BBC Micro

From: Alan Pearson <Alan.Pearson_at_cramersystems.com>
Date: Mon Jul 16 05:20:14 2001

Nice to see such interest in the BBC - I keep forgetting it's
not very common outside of the UK. I've got a couple of spare
BBC Masters up for swaps if anyone's interested? I'm looking for
Xerox technical manuals (see list), software, even hardware if
the shipping's not too prohibitive :-) The machines I've got
don't have any documentation or software (although you can still
buy new Master manuals from 8BS and download whatever you need
from all over the net) - they both have a sticky key or two and
could probably do with a makeover. I did a first pass at cleaning
them up when I got them but haven't spent as much time on them
as I could ("my" Beeb gets most of the attention!).

If you're not familiar with the Master, it was the follow-on from
the Model B and Model B+. Basically the same hardware as the B/B+
with 128K RAM (paged) and a 6510 in place of the 6502, housed in
a bigger case with "enhanced" keyboard (ie a keypad) and a couple
of cartridge sockets. All the I/O ports of the B/B+ were retained
(disk, RS423, 1MMz Bus, "Tube" etc), and they added a couple of
popular application ROMs (View and ViewSheet) as well as the ADFS
and DFS filing system ROMs as standard (you had to buy these yourself
on the earlier B/B+ machines). For us hackers they added a terminal
emulator, upgraded BASIC (BASIC IV) and upgraded assembler, very nice!

Anyhow, if you're interested in swapping, I'm looking for the
following Xerox manuals:

XDE 12.0 Users Guide (or later)
Mesa Language Manual (11.0 or later)
Mesa Programmers Manual
ViewPoint Programmers Manual
Pilot Programmers Manual
Basic Workstation Programmers Manual
Services Programmers Manuals

Either hardcopy or original VP softcopy is fine :-) If you've
got something I've missed off the list I might be interested,
drop me a line.

Cheers
Al
Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 05:20:14 BST