15 Jul
1998
15 Jul
'98
11:06 a.m.
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 02:37:05 +0100 (BST), you wrote:
I dont thing it needs a rom in the BBC , I have the system disks If
you would like a copy email me with your address and i will send you a
copy ( That is if i can find a 5 1/4 disk drive )
I have a Torch
its a big box 2 5 1/4 drives plugs into the Tube of
the BBC and runs msdos about half the speed of a XT .........
That sounds like a Torch Graduate machine. An MS-DOS copro for the BBC
micro. I have one, but alas I'm missing the host ROM and systems disk for
it :-(.
Torch also made (An incomplete list) :
The Unicorn (68000 copro for the BBC, ran Uniplus+, I think)
A strange machine with drives, CPU and monitor in the same box, and a
separate keyboard. AFAIK this was a BBC micro + the Z80 card
The XXX workstation. A 68010 machine running Uniplus+ with a GUI
frontend. A very odd machine internally (the bootstrap involves the I/O
processor - a 6303 - copying some code from an EPROM into the video
memory, and then letting the 68010 run).
The XXXX workstation. 68030 based?? I've never seen one.
Assorted BBC peripherals. I have a Torch lightpen, for example.
-tony