>From: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com
>
>On Dec 3, 1:22, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>>
>> Seems like they finally figured out how to read that BBC Domesday disk:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2534391.stm
>>
>> What I want to know is how they used "software emulation" to "read" the
>> disc. There had to be some hardware involved somewhere.
>>
>> Anyone have the full story?
>
>I don't know what exactly they did, but I do know that several people who
>have working laservision players offered to lend one. It's just a Philips
>laservision player, as still used by video buffs, but with a SCSI
>interface.
>
>Of course, you'd need software to make sense of the directory structure, so
>perhaps the "emulation" part was something to run the Video Filing System
>developed for the BBC Micro, or some equivalent.
>
>--
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>
Hi
If they had the player, why not use an original BBC Micro to
read things?
Dwight
Received on Tue Dec 03 2002 - 13:45:00 GMT