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L/+Belis1
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 ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_28.ADF |
| Filename: | L/+Belis1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 13B5 bytes |
| Load address: | 2B206576 |
| Exec address: | 696C6542 |
File contents
General bits for EUG28 by Mark Bellis ------------------------------------- Firstly, the Repton Infinity stuff in EUG26. (Dominic Ford) Unfortunately, it would not work with either the BBC or Master versions of Repton Infinity which I have. I realise that your instructions were for ELK files, from the eG directory names, but I am sure that the Game files for the ELK or Master cannot be of wildly different sizes. The length of the files is 1330 hex, which does not correspond to the lengths of any of the standard Repton Infinity data file types for the BBC or Master Perhaps you could look into this please Dominic or Gus. -------- Secondly, Inkjet printers on the beeb. (enquiry from Terry Mulcahy) I have an Integrex Colourjet series 2, which does 300dpi colour or mono, with a few fonts (more available on cards), and an A4 sheet feeder. Their address is as follows: Integrex Ltd., Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DERBYS, DE11 9PT Tel: (01283) 551551 Fax: (01283) 550325 When I last bought cartridges from them, black ones were 21.50 and colour ones 28.50 I think, and do around 1000000 draft / 500000 LQ characters or 85 A5 pictures respectively. (Almost 5p per LQ page or 40p per picture) The printer does have a resident HP-deskjet simulation, but I think it is only the standard font sizes defined within the printer: Courier 10 and 16.6 (Typewriter characters) Letter Gothic 10, 12 and 16.6 Times Nordic (various sizes) (good enough for a CV) I have written the software for the company, and received due discount on the printer - perhaps for other makes my software could be modified - if whoever wants some software sends me a list of the printer VDU codes (cos they're different on all printers these days) Anyway, the software I wrote is a screen dump - in ROM by default - so that it can be activated from a function key (even during some games!), or so that * commands can be used to print disc-based bit map files. It will print files in modes 0,1 or 2 in any of 8 colours, and you can specify the palette at the time you type the command. I put in a *HELP facility to help matters. The unfortunate thing is that I don't know if the company ever managed to get it to work from a ROM chip - the program had to be downloaded to a PC on a serial link so that the PC could blow the EPROM! I know the software works perfectly on a Master though ;-) More enquiries welcome... -------- Thirdly, PCs Terry Mulcahy enquired about serial links from beebs to PCs. May I recommend an article by Alan Pickard in Electronics issue 57 (September 1992). The article gives details of a serial link, and file conversions - including Wordwise (I assume that View would be easier, as if you don't use tabs or overrun lines, the text is nearly ASCII). A program called PROCOMM+ is required for the PC - I dunno how to get hold of it though - maybe Maplin can help. On the topic of buying a (spit) PC though... My sister recently bought one to take to university (cos all former students know that there's a massive computer system log-jam after Easter, when all the finalists are struggling with their 20000 word dissertations). I asked my uncle's advice, 'cos he's a computer consultant, and he recommended that: o Unless you are going to do a lot of mathematically-intensive work, such as the mandelbrots which I like to plot on the beeb, you don't need more than a 100MHz processor! (as you will rarely if ever even approach 100MHz performance even on a 200MHz one) (120 or 133MHz is the current standard, so it seems, unless you specifically go for the fastest you can find) o 8MB of RAM may not be sufficient, so get the full 16MB, so that your 100MHz processor can actually run nearer its spec! o You will never need more than 800MB of hard disk - even though the standard these days is at least 1.2GB, 'cos you will never get close to filling it (I suggested that one possible exception is if you decide to write a book). My uncle has a total of 640MB, and is not worried about space 'cos he hasn't used the first half of it yet. The PC my sister bought was a 133MHz, 16MB RAM, 1.2GB Hard Disk Compaq Presario, for about 1800 quid - don't ask me where a student gets that kind of money from! I wonder how long it will be before 32MB is the standard. Six months maybe? That's the trouble with PCs - unless you are prepared for your machine to be out of date as soon as you buy it don't buy one! For now, I quite enjoy my perfectly-fast-enough 2MHz, 128K RAM, 640K floppy disk Master 128. It even does 36 colours simultaneously (see my article in this in either this or next issue (please Gus)) Us beeb users do have the advantage of a screen size of only 20KB as opposed to 2MB for a good PC picture. I have considered a Risc PC, but that again is a parallel rat-race, with the ARM chip constantly developing, so I've opted for the quiet life. -------- Oh, sorry, I've rambled again... ;-) Mark Bellis 118, The Lawns, Rolleston-on-Dove, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs, DE13 9DE
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(Domin| 00000080 69 63 20 46 6f 72 64 29 0d 0d 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 |ic Ford)..Unfort| 00000090 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 2c 20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 6c |unately, it woul| 000000a0 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 |d not work with | 000000b0 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 6f |either the BBC o| 000000c0 72 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 0d 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |r Master.version| 000000d0 73 20 6f 66 20 52 65 70 74 6f 6e 20 49 6e 66 69 |s of Repton Infi| 000000e0 6e 69 74 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 68 61 76 |nity which I hav| 000000f0 65 2e 20 20 49 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 20 74 68 |e. I realise th| 00000100 61 74 20 79 6f 75 72 0d 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 |at your.instruct| 00000110 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 66 6f 72 20 45 4c |ions were for EL| 00000120 4b 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 |K files, from th| 00000130 65 20 65 47 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 6e |e eG directory n| 00000140 61 6d 65 73 2c 0d 62 75 74 20 49 20 61 6d 20 73 |ames,.but I am s| 00000150 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 47 61 6d |ure that the Gam| 00000160 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 |e files for the | 00000170 45 4c 4b 20 6f 72 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 63 61 |ELK or Master ca| 00000180 6e 6e 6f 74 0d 62 65 20 6f 66 20 77 69 6c 64 6c |nnot.be of wildl| 00000190 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 73 69 7a 65 |y different size| 000001a0 73 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 20 6f |s...The length o| 000001b0 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 73 20 31 |f the files is 1| 000001c0 33 33 30 20 68 65 78 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 64 |330 hex, which d| 000001d0 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f |oes not correspo| 000001e0 6e 64 0d 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 |nd.to the length| 000001f0 73 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |s of any of the | 00000200 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 52 65 70 74 6f 6e 20 |standard Repton | 00000210 49 6e 66 69 6e 69 74 79 20 64 61 74 61 20 66 69 |Infinity data fi| 00000220 6c 65 0d 74 79 70 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 |le.types for the| 00000230 20 42 42 43 20 6f 72 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 0d 0d | BBC or Master..| 00000240 50 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c |Perhaps you coul| 00000250 64 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 69 73 |d look into this| 00000260 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 44 6f 6d 69 6e 69 63 20 | please Dominic | 00000270 6f 72 20 47 75 73 2e 0d 0d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |or Gus...-------| 00000280 2d 0d 0d 53 65 63 6f 6e 64 6c 79 2c 20 49 6e 6b |-..Secondly, Ink| 00000290 6a 65 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 6f 6e 20 |jet printers on | 000002a0 74 68 65 20 62 65 65 62 2e 20 28 65 6e 71 75 69 |the beeb. (enqui| 000002b0 72 79 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 54 65 72 72 79 20 4d 75 |ry from Terry Mu| 000002c0 6c 63 61 68 79 29 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 |lcahy)..I have a| 000002d0 6e 20 49 6e 74 65 67 72 65 78 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 |n Integrex Colou| 000002e0 72 6a 65 74 20 73 65 72 69 65 73 20 32 2c 20 77 |rjet series 2, w| 000002f0 68 69 63 68 20 64 6f 65 73 20 33 30 30 64 70 69 |hich does 300dpi| 00000300 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 0d 6f 72 20 6d 6f 6e 6f 2c | colour.or mono,| 00000310 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 66 6f 6e 74 | with a few font| 00000320 73 20 28 6d 6f 72 65 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c |s (more availabl| 00000330 65 20 6f 6e 20 63 61 72 64 73 29 2c 20 61 6e 64 |e on cards), and| 00000340 20 61 6e 20 41 34 20 73 68 65 65 74 0d 66 65 65 | an A4 sheet.fee| 00000350 64 65 72 2e 20 20 54 68 65 69 72 20 61 64 64 72 |der. 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the program| 000008c0 0d 68 61 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c |.had to be downl| 000008d0 6f 61 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 20 50 43 20 6f 6e |oaded to a PC on| 000008e0 20 61 20 73 65 72 69 61 6c 20 6c 69 6e 6b 20 73 | a serial link s| 000008f0 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 50 43 0d 63 6f |o that the PC.co| 00000900 75 6c 64 20 62 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 45 50 52 |uld blow the EPR| 00000910 4f 4d 21 0d 0d 49 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 |OM!..I know the | 00000920 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 70 |software works p| 00000930 65 72 66 65 63 74 6c 79 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 4d 61 |erfectly on a Ma| 00000940 73 74 65 72 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 3b 2d 29 0d |ster though ;-).| 00000950 0d 4d 6f 72 65 20 65 6e 71 75 69 72 69 65 73 20 |.More enquiries | 00000960 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 2e 2e 2e 0d 0d 0d 2d 2d 2d |welcome......---| 00000970 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0d 0d 54 68 69 72 64 6c 79 2c 20 |-----..Thirdly, | 00000980 50 43 73 0d 0d 54 65 72 72 79 20 4d 75 6c 63 61 |PCs..Terry Mulca| 00000990 68 79 20 65 6e 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 61 62 6f 75 |hy enquired abou| 000009a0 74 20 73 65 72 69 61 6c 20 6c 69 6e 6b 73 20 66 |t serial links f| 000009b0 72 6f 6d 20 62 65 65 62 73 20 74 6f 20 50 43 73 |rom beebs to PCs| 000009c0 2e 0d 0d 4d 61 79 20 49 20 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 |...May I recomme| 000009d0 6e 64 20 61 6e 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 20 62 79 |nd an article by| 000009e0 20 41 6c 61 6e 20 50 69 63 6b 61 72 64 20 69 6e | Alan Pickard in| 000009f0 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 69 63 73 20 69 73 73 | Electronics iss| 00000a00 75 65 20 35 37 0d 28 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 |ue 57.(September| 00000a10 20 31 39 39 32 29 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 61 72 74 | 1992). 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