Date   : Fri, 01 Mar 1996 09:45:36 +0000 (GMT)
From   : James Fidell <james@...>
Subject: Re: Emulation systems

Roger Walker wrote:

> >> and the index file would contain entries like:
> >> 
> >> Id# Filename    Exec Addr  Load Addr   Next FileId#
> >> === ==========  =========  =========   ===========
> >> 000 BBC-FILE    FFFF8023   FFFF0E00    002
> >> 001 Q.FILE0000  FFFF4000   FFFF4000    001
> >> 002 R.BBC/FILE  FFFFFFFF   FFFFFFFF    FFF
> >
> > I like this idea -- I'll probably put something similar into Xbeeb v0.4
> > for the disk emulation.
>
> As an extension (which makes it easier to write a DFS version), can we
> include entries for the first 8 bytes of sector 0 & 1, which contain
> the volume lable, and bootup options.

Already in Xbeeb v0.3 :-)

The boot-up options are stored in the first line of the __CATALOG__ file.
The disk title is actually "manufactured" from the UNIX directory name
that contains the files.

James.

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