Date : Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:19:36 -0000
From : tom@...
Subject: Re: Treat Me Like A Fool! writing images to a drive
Have you tried using Anadisk?
I've had success using this (in conjunction with a DOS boot disk) to
read double density BBC disks.
--Tom
On 30 Oct 2003 at 20:15, Darren T. Brown wrote:
> I am trying to work out how to write the images to a 5 1/4 drive too. Nobody
> seems to know.
>
> The drive is now in my PC (big ugly think in my Nokia type case! lol) I can
> format the drive to BBC format- and copy stuff from my PC onto the floppy.
> But how do we make a disk image file into a real disk?
>
> Once I have done this bit succesfully I'll do a full breakdown of
> instructions
>
> Darren
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Hancock" <Andrew.Hancock@...>
> To: <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Treat Me Like A Fool!
>
>
> > Greetings Newbie!
> >
> > One method would be to extract the files from the Disc Image using
> > BBCIM.exe, and then use a software program called XFER to transfer the
> > programs to the Master. You will need to build a serial cable to do this.
> >
> > Unless you have a 5.25" floppy drive in a PC to write the image to. Does
> you
> > Master have a 3.5" floppy drive?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Martland [mailto:johnmartland@...]
> > > Sent: 30 October 2003 17:15
> > > To: bbc-micro@...
> > > Subject: [BBC-Micro] Treat Me Like A Fool!
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone!
> > >
> > > I'm new to the forum but have come here because at the age of 35 I'm
> about
> > > to relive my youth and desperately need your help!
> > >
> > > I grew up using a Model B in the mid-80s. Thats long since gone and so
> > > I've
> > > just bought a standard Master system because I basically want to replay
> > > some
> > > of the games that kept me up till all hours many moons ago.
> > >
> > > Games like Zalaga, Starship Command and of course Elite immediately
> spring
> > > to mind but I'm rambling!
> > >
> > > I found a few sites from which you can download virtually the entire BBC
> > > catalogue of games. Sites like 'The BBC Lives'
> > > (www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/index.php3), 'The BBC Games Archive'
> > > (www.beebgames.com) and 'Stairway to Hell' (www.stairwaytohell.com).
> > >
> > > Unfortunately though, I am to be considered a fool when it comes to the
> > > manner in which you would successfully download the games you want. I'm
> > > viewing these sites via a 1mb Broadband connection on an Inspiron 8200
> > > Dell
> > > Lap Top (powerful as you like) and have no idea how I download them to
> the
> > > Lap Top and then transfer them on to 5.25" floppy in such a way that
> they
> > > will be 'boot'able on the Master. I hope I'm making sense here... I
> > > basically need to be guided right through the process of taking a game
> > > from
> > > a web site to my Lap Top and then from the Lap Top to my BBC in a
> > > 'boot'able
> > > format on 5.25" disc.
> > >
> > > Can anyone please help me... ideally by providing a step by step fools
> > > guide
> > > to successfully getting 'say' Elite up and running on my Master?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated and please dont think you are teaching me
> to
> > > suck eggs.... treat me like a fool and show me the way!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > John
> > >
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