Clares RAMROD ROM

Description:


This is a listing for a used: RAMROD ROM.
For the: Acorn BBC, Master128 etc.

From a promotional leaflet:
"CLARES MICRO SUPPLIES announce the release of a major new product called RAMROD. As far as we know this is the first ROM to be compatible across the range with model B, B+, B+ 128, MASTER 128, MASTER TURBO and 6502 second processor.
RAMROD has 52 new commands in four sections dealing with DISC, GENERAL, ROMS and TUBE. RAMROD has also been written to work in conjunction with our other recent release BROM PLUS. With these two ROMs installed you will have the most sophisticated programming and debugging environment currently available. When used alongside GLARES macro assembler, MACROM, the machine code programmer has a powerful and versatile working environment that has been snapped up by several top 6502 software houses.
RAMROD has been designed to provide access to as many parts of the BBC as possible including the SHADOW RAM, SIDEWAYS RAM, INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSOR and SECOND PROCESSOR. In short RAMROD really does reach the parts that other toolkits fail to reach.
DISC
DEDIT and DFIND are disc editor and disc search respectively but the display can be in 40 or 80 column mode.
DBYTE will search for a string of HEX bytes without having to enter ASCII/ESCAPE code sequences.
ABYTE .. AEDIT & AFIND are the same as above only they are for use with the ADFS.
All of the disc commands can use either 40 or 80 column mode. In 80 column mode a full DFS sector can be seen on screen.
GENERAL
General has 17 commands including the expected MEDIT .. MFIND .. BYTE and MDISS plus their counterparts directed specifically at SHADOW RAM. CHECK and MCOMPARE will verify memory against a file or another section of memory or a ROM/RAM bank. FILL and SHIFT are self explanatory.
RELOCATE enables you to relocate a section of machine code without having to re-assemble the source code and VECTOR will list all vectors together with their pointer address.
HEX and MNEMONIC provide the same information as MEDIT and MDISS but in a form suitable for sending to the printer. TEXT is similar but in this case only the ASCII is shown, enabling a text area to be easily read.
All of the suitable functions in GENERAL can be applied to a specific ROM/RAM bank if required.
A special feature of RAMROD is the ability to switch immediately between the RAM/ROM banks by using the and cursor keys. In addition you can also switch immediately back and forth between the memory editor display and a disassembly of that area of memory. The MDISS command will even work on a dynamic memory area.
ROMS
This section is devoted to ROMs, SIDEWAY RAM and the ROM FILING SYSTEM. Again there are the expected ROFF and RON and RLIST. In addition RAMROD provides RINFO to show the information about a ROM and RPASS to pass a command to a specified ROM. RAMROD also provides a whole section dealing with loading, saving .. moving .. swapping and wiping RAM/ROM banks. Obviously ROMs cannot be wiped, loaded or swapped but they can be moved and saved. RAMROD provides a very interesting addition to the ROM FILING SYSTEM which allows you to format a RAM BANK for use by the RFS. RFILE will then enable you to instantly place a program or data into the RAM BANK ready for use under the RFS. This has particular relevance for MASTER 128 and B+ 128 users who can now use their RAM BANKS easily. These commands will also work with SOLIDISK SIDEWAYS RAM and most other forms of sideways RAM.
Once a program has been put into RFS format you do not need RAMROD to be able to run the software.
TUBE
This section deals with commands that will work across the tube either with the 6502 second processor or with the MASTER TURBO. All of the GENERAL commands except RELOCATE and VECTOR are available for use in the second or co-processor. Even when the second processor is active the normal commands under GENERAL will still work on the 1/0 processor memory. The TUBE commands, prefixed by .. T .. , work on the second processor directly.
In addition to the above commands RAMROD also provides four additional commands for comparing and shifting memory both ways over the TUBE. Whilst RAMROD is compatible ove1· the whole range of BBC micros the ADFS user and MASTER user will find RAMROD of particular use because it provides utilities not yet available elsewhere. The ROM filing system is so easy to use that it will become a common tool for those with sideways RAM. MASTER users will also find RAMROD useful in being able to look at part of the operating system as well as the shadow RAM and if BROM PLUS is also fitted you can look at and alter the PRIVATE WORKSPACE. RAMROD will help you to explore and understand your MASTER 128 and TURBO before going on to make use of its many features through RAMROD."

Please note that this is for the ROM ONLY.

Condition:

In good visual condition. See photos.

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Payment

Cheques payable to "Fourth Dimension" please.
Bank transfers to Sort Code: 20-20-62 Account no.: 70677213 Acc. Name: Fourth Dimension
International bank account no.: IBAN GB26BARC 202062 7067721
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This section is devoted to ROMs, SIDEWAY RAM and the ROM FILING SYSTEM. Again there are the expected ROFF and RON and RLIST. In addition RAMROD provides RINFO to show the information about a ROM and RPASS to pass a command to a specified ROM. RAMROD also provides a whole section dealing with loading, saving .. moving .. swapping and wiping RAM/ROM banks. Obviously ROMs cannot be wiped, loaded or swapped but they can be moved and saved. RAMROD provides a very interesting addition to the ROM FILING SYSTEM which allows you to format a RAM BANK for use by the RFS. RFILE will then enable you to instantly place a program or data into the RAM BANK ready for use under the RFS. This has particular relevance for MASTER 128 and B+ 128 users who can now use their RAM BANKS easily. These commands will