Date   : Tue, 08 Apr 1997 15:08:35 GMT
From   : "Mark Sandland" <mark.sandland@...>
Subject: BBC to PC connection

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@...