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biobot/!BEEBARC/!HELP
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.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » misc » misc2 |
| Filename: | biobot/!BEEBARC/!HELP |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0898 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 2 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Archimedes » Dominic_4.ADF » !BEEBARC/!HELP
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_Dominic_4.adf » !BEEBARC/!HELP
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » misc » misc2 » biobot/!BEEBARC/!HELP
File contents
_ ___ _ ___ | | _ )___ ___| |__ / _ \ _ _ __ |_| _ \ -_) -_) '_ \| _ | '_/ _| (_)___/___\___|_.__/|_| |_|_| \__| 0.03a, 3 July 1996 A *FREEWARE* desktop utility to do conversions between BBC archives and RISC OS directory structures. From: To: .ssd file Directory .dsd file Directory ZIP file with .inf files Directory Directory with .inf files Directory Directory with DFS-style names Dir (or ZIP file) with .inf files Just drag the file or directory to BeebArc, set the options, then drag the save icon to the destination filer window (or type in the pathname). Converting .ssd and .dsd files ������������������������������ You'll see a save box containing these options: o Side :0 - just unpacks the first side of the 'disk' o Side :2 - just unpacks the second side of the 'disk' o Both - unpacks both sides � 65Host - unpacks in a more !65Host-friendly way; if 'Both' selected then unpacks to two subdirs The disk image must be of type 'Data'. Converting from .inf format ��������������������������� The option 'Filetype', when on, causes files identifiable by their load or exec addresses as BASIC or ROM to have RISC OS filetypes. Converting to .inf format ������������������������� The option 'Archive', when on, will *try* to output a ZIP archive instead of an ordinary directory. This requires SparkFS and its Zip module to be loaded - if both are not present, an ordinary directory is created. Command line usage ������������������ It is possible to use the three programs Add/inf DFS_Split Un/inf from the command line. See the files in !BeebArc.Docs for more details. Contact ������� Snail-mail: Darren Salt, 17, Allendale Crescent Wansbeck Estate Stakeford Northumberland NE62 5YG E-mail: arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk darren.salt@unn.ac.uk (until June 1997?) Copyright ��������� BeebArc, and its associated files, are all Copyright � 1996 Darren Salt. Disclaimer ���������� While I have tried to ensure that this product is bug-free, I cannot be held responsible for any problems (loss of data etc.) that it may cause. However, I will attempt to fix any bugs reported to me, provided I can repeat them.
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67 65 0a 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |e usage.........| 000005d0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 0a 0a 49 74 20 69 |............It i| 000005e0 73 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 75 73 |s possible to us| 000005f0 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |e the three prog| 00000600 72 61 6d 73 0a 09 41 64 64 2f 69 6e 66 0a 09 44 |rams..Add/inf..D| 00000610 46 53 5f 53 70 6c 69 74 0a 09 55 6e 2f 69 6e 66 |FS_Split..Un/inf| 00000620 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |.from the comman| 00000630 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 20 53 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 |d line. See the | 00000640 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 21 42 65 65 62 41 72 |files in !BeebAr| 00000650 63 2e 44 6f 63 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |c.Docs for more | 00000660 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 2e 0a 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 61 |details....Conta| 00000670 63 74 0a 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 0a 0a 53 6e 61 69 |ct..........Snai| 00000680 6c 2d 6d 61 69 6c 3a 09 44 61 72 72 65 6e 20 53 |l-mail:.Darren S| 00000690 61 6c 74 2c 0a 09 09 31 37 2c 20 41 6c 6c 65 6e |alt,...17, Allen| 000006a0 64 61 6c 65 20 43 72 65 73 63 65 6e 74 0a 09 09 |dale Crescent...| 000006b0 57 61 6e 73 62 65 63 6b 20 45 73 74 61 74 65 0a |Wansbeck Estate.| 000006c0 09 09 53 74 61 6b 65 66 6f 72 64 0a 09 09 4e 6f |..Stakeford...No| 000006d0 72 74 68 75 6d 62 65 72 6c 61 6e 64 0a 09 09 4e |rthumberland...N| 000006e0 45 36 32 20 35 59 47 0a 0a 45 2d 6d 61 69 6c 3a |E62 5YG..E-mail:| 000006f0 09 09 61 72 63 73 61 6c 74 40 73 70 75 64 64 79 |..arcsalt@spuddy| 00000700 2e 6d 65 77 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 09 64 61 72 72 65 |.mew.co.uk.darre| 00000710 6e 2e 73 61 6c 74 40 75 6e 6e 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b |n.salt@unn.ac.uk| 00000720 0a 09 09 09 09 09 09 28 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 4a 75 |.......(until Ju| 00000730 6e 65 20 31 39 39 37 3f 29 0a 0a 0a 43 6f 70 79 |ne 1997?)...Copy| 00000740 72 69 67 68 74 0a 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 0a |right...........| 00000750 0a 42 65 65 62 41 72 63 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 |.BeebArc, and it| 00000760 73 20 61 73 73 6f 63 69 61 74 65 64 20 66 69 6c |s associated fil| 00000770 65 73 2c 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 43 6f 70 79 |es, are all Copy| 00000780 72 69 67 68 74 20 a9 20 31 39 39 36 20 44 61 72 |right . 1996 Dar| 00000790 72 65 6e 20 53 61 6c 74 2e 0a 0a 0a 44 69 73 63 |ren Salt....Disc| 000007a0 6c 61 69 6d 65 72 0a 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |laimer..........| 000007b0 98 0a 0a 57 68 69 6c 65 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 |...While I have | 000007c0 74 72 69 65 64 20 74 6f 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 |tried to ensure | 000007d0 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 |that this produc| 000007e0 74 20 69 73 20 62 75 67 2d 66 72 65 65 2c 20 49 |t is bug-free, I| 000007f0 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 68 65 6c 64 0a | cannot be held.| 00000800 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 |responsible for | 00000810 61 6e 79 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 28 6c 6f |any problems (lo| 00000820 73 73 20 6f 66 20 64 61 74 61 20 65 74 63 2e 29 |ss of data etc.)| 00000830 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 6d 61 79 20 63 61 75 | that it may cau| 00000840 73 65 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 0a 49 20 77 |se. 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