MODE 7 SIMULATOR ROM
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"Software simulations can never be as good as their hardware counterparts. Although this simulation isn't as good as the Mode 7 Display Unit, it performs extremely well. The software works by simulating a Mode 7 screen in Mode 2 - which leads to some problems."
- Stephen Cusack, Electron User 6. 8 |
What It Does
The Mode 7 Simulator ROM is a ROM chip which must be fitted into a suitable hardware expansion attached to the Acorn Electron. The ROM contains software to simulate Mode 7, the Teletext-styled screen mode available on the BBC Micro machines but not the Electron. Once active, the command MODE 7 enters a strange hybrid 'vertically squashed' Mode 2. The ROM also contains a Terminal program which can be used with an Electron sporting an RS423 port.
The Mode 7 Simulator ROM originally retailed at £25. It has not yet been spotted in an eBay auction, making it one of the rarest expansion ROMs ever produced for the Electron.
If you are missing any of the components originally bundled with the interface then you can download them by clicking on the links below:
