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L/+Sprow1
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| Filename: | L/+Sprow1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 098B bytes |
| Load address: | 2B206576 |
| Exec address: | 6F727053 |
File contents
6 Bollinbrook road,
MACCLESFIELD,
Cheshire.
SK10 3DJ.
Dear All,
Having seen the speed of BASIC on a RiscPC from Acorn I just
couldn't resist loading a few BASIC programs from the trusty BBC.
Those which were written legally,for example the "SLOW" alpha sorter
that I sent some time back (the other two were in assembler and the ARM
chip has different mnemomics to the 6502) ran like grease lightning.
Very impressive - even the file format is the same so it could be read
in still tokenised.Acorn know a thing or two.
And so comes the moral of the story,if using BASIC alone on a BBC try
to do it legally,use VDU23 instead of *LOADing to page &C00 (this doesn't
work on the Master even).VDU23 still redefines the font even on a RiscPC.
And if you ever wondered why on earth you send palette redefinitions
followed by a series of 0 bytes,this is because the better graphics
capabilities of the 32 bit machines use red,green and blue components
too.
The list goes on,*FX not ?&FE60,to name but one.
Gus was in trouble about his 5.25" disk supply having samaged a drive
earlier with a dirty one.I periodically spring clean my drive with a
disk head cleaner from Maplin. Incidentally Maplin's 5.25" disks (code
CK09K) work out at 40.7p each including VAT.
Just to make sure I'll be swapping to 3.5" at the end of this year's
subscription!
Tony Mulcahy was wondering how to fix up a BBC to Windows.Firstly
you'll need a 5 pin domino to either 25way or 9way depending on your
computer.Using Terminal (C:\WINDOWS\TERMINAL.EXE usually) will serve to
receive files then you'll need some simple software at the BBC end to
read a file into RAM and transmit it.If you need further help (indeed
anyone) send an SAE and 2 stamps to me and I'll give you more details on
how I do it.
I've not had any problems with a Canon BJ10e connected to a BBC so
Tony,I guess your problem may be with the lead.Ensure that the lead is a
fully occupied type and not just a 8 bit + 2 handshake + ground job. I
assume here that *FX6,<ignoreCHR$> or *IGNORE on a Master has been used
in conjunction with DIP switches to get the CR then LF problem sorted.
See my other entries the this month's disk - hope to see loads more
of yours soon...
R.P.Sprowson.
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