Date   : Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:36:53 +0100
From   : "A. J. Davis" <mail@...>
Subject: Re: Real Machine or Emulator

If I may handle this question:

Jeff Gaines wrote:

>  It seems that getting hold of programs to run on emulators is quite
>  easy. What about getting programs to run on a real machine? If I
>  succeeded in connecting it to a PC to copy the disk images over can
>  they be loaded directly to a real machine or copied on to a
>  floppy/cassette to run?
>
Get a 3.5" Commodore Amiga external disk drive from Ebay.  You can get 
one for around a fiver.  It's then quite a simple process to modify it 
to work on the BBC (instructions on my site)

Then you can use the ONMIDISK or OMNIFLOP programs on the PC to write 
disk images back to 'real' floppies.  The benefit of a 3.5" drive is 
that there are so many on Ebay in very good condition for cheap prices 
because there were plenty of Amigas around.  There's also a very good 
chance you already have a 3.5" drive in your PC to write the disks.

There are other methods, but I've found this the quickest and most painless.

Andy