Date   : Mon, 08 May 2000 11:08:20 -0300
From   : "Tony" <oldfart@...>
Subject: Fw: BBC2 + Torch


"Weave a circle round him thrice,
  And close your eyes with holy dread,
  For he on honeydew hath fed,
  And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tony 
To: F. Haroon 
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] BBC2 + Torch



.Thanks for reply.
The BBC2 was I think called model "B" but I later bought an additional
Torch unit which coupled to the Beeb and which contained a 2nd processor
and two 5 /1/4 floppy drives  and operated using C/PM in conjunction
with the Beeb using the Beeb keyboard etc.
I used this in business and the software was called Perfect Filer,
Perfect Writer and Perfect Calc I think .
Hope this strikes a chord somewhere, the information I saved was about
shipwrecks and was gleaned from months of work looking through the old
records at Greenwich Maritime Museum where I held a readers ticket for
research, now retired on my yacht here in the Caribbean I had started
transferring the Information by hand to a program under Dos 6.0 called
Cardfile when the Beeb up and died on me since when up until now I had
neglected the project however it seems sad to lose all this work which
would be of great interest to divers.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: F. Haroon 
  To: Tony 
  Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] BBC2 + Torch


  BBC/2's?  You mean BBC with a second processor as a short term?  Else
I didn't know such models existed.

  Fiaz

  Tony <oldfart@...> wrote:


    Long ago I had a BBC2 with additional Torch 2nd processor and double
5 1\4
    drives.
    The software running was called "Perfect" and I saved some
information on
    the part named "Perfect Filer"
    My question is how can I retrieve this info from the disks and
transfer to
    PC.
    Software. 2 disks one the Perfect Filer program 2nd disk with the
files on
    it that I wish to retrieve.
    Hardware. 2X5 1\4 drives uninstalled as yet
    PC with 128ram, Amd450 K6 2, Tyan mb 100mhz,

    Unfortunately the BBC died and so I now have no original hardware
whatsoever
    and no chance of borrowing any (I am retired on a catamaran in the
    Caribbean)
    Can anyone guide me as to how to accomplish this retrieval??

    "Weave a circle round him thrice,
    And close your eyes with holy dread,
    For he on honeydew hath fed,
    And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user)


  HaroonPD http://www.geocities.com/haroonpd/ 




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