Date : Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:42:42 -0700 (PDT)
From : "F. Haroon" <haroonpd@...>
Subject: BBC Micro news, to October 2001
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To: info@...
From: info@...
Date: Tue,25 Sep 2001 22:26:03 +0000
Subject: BBC micro news,to October 2001
For those you haven't seen one before,this is an (approximately) quarterly
update of what new things of interest there have been for the BBC microcomputer
series.
The list of recipients is maintained by hand,so if you'd rather not be on the
list or have no idea what a BBC micro is then simply send me back a blank
email and I'll remove you.
Anyway,the observant amongst you may have noticed there was no letter last
quarter.Sorry - I got a bit too busy and am still puzzled where the summer
went,so on with the more recent news:
New DOSFS ROM released
29 Aug 2001
The internet has opened up a wealth of archived BBC software which can be
downloaded at no charge. However,being able to transfer this software to the
machine presents a serious problem because of the need to jump the gap from
the PC to BBC micro.
The DOSFS ROM solves this problem by allowing the BBC micro to read and
write PC format floppy discs including those from PCs running Windows
which permits much longer filenames.
The DOSFS ROM is available now,priced £15 which includes ROM manual and
postage to UK destinations - for more info visit
http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/dosfs.htm
Order yours today!
!DFSReader updated
15 Sep 2001
DFS reader is a desktop program for RISC OS (see http://www.riscos.com/) to
read and write Acorn DFS format floppies written on the BBC micro.
It appears alongside the normal filer icons on the iconbar and behaves just
like any other RISC OS filer.
Originally written in 1992 I have now taken over development and recently
made a number of handy updates and enhancements as well as a large number
of bug fixes.
!DFSReader is free to download along with a number of other RISC OS utilities
from
http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/riscos.htm
Note,this program is for RISC OS only.
8M ram disc for the BBC micro
12 Mar 2001
Having released both the RAMFS software and circuit diagrams in February
2001's edition of EUG to build an 8M RAM disk,anyone who still hasn't had
the nerve to build it on strip board can now order the board ready made!
Depending on whether you feel happy soldering surface mounted components
you may want to go for a ready made and tested board or start with a
partly assembled kit to finish yourself.
The RAMFS software gives you high speed,solid state,silent data storeage with
peak data rates exceeding 20k a second.
For details,go to
http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/ramdisc.htm
Beeb utilities updated
Ongoing
Recently updated titles include
RDPHROM - utility to read the contents from the speech system 'PHROM'
TRAPVEC - utility to report any accesses to a given vector (handy for
software debugging)
FPGAIT - utility to upload images into field programmable gate arrays (handy
for hardware designers
SETATTR - utility to retrospectively set a file's load/exec addresses
(useful if these were lost when sending programs by email)
All of these updated (plus the not recently updated) titles are available to
download for free from
http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/software.htm
As ever,please contact me with any comments or suggestions.
Let's hope the next quarter is as eventful as this one was...
Robert Sprowson.
HaroonPD http://www.geocities.com/haroonpd/
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff
2px solid">To: info@...<BR>From: info@sprow.co.uk<BR>Date: Tue,25
Sep 2001 22:26:03 +0000<BR>Subject: BBC micro news,to October 2001<BR><BR>For
those you haven't seen one before,this is an (approximately) quarterly<BR>update
of what new things of interest there have been for the BBC microcomputer<BR>series.<BR><BR>The
list of recipients is maintained by hand,so if you'd rather not be on
the<BR>list or have no idea what a BBC micro is then simply send me back
a blank <BR>email and I'll remove you.<BR><BR>Anyway,the observant amongst
you may have noticed there was no letter last<BR>quarter.Sorry - I got
a bit too busy and am still puzzled where the summer<BR>went,so on with
the more recent news:<BR><BR><BR>New DOSFS ROM released<BR>----------------------<BR>29
Aug 2001<BR>The internet has opened up a wealth of archived BBC software
which can be <BR>downloaded at no charge. However,being able to !
!
transfer this software to the <BR>machine presents a serious problem because
of the need to jump the gap from <BR>the PC to BBC micro.<BR><BR>The DOSFS
ROM solves this problem by allowing the BBC micro to read and <BR>write
PC format floppy discs including those from PCs running Windows <BR>which
permits much longer filenames.<BR><BR>The DOSFS ROM is available now,priced
£15 which includes ROM manual and<BR>postage to UK destinations - for
more info visit<BR>http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/dosfs.htm<BR><BR>Order yours
today!<BR><BR>!DFSReader updated<BR>------------------<BR>15 Sep 2001<BR>DFS
reader is a desktop program for RISC OS (see http://www.riscos.com/) to<BR>read
and write Acorn DFS format floppies written on the BBC micro.<BR>It appears
alongside the normal filer icons on the iconbar and behaves just<BR>like
any other RISC OS filer.<BR><BR>Originally written in 1992 I have now taken
over development and recently<BR>made a number of handy updates and enhancements
as well a!
!
s a large number<BR>of bug fixes.<BR><BR>!DFSReader is free to download
along with a number of other RISC OS utilities<BR>from <BR>http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/riscos.htm<BR><BR>Note,this
program is for RISC OS only.<BR><BR>8M ram disc for the BBC micro<BR>-----------------------------<BR>12
Mar 2001<BR>Having released both the RAMFS software and circuit diagrams
in February <BR>2001's edition of EUG to build an 8M RAM disk,anyone who
still hasn't had <BR>the nerve to build it on strip board can now order
the board ready made!<BR><BR>Depending on whether you feel happy soldering
surface mounted components <BR>you may want to go for a ready made and
tested board or start with a <BR>partly assembled kit to finish yourself.<BR><BR>The
RAMFS software gives you high speed,solid state,silent data storeage with<BR>peak
data rates exceeding 20k a second.<BR><BR>For details,go to <BR>http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/ramdisc.htm<BR><BR>Beeb
utilities updated<BR>----------------------<BR>Ongoing!
!
<BR>Recently updated titles include<BR>RDPHROM - utility to read the contents
from the speech system 'PHROM'<BR>TRAPVEC - utility to report any accesses
to a given vector (handy for<BR>software debugging)<BR>FPGAIT - utility
to upload images into field programmable gate arrays (handy<BR>for hardware
designers<BR>SETATTR - utility to retrospectively set a file's load/exec
addresses<BR>(useful if these were lost when sending programs by email)<BR><BR>All
of these updated (plus the not recently updated) titles are available
to<BR>download for free from<BR>http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/software.htm<BR><BR><BR><BR>As
ever,please contact me with any comments or suggestions.<BR>Let's hope
the next quarter is as eventful as this one was...<BR><BR>Robert Sprowson.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><EM><STRONG><FONT
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