Date   : Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:00:42
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: BBC B progs on a B+128k - any known problems?

>Message-ID: <4ecc11c792info@...>

Sprow <info@...> wrote:
>    Jon Ripley <jon@...> wrote:
> > IIRC (Ctrl+)Z+Break selects a special compatibility mode that allows
> > greater compatibility with software that expects a BBC B.
>
> You're quite right, it works by mangling the commands sent via OSWord &7F
> into the corresponding operation for the 177X.

Z-Break doesn't change the operation of the DFS in any way. All
OSWORD &7F commands are translated to the commands the 1770
understands. That's the whole point of an API.

The only thing that Z-Break does is intercept OSBYTE 0 and 129
and them identify the machine as a BBC B instead of a BBC B+.


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