If you run the version of
CEEFAX.BBC supplied with
BBC BASIC for Windows you may have noticed that the weather pages have recently stopped working. This has happened because of a change to the BBC's RSS feeds, which no longer allow the weather info to be fetched with an unencrypted (http://) connection.
If this is an irritation, you can restore correct operation by replacing
FNhttpget() with this updated version:
Code: Select all
DEF FNhttpget(url$, T%, M%)
IF INKEY(-256) <> &57 IF (@platform% AND &F) = 5 THEN = FNhttpget_wasm(url$, T%, M%)
IF LEFT$(url$,8) = "https://" url$ = "http://bbcbasic.co.uk/proxy1/" + MID$(url$,9)
= FNhttpget_sock(url$, T%, M%)
You will need administrator privileges to replace CEEFAX.BBC with the patched version, alternatively save it somewhere else.