Date   : Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:59:34 -0600
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Torch Graduate

On 01/27/2014 03:55 PM, Chris Whytehead wrote:
> However I can't help you with a valuation, I suspect that only the more
> dedicated BBC enthusiasts would want one these days, after all who wants to
> run MSDOS 2.11!

It's a handy way of hanging an ISA bus off a beeb, I suppose, which might 
be useful for someone. I have one myself (again, in storage), but it was 
always buried behind far too many other projects, so although I cleaned it 
up and took a few disassembly photos, I never did get the chance to try 
running it.

I seem to recall that it hooks up via the 1MHz bus rather than the Tube; 
I'm not sure what firmware is needed on the beeb side (I assume the beeb 
can be used to make it "do stuff" rather than it purely being the other way 
around, with the beeb just acting as keyboard and display)

Ebay value? One billion dollars. Non-Ebay value, probably around 20-30 quid 
- Torch stuff doesn't have much of a following, even though something like 
this is pretty rare.

cheers

Jules