To:      999 (all members)             
  From:    D6G (Sprow)                   
  Subject: BASIC III - what?             
                                         
  Last month Brain Raw was questioning   
  where this ROM came in the series.     
  We're all aware that BASIC I came out  
  with the very first few BBC's and was  
  an enhancement on Atom BASIC.Then came 
  BASIC II with a few bug fixes and new  
  keywords and tokens.                   
                                         
  The missing BASIC is BASIC III,which   
  was written for the American market    
  when the beeb was marketed in the      
  States.It was essentially a BASIC II   
  but with the keyword "COLOUR" swapped  
  for "COLOR",but with the same token.   
                                         
  Then there are the assorted HI-BASICs  
  plus BASIC IV which comes with the     
  Master.                                
                                         
  BASIC V is present in the Archimedes   
  series,and currently stands at         
  revision 1.14 from 1989.               
                                         
  There we are then!                     
                     Robert Sprowson.    
                                         
  Contact me:                            
       
  or 8BSmail me - I'm D6G.               
                                         
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  To:      999 (all members)             
  From:    K3H (ALBERT SCHOFIELD)        
  Subject: TAPE TO DISC ON THE BBC B     
   One of the most devious protection    
  methods I have come across is in the   
  game SWARM. It is in two parts, the    
  first part being the loader. The       
  second part uses 300 baud to load in   
  the second block. Also the filename    
  changes though this is not obvious.    
   So for devious protection we need to  
  use devious methods to transfer it to  
  disc.                                  
   First load in the first part, SWARM   
  making sure that page is set to &E00.  
   Enter the following two pokes:-       
  !&E7C=&20202020 and also ?&E80=&20.    
   Type RUN and press RETURN followed by 
  BREAK. Type CALL&C10. The Searching    
  message appears and part two SWARM1    
  can then be loaded in. Then type       
  PAGE=&4000. Then CALL&40A0 can be      
  entered. Now save it to cassette using 
  *SAVE SWARM1 C00+2200.                 
   Do a hard reset and then load it back 
  into memory using *LOAD""1900. Then    
  save it to disc using:-                
  *SAVE SWARM1 1900+2200 C00 C00.        
   All that is needed now is the usual   
  short loader something like the        
  following:-                            
  10*KEY0 *LOAD SWARM1                   
  |MPAGE=&E00|MRUN|M                     
  20*FX138,0,128                         
  30END                                  
   Of course the main file will have to  
  be downloaded to &C00. If you have the 
  WATFORD DFS then you can use *MLOAD    
  otherwise use the down loader of your  
  choice. Save the loader as SWARM.      
  Chaining this should now load and run  
  the game.                              
                                         
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  To:      999 (all members)             
  From:    D6K (Mike Mallett)            
  Subject: CP/M                          
                                         
                                         
  The BBC was able to use a number of    
  Z-80 co-processors to run CP/M         
  programs.                              
                                         
  I am currently working on a series on  
  this for 8BS so I would like to hear   
  from anyone who has an interest in     
  this topic !                           
                                         
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  To:      999 (all members)             
  From:    D6K (Mike Mallett)            
  Subject: BBC <> PC                     
  I have now been using a program called 
  XFER to transfer files between the two 
  machines.                              
                                         
  This needs both machines to be         
  running within reach of each other.    
                                         
  They are linked using a simple serial  
  cable which is described in the docs.  
                                         
  This system also copies the BBC file   
  attributes to allow BBC files to be    
  run on a PC emulator.                  
                                         
  I will pass this program on to 8BS but 
  if you need any more info call me on   
  0119 961 5019.                         
                                         
  Mike Mallett                           
                                         
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