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L/+UTILIT
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: | L/+UTILIT |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0B09 bytes |
| Load address: | 4C204556 |
| Exec address: | 54552B2E |
Duplicates
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- AEW website » eug » eug_3_5_discs_Eug-52_A-EUG52.adf » L/+UTILIT
- AEW website » eug » eug_5_25_discs_Eug-52_D-EUG52.dsd » L.+UTILIT
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File contents
UTILITIES AND AGREEMENT
SORRY for the radio silence - busy doing my final year project in York.
Any readers with web sites, please ensure that, if you're linked to my
York address, you change to http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc
On this EUG disk, you will find two utilities from me: LISTO and an
update to the RAM filing system which was published in EUG #50. Inspired
by Chris Warburton's generic sideways ROM header generator, I created
the first as a new list option for BASIC and bit 3 in LISTO allows
multi-line statements to be split up. Full documentation is included but
basically lines such as:
100AND#127:STXj2%:TSX:CMP&105,X:PHP
110LDXj2%:PLP:BNEstarcmp:LDXj1%
become:
100AND#127:
STXj2%:
TSX:
CMP&105,X:
PHP
110LDXj2%:
etc...
This can be used in conjunction with other list options. See the BBC
User Guide for LISTO options in bits 0..1..2.
I haven't bothered to submit all the documentation for RAMFS again as
I assume most readers will have the EUG #50 disk articles to refer to.
However, the new version on the U directory on this disk has bug one
fixed and is up to 50% faster for sequential ops, allowing 21.7kb per
second.
Onto other things. In EUG #51, John Crane commented on LS120 drives
which, for those who missed it, are drives that read/write their own
120Mb format and also Double Density and High Density floppies too.
Indeed, Acorn disks do start at track 0 (both DFS and ADFS formats)
and PC disks have their boot sectors starting at track 1. I'm not sure
what's inside these drives but if there's an off the shelf floppy con-
troller chip, it would seem foolish for the manufacturer to not allow
access to track 0...but when has foolishness ever stopped anyone?
The main stumbling block I see with LS120 drives is the EIDE inter-
face. I challenge anyone out there to build a working EIDE interface for
the BBC and write a filing system to steer it.
I think we should stick to SCSI where all the work is done by the
hardware and the host computer just coughs a few commands down the 1MHz
bus to do the work! Or pop it onto my RAM filing system (with up to 8Mb
storage) with battery backup. That should be enough.
Iomega ZIP drives also look quite funky.
Finally, I recommend, as John did last month, buying a RISC OS-based
machine to run alongside your BBC (switches channels on his TV card to
the AV input to check the BBC's still working OK then switches back to
the 9 o'clock news).
Robert Sprowson
6 Bollinbrook Road, Macclesfield, CHESHIRE SK10 3DJ
Fax: 01625 431067
Email: info@sprow.co.uk
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See the | 00000380 42 42 43 20 0d 55 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 20 |BBC .User Guide | 00000390 66 6f 72 20 4c 49 53 54 4f 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e |for LISTO option| 000003a0 73 20 69 6e 20 62 69 74 73 20 30 2e 2e 31 2e 2e |s in bits 0..1..| 000003b0 32 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 20 |2.. I haven't | 000003c0 62 6f 74 68 65 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 75 62 6d |bothered to subm| 000003d0 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 63 75 6d |it all the docum| 000003e0 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 52 41 4d |entation for RAM| 000003f0 46 53 20 61 67 61 69 6e 20 61 73 0d 49 20 61 73 |FS again as.I as| 00000400 73 75 6d 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 |sume most reader| 00000410 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |s will have the | 00000420 45 55 47 20 23 35 30 20 64 69 73 6b 20 61 72 74 |EUG #50 disk art| 00000430 69 63 6c 65 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 66 65 72 20 74 |icles to refer t| 00000440 6f 2e 0d 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 |o..However, the | 00000450 6e 65 77 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 |new version on t| 00000460 68 65 20 55 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 6f |he U directory o| 00000470 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 64 69 73 6b 20 68 61 73 20 |n this disk has | 00000480 62 75 67 20 6f 6e 65 0d 66 69 78 65 64 20 61 6e |bug one.fixed an| 00000490 64 20 69 73 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 35 30 25 20 66 |d is up to 50% f| 000004a0 61 73 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e |aster for sequen| 000004b0 74 69 61 6c 20 6f 70 73 2c 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 69 |tial ops, allowi| 000004c0 6e 67 20 32 31 2e 37 6b 62 20 70 65 72 0d 73 65 |ng 21.7kb per.se| 000004d0 63 6f 6e 64 2e 0d 20 20 20 4f 6e 74 6f 20 6f 74 |cond.. Onto ot| 000004e0 68 65 72 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 2e 20 49 6e 20 45 |her things. In E| 000004f0 55 47 20 23 35 31 2c 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 43 72 61 |UG #51, John Cra| 00000500 6e 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 |ne commented on | 00000510 4c 53 31 32 30 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 0d 77 68 69 |LS120 drives.whi| 00000520 63 68 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 77 68 |ch, for those wh| 00000530 6f 20 6d 69 73 73 65 64 20 69 74 2c 20 61 72 65 |o missed it, are| 00000540 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 72 65 61 | drives that rea| 00000550 64 2f 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6f 77 |d/write their ow| 00000560 6e 0d 31 32 30 4d 62 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 61 |n.120Mb format a| 00000570 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 44 |nd also Double D| 00000580 65 6e 73 69 74 79 20 61 6e 64 20 48 69 67 68 20 |ensity and High | 00000590 44 65 6e 73 69 74 79 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 69 65 73 |Density floppies| 000005a0 20 74 6f 6f 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 6e 64 65 65 64 2c | too.. Indeed,| 000005b0 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 64 69 73 6b 73 20 64 6f 20 | Acorn disks do | 000005c0 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 74 20 74 72 61 63 6b 20 30 |start at track 0| 000005d0 20 28 62 6f 74 68 20 44 46 53 20 61 6e 64 20 41 | (both DFS and A| 000005e0 44 46 53 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 73 29 0d 61 6e 64 |DFS formats).and| 000005f0 20 50 43 20 64 69 73 6b 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 | PC disks have t| 00000600 68 65 69 72 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 73 65 63 74 6f 72 |heir boot sector| 00000610 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 74 72 |s starting at tr| 00000620 61 63 6b 20 31 2e 20 49 27 6d 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 |ack 1. I'm not s| 00000630 75 72 65 0d 77 68 61 74 27 73 20 69 6e 73 69 64 |ure.what's insid| 00000640 65 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 62 |e these drives b| 00000650 75 74 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 61 6e |ut if there's an| 00000660 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 65 6c 66 20 66 | off the shelf f| 00000670 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 63 6f 6e 2d 0d 74 72 6f 6c 6c |loppy con-.troll| 00000680 65 72 20 63 68 69 70 2c 20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 6c |er chip, it woul| 00000690 64 20 73 65 65 6d 20 66 6f 6f 6c 69 73 68 20 66 |d seem foolish f| 000006a0 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 75 66 61 63 74 75 |or the manufactu| 000006b0 72 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 |rer to not allow| 000006c0 0d 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 74 72 61 63 6b |.access to track| 000006d0 20 30 2e 2e 2e 62 75 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 68 61 | 0...but when ha| 000006e0 73 20 66 6f 6f 6c 69 73 68 6e 65 73 73 20 65 76 |s foolishness ev| 000006f0 65 72 20 73 74 6f 70 70 65 64 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e |er stopped anyon| 00000700 65 3f 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 73 |e?. The main s| 00000710 74 75 6d 62 6c 69 6e 67 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 20 49 |tumbling block I| 00000720 20 73 65 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 4c 53 31 32 30 20 | see with LS120 | 00000730 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 45 49 |drives is the EI| 00000740 44 45 20 69 6e 74 65 72 2d 0d 66 61 63 65 2e 20 |DE inter-.face. | 00000750 49 20 63 68 61 6c 6c 65 6e 67 65 20 61 6e 79 6f |I challenge anyo| 00000760 6e 65 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 74 6f 20 |ne out there to | 00000770 62 75 69 6c 64 20 61 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 |build a working | 00000780 45 49 44 45 20 69 6e 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 20 66 |EIDE interface f| 00000790 6f 72 0d 74 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 77 |or.the BBC and w| 000007a0 72 69 74 65 20 61 20 66 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 73 79 |rite a filing sy| 000007b0 73 74 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 73 74 65 65 72 20 69 74 |stem to steer it| 000007c0 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 77 65 20 |.. I think we | 000007d0 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 74 69 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 |should stick to | 000007e0 53 43 53 49 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 |SCSI where all t| 000007f0 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 |he work is done | 00000800 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 0d 68 61 72 64 77 61 72 65 |by the .hardware| 00000810 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 68 6f 73 74 20 63 6f | and the host co| 00000820 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 6a 75 73 74 20 63 6f 75 67 |mputer just coug| 00000830 68 73 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |hs a few command| 00000840 73 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 74 68 65 20 31 4d 48 7a 0d |s down the 1MHz.| 00000850 62 75 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f |bus to do the wo| 00000860 72 6b 21 20 4f 72 20 70 6f 70 20 69 74 20 6f 6e |rk! Or pop it on| 00000870 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 52 41 4d 20 66 69 6c 69 6e 67 |to my RAM filing| 00000880 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 28 77 69 74 68 20 75 70 | system (with up| 00000890 20 74 6f 20 38 4d 62 0d 73 74 6f 72 61 67 65 29 | to 8Mb.storage)| 000008a0 20 77 69 74 68 20 62 61 74 74 65 72 79 20 62 61 | with battery ba| 000008b0 63 6b 75 70 2e 20 54 68 61 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |ckup. That shoul| 000008c0 64 20 62 65 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 |d be enough.. | 000008d0 49 6f 6d 65 67 61 20 5a 49 50 20 64 72 69 76 65 |Iomega ZIP drive| 000008e0 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 71 75 69 74 |s also look quit| 000008f0 65 20 66 75 6e 6b 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 46 69 6e 61 |e funky.. Fina| 00000900 6c 6c 79 2c 20 49 20 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 |lly, I recommend| 00000910 2c 20 61 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 64 69 64 20 6c 61 |, as John did la| 00000920 73 74 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 2c 20 62 75 79 69 6e 67 |st month, buying| 00000930 20 61 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 2d 62 61 73 65 64 | a RISC OS-based| 00000940 0d 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 |.machine to run | 00000950 61 6c 6f 6e 67 73 69 64 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 42 |alongside your B| 00000960 42 43 20 28 73 77 69 74 63 68 65 73 20 63 68 61 |BC (switches cha| 00000970 6e 6e 65 6c 73 20 6f 6e 20 68 69 73 20 54 56 20 |nnels on his TV | 00000980 63 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 0d 74 68 65 20 41 56 20 |card to .the AV | 00000990 69 6e 70 75 74 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 74 |input to check t| 000009a0 68 65 20 42 42 43 27 73 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 77 |he BBC's still w| 000009b0 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 4f 4b 20 74 68 65 6e 20 73 |orking OK then s| 000009c0 77 69 74 63 68 65 73 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 0d |witches back to.| 000009d0 74 68 65 20 39 20 6f 27 63 6c 6f 63 6b 20 6e 65 |the 9 o'clock ne| 000009e0 77 73 29 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ws).. | 000009f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000a10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 6f | Ro| 00000a20 62 65 72 74 20 53 70 72 6f 77 73 6f 6e 0d 20 20 |bert Sprowson. | 00000a30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000a40 20 20 20 36 20 42 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 62 72 6f 6f 6b | 6 Bollinbrook| 00000a50 20 52 6f 61 64 2c 20 4d 61 63 63 6c 65 73 66 69 | Road, Macclesfi| 00000a60 65 6c 64 2c 20 43 48 45 53 48 49 52 45 20 53 4b |eld, CHESHIRE SK| 00000a70 31 30 20 33 44 4a 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |10 3DJ. | 00000a80 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000aa0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 46 61 | Fa| 00000ab0 78 3a 20 30 31 36 32 35 20 34 33 31 30 36 37 0d |x: 01625 431067.| 00000ac0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000af0 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 69 6e 66 6f 40 73 70 72 | Email: info@spr| 00000b00 6f 77 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0d |ow.co.uk.| 00000b09
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