[eunet.micro.acorn] 8-bit BBC postings

gpvos@cs.vu.nl (Gerben 'P' Vos) (01/09/91)

patrick@sideways.gen.nz (Pat Cain) writes:
>How about developing a BBC version of uuen/decode?  In NZ we use a 
>program that merges BBC files into one, preserving the load/exec 
>addresses, that may be useful especially if non-source is going to be 
>posted.

In the Netherlands, we use two programs which arc and unarc files.
The programs are called Xarc and ArcRom (both are Rom images). ArcRom is a
bit buggy for large files, but they work quite adequate.
They are compatible with both Messy-DOS Arc 5.1 and !Spark (at least 1.00),
but I'm not sure that there is a provision for load/exec addresses.
My solution usually is to include a file "ExecMe" which changes the
load/exec addresses when *EXEC'ed.

If there is interest, i'll have a try at posting them (using Unix uuencode).

-					Gerben

cstaqdb@warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes) (01/09/91)

In article <DF9gV4w163w@sideways.gen.nz> patrick@sideways.gen.nz (Pat Cain) writes:
>
>Okay, I think it would be great to see some 8bit programs here.  There
>are quite a few 8bit BBC owners on this site who would be interested.
>How about developing a BBC version of uuen/decode?  In NZ we use a
>program that merges BBC files into one, preserving the load/exec
>addresses, that may be useful especially if non-source is going to be
>posted.
>
I agree wholeheartedly about posting BBC listings here, and I have some that I
may post myself, although they are rather long, so some form of compression
would be useful.

Perhaps the program mentioned could be posted to the net and then used as
standard for 8-bit postings.

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patrick@sideways.gen.nz (Pat Cain) (01/12/91)

gpvos@cs.vu.nl (Gerben 'P' Vos) writes:

> In the Netherlands, we use two programs which arc and unarc files.
> The programs are called Xarc and ArcRom (both are Rom images). ArcRom is a
> bit buggy for large files, but they work quite adequate.
> They are compatible with both Messy-DOS Arc 5.1 and !Spark (at least 1.00),
> but I'm not sure that there is a provision for load/exec addresses.
> My solution usually is to include a file "ExecMe" which changes the
> load/exec addresses when *EXEC'ed.
> 
> If there is interest, i'll have a try at posting them (using Unix uuencode).
> 

I'm interested, any version of uuencode except the Archimedes one should 
be fine..  I didn't realise there was a rom version of Arc for the beeb.
Thanks.

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csf195@cck.cov.ac.uk (Mirrir) (01/24/91)

In article <1991Jan9.125607.29920@warwick.ac.uk> cstaqdb@warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes) writes:
>>
>I agree wholeheartedly about posting BBC listings here, and I have some that I
>may post myself, although they are rather long, so some form of compression
>would be useful.
>
>Perhaps the program mentioned could be posted to the net and then used as
>standard for 8-bit postings.


   I also agree, Tom, but at the moment I can't transfer stuff from system
   to BBC Disc or back, as disc drives have been removed from the only
   system connected Beeb's at this poly.

   What I'm really looking for at the moment is a Colour printer Dump progy
   that works on a Master 128 printing to a Star LC-10 Colour printer.

   ANY ONE GOT ONE THAT IS Public Domain !!!!?????

   Thanks
   
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csuaw@warwick.ac.uk (01/28/91)

In article <1991Jan24.143419.17464@cck.cov.ac.uk> csf195@cck.cov.ac.uk (Mirrir) writes:
>
>   I also agree, Tom, but at the moment I can't transfer stuff from system
>   to BBC Disc or back, as disc drives have been removed from the only
>   system connected Beeb's at this poly.
>

        How do people do this ? There is a beeb here connected into the
network with a disk drive . it has lancs.KERMIT ROM in it as well as Acorns
terminal ROM, but I HAVE (as yet ) failed to get anything succesfully
transfered to DISK !


                        Thanks for any help,
                        Patrick
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