Date   : Tue, 26 Jul 1994 02:50:03 PDT
From   : Stephen_Youell.wgc-e@...
Subject: Re: BBC->PC

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> I made up a serial cable.  I've had problems in the past, because the
> signal level ranges are different between RS423 and RS232 and even
> though theoretically there shouldn't be any problems, some hardware won't
> talk.  My PC seems to talk to the beeb fine, though.

I had similar problems, mind you my cable is about 30ft long.

> I've been transferring files by running this program at the Beeb end :
>
>   10 *FX 3,3
>   20 *DUMP <filename>
>   30 *FX 3,0
>
> and just doing :
>
>   cat < /dev/ttyS1 > <filename>
>
> on the PC (hey, it's easy when you're running UNIX :-)  I then wrote a
> short C program to convert the *DUMP format to a binary.

I've been using kermit and it's great. It's available from unix.hensa.ac.uk
(?) I think, probably got the address wrong mind you.

       Steve