Date   : Fri, 11 May 2012 16:58:11 +0100
From   : jim@... (Jim Hearne)
Subject: Torch discs.

I literally had a 30 second flick through the boxes when i picked them up
this morning.
There were 3 boxes originally containing 10 discs each and most of them have
the Torch Computer labels.
Some were Unix, others were other programs like Basic etc which i guess
would still be part of the same install.
I'll go though them tonight and list the labels of the discs.

Thanks,

Jim

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jules Richardson
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 2:10 PM
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Torch discs.

On 05/11/2012 02:36 AM, Jim Hearne wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've just acquired a BBC 5.25" floppy drive which came with 3 boxes of
> floppys.
> Most of these are labelled Torch Computers 1983
> Some are labelled Unix so from looking on wikipedia it seems they may be 
> for
> there 68000 unicorn co-processor.
> Is there a store of these disc images on the net anywhere so i can see if
> I've got anything new.

As far as I know, they're not available. I had (well, have, but currently
in Deep Storage overseas) floppies for their Z80 and TX/QX hardware, but
the only software I had for the BBC-based Unix systems was on a ST412 disk
in a Torch 725 which was just too unwell to salvage anything from.

I've got a handful each of the Neptune (256K/1M) and Atlas (1M/4M) boards,
so it would be nice to get copies online at some point in order to one day
try and get a running system (although no hurry from me personally as I've
got no near-term plans to ship the hardware over).

I think that the install was supposedly about 25 floppies though, so if
only a few of what you have are labeled as unix then it perhaps suggests
that you don't have the full set :-(

cheers

Jules

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