Date   : Tue, 08 Apr 1997 16:32:37 +0100
From   : Mike_Tomlinson@...
Subject: Re: BBC to PC connection

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  Download Mark de Weger's Xfer 3.0 from my web site:

  http://www.jasper.demon.co.uk/

  This will allow you to operate the BBC from the PC end, transfer files
  back and forth, and has a
  text file with the serial cable connections you need.






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  I don't presently have a monitor for my good ol' beeb, and I ain't
  got no TV set. Working "blind" with the old beast is a bit awkward.
  What to do? That be the question...

  What I do have is one of them new-fangled PC thingies (have you noticed
  that they look younger and younger these days ?).

  Is it possible to connect the BBC to my PC monitor?

  Alternatively, I could rig up a serial cable and use the PC as a terminal with
   the BBC
  as a host. Unfortunately, my User Guide has worn thin with use, and I
  don't know the pin-outs on the serial port anymore, and I never cared
  to know them on my IBM Userper.

  Can anyone advise me on how to connect the two machines?

  I reckon I can manage to type in a couple of *FXs to reset the BBCs
  input and  output streams to the RS432, and I assume Windows Terminal
  is good enough for the PC side of things. Or am I mistaken?

  Ah, now - "Windows Terminal" - there's a phrase to think about.

  Thanks,

  Mark Sandland,
  IT Technician/Demonstrator,
  Room LF5, Milldam Site,
  University of Portsmouth.

  Telephone extension: 6091
  e-mail: mark.sandland@...



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