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ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2017

Entry 30th May 2017: Post: 5


Kitchen Corner


Hi

Just an update while I wait for my battery to arrive. When I switch on 
from cold I get one of two messages on the screen. The first is

By the way I did a real dumb thing on the BBC forums.. I asked what fc 
means. Duh ! Flashing Cursor.

Acorn MOS
Acorn 1770 DFS
_ fc

 From this there is no escape even with the Ctrl-D Break

I can sometimes get

Acorn MOS
Acorn ADFS
_ fc

 From this I can Escape and get the * input

*Roms
Rom F Terminal 01 Unplugged
Rom E View 04
Rom D Acorn ADFS 50
Rom C BASIC 04
Rom B EDIT 01 Unplugged
Rom A ViewSheet
Rom 9 DFS 79
Rom 8 - 4 ?
Rom 3 ? Unplugged
Rom 2 -0 ?

*ST
BAUD 6
Boot
NoCaps
Data 7
Delay 87
No Directory
External   Tube
FDrive 5
File 7
Floppy
No Ignore
Lang 4
Mode 5
Tube
Loud
Print 7
Repeat 95
Scroll
TV 255,1

Sadly Dir does not read any of my BBC disks. Never mind.

I have to say I never really appreciated to what extremes folk used the 
BBC. Check this guy out if you have the odd 30 minutes to spare. Amazing 
really......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la-sGpTpkxE

Thanks for reading

scuzz


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