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LETTERS/BABB1
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | LETTERS/BABB1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 13E7 bytes |
| Load address: | 42204556 |
| Exec address: | 31424241 |
File contents
Gareth Babb
30 Park Drive
Grimsby
South Humberside
DN32 OEG
Tel: (01472) 878002
Email: gbabb@nowster.demon.co.uk
21.10.94
Dear Gus,
You will really have to do something about your spelling, it
really isappalling in some parts ! <grin>
The use of disc space could still be improved, reliance on BASIC
programs is still fairly high. The way I envisaged it was that
everything wouldbe text (except for a few graphics files and actual
program files) and therewould be a reader for a sort of script
language. I'd also have all text freeform so that it could be read in
both 40 and 80 columns and all 26s and 16swould go, soft spacing is a
pain !
Going back a bit to Mr Warner's problem we come to the word
copyright(the word our esteemed editor can't usually spell). View (et
al) writes to itself because if you are trying to run it in sideways RAM
it means you must have copied an image of the ROM, thus breaking Acorn's
copyright. But I'm not going to be a party pooper, I doubt Acorn are
going to go round chasing afterElk owners who would prefer not to waste
a whole cartridge slot on View, so this should do the trick:
X=OPENUP"xxxx"
PTR#X=&yyyy
BPUT#X,&EA
BPUT#X,&EA
BPUT#X,&EA
CLOSE#X
Where xxxx (or rather the appropriate filename) and yyyy are:
View E1.0 28D6
ViewSheet E1.0 0688
ViewStore 1.0 2BCE
This disables the bit of code which checks whether it's being run in
sidewaysRAM.
As to the speed of the PC, the main reason bootup is slow is
that DOShas to be loaded (not something an Elk, or any Acorn computer
for that matter,has to deal with), no doubt that problem would go away
if you got one of thosePC notebooks which have a bootable MS-DOS in
ROM. You could then go on aboutsize of applications but that would be
boring, these arguments always are.
By the way I got very confused with LETT4, 4A and 4B, me thinks
4shouldn't have been there.
Changing the physical drive a logical drive is mapped to is
possible, Ichanged my EDFSE00 so that drive 0 was swapped with drive 1
(and 2 with 3,considering DFS drive 2 is just side 2 of drive 0). It's
just a case ofchanging the bit of code which writes the drive select to
the control reg (inEDFSE00 2.20 this is read out of a four byte table
at &904C by code at &8D09).Obviously the position of this code depends
on the version of DFS, but I hopeI've pointed someone else in the right
direction of what to look for.
I'm glad Derek has had success with my HD thing back from issue 7,
one thing I think should be mentioned as many times as possible is the
need to turn off the cursor before compacting, not doing so can have
dire consequences !
I'm confused to why ADFS "has to be in the highest priority
socketavailable", it shouldn't make a difference wherever you put it
(except forwhich filing system starts up first).
He digressed slightly about the AP2, which is actually an 8k
imageblown twice into a 16k EPROM (PRES probably had a load of 27128s
laying about...) due to the fact that as he says the address lines
aren't all there thePlus 1 internal ROM socket only reads the *top* 8k.
I did wonder if the "low cost" 1MHz bus left the address
decoding inthe PAL for the HD controller, it obviously doesn't. One way
is indeed toremove buffering and link NPFC straight through, the other
is to get a new PALprogrammed. I know the bloke who designed 99.9% of
the stuff ACP/PRES used tosell and can ask him about this if anybody so
wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Gareth Babb
ANOTHER STIMULATING LETTER FROM GARETH
I HAVE TRIED TO ARRANGE FOR FILES TO BE PRINTED SO THAT THEY CAN BE
EITHER 40 OR 80 COLUMN BUT HAVE COME AGAINST THE PROBLEM OF WORD WRAP WHE
RE WORDS GET BROKEN INTO TWO IN 40 COLUMN MODE. I DID TRY TO ADJUST THE
FILES BUT THIS GOT SO TEDIOUS. IF YOU HAVE A SOLUTION THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF MEMBERS WHO WILL PUT YOU ON THEIR CHRISTMAS CARD LIST FOR SUPPLYING IT
SEND IT IT.
AS FOR ASSEMBLY AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, I CAN ONLY PUBLISH WHAT IS SENT.
COULD YOU PERHAPS DO SOME ARTICLES ON CONVERTING BASIC TO ASSEMBLY. AND
PLEASE, MAKE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
THE FILES ON ACORN'S PAMPHLETS LOOK INTERESTING. I WILL TRY TO DO A
REVIEW OF SOME OF THEM IN DUE COURSE, THANKS FOR THEM.
FINALLY I NOTE THAT YOU HAVE PUT YOUR NEW TELEPHONE CODE WHERE A 1 IS
ADDED IMMEDIATLY AFTER THE 0. WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS
QUITE SOON.
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Go| 00000460 69 6e 67 20 62 61 63 6b 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 74 |ing back a bit t| 00000470 6f 20 4d 72 20 57 61 72 6e 65 72 27 73 20 70 72 |o Mr Warner's pr| 00000480 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 77 65 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f |oblem we come to| 00000490 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 20 10 0d 63 6f 70 79 | the word ..copy| 000004a0 72 69 67 68 74 28 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 20 6f |right(the word o| 000004b0 75 72 20 65 73 74 65 65 6d 65 64 20 65 64 69 74 |ur esteemed edit| 000004c0 6f 72 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 75 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 |or can't usually| 000004d0 20 73 70 65 6c 6c 29 2e 20 56 69 65 77 20 28 65 | spell). View (e| 000004e0 74 20 10 0d 61 6c 29 20 77 72 69 74 65 73 20 74 |t ..al) writes t| 000004f0 6f 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 |o itself because| 00000500 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 74 72 79 69 | if you are tryi| 00000510 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 |ng to run it in | 00000520 73 69 64 65 77 61 79 73 20 52 41 4d 20 10 0d 69 |sideways RAM ..i| 00000530 74 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 |t means you must| 00000540 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 61 6e 20 | have copied an | 00000550 69 6d 61 67 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 52 4f 4d |image of the ROM| 00000560 2c 20 74 68 75 73 20 62 72 65 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 |, thus breaking | 00000570 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 10 0d 63 6f 70 79 72 69 |Acorn's ..copyri| 00000580 67 68 74 2e 20 42 75 74 20 49 27 6d 20 6e 6f 74 |ght. But I'm not| 00000590 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 20 70 | going to be a p| 000005a0 61 72 74 79 20 70 6f 6f 70 65 72 2c 20 49 20 64 |arty pooper, I d| 000005b0 6f 75 62 74 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 61 72 65 20 10 |oubt Acorn are .| 000005c0 0d 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 67 6f 20 72 6f 75 |.going to go rou| 000005d0 6e 64 20 63 68 61 73 69 6e 67 20 61 66 74 65 72 |nd chasing after| 000005e0 45 6c 6b 20 6f 77 6e 65 72 73 20 77 68 6f 20 77 |Elk owners who w| 000005f0 6f 75 6c 64 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 6e 6f 74 20 |ould prefer not | 00000600 74 6f 20 77 61 73 74 65 20 10 0d 61 20 77 68 6f |to waste ..a who| 00000610 6c 65 20 63 61 72 74 72 69 64 67 65 20 73 6c 6f |le cartridge slo| 00000620 74 20 6f 6e 20 56 69 65 77 2c 20 73 6f 20 74 68 |t on View, so th| 00000630 69 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 64 6f 20 74 68 65 |is should do the| 00000640 20 74 72 69 63 6b 3a 0d 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | trick:.. | 00000650 20 58 3d 4f 50 45 4e 55 50 22 78 78 78 78 22 0d | X=OPENUP"xxxx".| 00000660 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 54 52 23 58 3d 26 79 | PTR#X=&y| 00000670 79 79 79 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 50 55 54 |yyy. BPUT| 00000680 23 58 2c 26 45 41 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 |#X,&EA. B| 00000690 50 55 54 23 58 2c 26 45 41 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 |PUT#X,&EA. | 000006a0 20 20 42 50 55 54 23 58 2c 26 45 41 0d 20 20 20 | BPUT#X,&EA. | 000006b0 20 20 20 20 20 43 4c 4f 53 45 23 58 0d 0d 57 68 | CLOSE#X..Wh| 000006c0 65 72 65 20 78 78 78 78 20 28 6f 72 20 72 61 74 |ere xxxx (or rat| 000006d0 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 |her the appropri| 000006e0 61 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 29 20 61 6e |ate filename) an| 000006f0 64 20 79 79 79 79 20 61 72 65 3a 0d 0d 20 20 20 |d yyyy are:.. | 00000700 20 20 20 20 20 56 69 65 77 20 45 31 2e 30 20 20 | View E1.0 | 00000710 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 32 38 44 | 28D| 00000720 36 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 56 69 65 77 53 68 |6. ViewSh| 00000730 65 65 74 20 45 31 2e 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eet E1.0 | 00000740 20 20 30 36 38 38 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 56 | 0688. 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As to | 000007d0 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |the speed of the| 000007e0 20 50 43 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 72 65 | PC, the main re| 000007f0 61 73 6f 6e 20 62 6f 6f 74 75 70 20 69 73 20 73 |ason bootup is s| 00000800 6c 6f 77 20 69 73 20 0d 74 68 61 74 20 44 4f 53 |low is .that DOS| 00000810 10 68 61 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 |.has to be loade| 00000820 64 20 28 6e 6f 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 |d (not something| 00000830 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 6b 2c 20 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 | an Elk, or any | 00000840 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 0d |Acorn computer .| 00000850 66 6f 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 6d 61 74 74 65 72 2c |for that matter,| 00000860 10 68 61 73 20 74 6f 20 64 65 61 6c 20 77 69 74 |.has to deal wit| 00000870 68 29 2c 20 6e 6f 20 64 6f 75 62 74 20 74 68 61 |h), no doubt tha| 00000880 74 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 |t problem would | 00000890 67 6f 20 61 77 61 79 20 0d 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 |go away .if you | 000008a0 67 6f 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 6f 73 65 |got one of those| 000008b0 10 50 43 20 6e 6f 74 65 62 6f 6f 6b 73 20 77 68 |.PC notebooks wh| 000008c0 69 63 68 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 62 6f 6f 74 61 |ich have a boota| 000008d0 62 6c 65 20 4d 53 2d 44 4f 53 20 69 6e 20 0d 52 |ble MS-DOS in .R| 000008e0 4f 4d 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 68 |OM. You could th| 000008f0 65 6e 20 67 6f 20 6f 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 10 73 |en go on about.s| 00000900 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 |ize of applicati| 00000910 6f 6e 73 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 6f 75 |ons but that wou| 00000920 6c 64 20 62 65 20 0d 62 6f 72 69 6e 67 2c 20 74 |ld be .boring, t| 00000930 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 67 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 61 |hese arguments a| 00000940 6c 77 61 79 73 20 61 72 65 2e 0d 0d 20 20 20 20 |lways are... | 00000950 20 20 20 20 42 79 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 49 | By the way I| 00000960 20 67 6f 74 20 76 65 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 66 75 73 | got very confus| 00000970 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 4c 45 54 54 34 2c 20 34 |ed with LETT4, 4| 00000980 41 20 61 6e 64 20 34 42 2c 20 6d 65 20 74 68 69 |A and 4B, me thi| 00000990 6e 6b 73 20 0d 34 10 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 |nks .4.shouldn't| 000009a0 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 74 68 65 72 65 | have been there| 000009b0 2e 0d 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 68 61 6e 67 |... 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