Date   : Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:25:36 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: BBC format BASIC files

The clue was in the "RT Russell" weblink at the top of BBCmenu.exe.
Plus the .BBC file extension - these have been saved in BBC Basic For
Windows format.

You can download the demo version from http://rtrussell.co.uk - that
will load the .BBC files - you can then File->Save as a .BAS text file
- if you can get that over to the Pi, you should be able to *EXEC them
in.

Rob.

On 20 April 2015@..., Ben Collier <bmcollier@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is going to be *slightly* off-topic, but I should think that most of
> you can answer it fairly straightforwardly.
>
> I just got a new Raspberry Pi going with RISC OS Pico (which boots straight
> into BBC BASIC). Now I was able to extract files from an .IMG of the BBC
> Welcome disk using WA Steer's disk content extractor. From there I can copy
> them to a USB stick and run them on RISC OS with *SCSI and LOAD "filename".
> Great.
>
> But I've found a cache of BBC GAMES online here:
> http://www.sigord.co.uk/GAMES.htm.
>
> These individual files are apparently in BBC file format, but if I try to
> load them I get "Bad Program". I assume that there is a subtle binary
> difference. My questions are:
>
> 1) Can anyone tell me off the top of their heads what the problem might be?
> 2) Is there a utility somewhere which will correct it?
>
> Many thanks! It would be lovely to get some use out of all those old BASIC
> games.
>
> Ben
>
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