't like the Master's 
> auto-relocate one, it just... plain won't work.
> 
> Therefore, I'd consider it to be more logical held within the co-processor.
> 
> However - Sprow has a point with the size of the EPROM. There's no 
> reason why a bigger EPROM couldn't have been used, however 16K of BASIC 
> and 2K of Tube code will leave a lot of space in the chip, and I'd guess 
> in those days size=cost.

If we expand on this argument, Acorn should have put DOS Plus in the
Tube ROM of the 80186 second processor...

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Andrew Benham     Southgate, London N14, United Kingdom

The gates in my computer are AND OR and NOT, not "Bill"