Date   : Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:52:09 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Tube ROM

On 24/08/2011 23:04, J.G.Harston wrote:
> Pete Turnbull wrote:
>> The Tube podule to use an A500 as a co-pro to a Beeb, which was used in
>> development before the A500 did all it's own I/O, definitely still
>> exists -- there's one a few feet from me.  I've never heard of hardware
>> that worked the other way round (Tube host), though, and I don't believe
> 
> There are hooks in the code, memory locations, APIs and allocatied
> resources (SWI blocks, etc) to allow RISC OS (well, Arthur) to be a
> Tube host, but I wouldn't be surprised if nobody ever got around to
> writing one.

You'd need the hardware too, of course - not that it's complex, in fact 
it's trivial, but the Tube podule is the wrong way round to be a host.

> (Did I ever ask you for a ROM dump from your A500?)

Possibly, but as I don't have one, you'd be out of luck!

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York