Setting up programs
All BBC programs to be used by an emulator should be stored as disk
images or rom images. Disk images should have the extension '.ssd',
'.img' (single sided), '.dsd' (double sided) or '.adf' (ADFS format).
Rom images should have the extension '.rom'.
BeebEF does not support the standard archive format (with *.inf
files), since none of the current BBC emulators supports this
standard.
To set up a new program for use with BeebEF, select 'Programs|New'
from the main screen, or press the 'New program' button on the tool bar
(the leftmost button). Program setups can be edited by selecting
'Programs|Edit' or the 'Edit program' button (the second button from the
left). They can be deleted by selecting 'Programs|Delete' or the 'Delete
program' button (the third button from the left).
Program setups are added or edited in the following window.
The window contains the following fields.
Identification
- Name. The name of the program.
- File name. The file name of the program. Press the 'browse'
button (the button with the three dots) to select the file name.
- Publisher. The publisher of the program. Select one from the
drop-down list.
Information
- Description. Use this field to store free-text information.
This information is shown in the main program window on the second tab
('Details') when the program is selected.
- Links. Use this field to store one or more hyperlinks to
related files. These hyperlinks are shown in the main program window on the
second tab ('Details') when the program is selected. There they can be
clicked, so that the associated files are shown.
Use the 'New', 'Edit' and 'Delete' buttons to modify hyperlinks.
When the 'New' or 'Edit' button are selected, a new window pops up in
which the name of the hyperlink and the associated file can be entered.
Make sure that the selected file type is registered in Windows and
linked to a program that allows the file contents to be displayed.
Other
- Type. The type of program. Select one from the drop-down
list.
- Favourite. Select this box if the program is a favourite.
This field can be used in filters, for example, to show only favourite
programs.
- E00 DFS. Select this box if the program requires a DFS that
keeps PAGE at &E00 rather than &1900.
Note: this box is disabled if
you set up that BeebEF should not handle emulator
DFS's.
If a program is selected in the main program window, a picture of the
program is shown on the first tab ('Picture'). The picture file is not
selected in the programs window, which is discussed here. Instead, the
picture file should have the same path and file name as the program, bar
the extension, which should be '.jpg'. (Only JPEG files are accepted.)
So, for example, if a disk image name is
'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper.ssd', the picture file name should be
'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper.jpg'
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