Date   : Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:15:43 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Tube ROM

Rob wrote:
> On 18 August 2011 15:46, Rick Murray <rick@...> 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.
> 
> I think the theory was that the co-processor became "the computer" and
> the BBC Micro was just a means by which you interacted with it. 

Yes, the beeb just became the "I/O processor" as Acorn put it. A very nice 
idea when the beeb was developed, but by the time people were trying to 
exploit it, performance was just way too slow for what users needed.

cheers

Jules