Date   : Wed, 14 Jan 1998 06:28:16 +0100
From   : Dejan Ristanovic <dejanr@...>
Subject: BBC to PC transfer

>> > A long time ago I had that program, but it was rather limited - 
>> > in order to format or write BBC disks, you are supposed to have a 
>> > DD, not HD drive on a PC. And even at that time nobody had XT
>> > computers any more.
>> 
>> As I remember when experimenting with this, you need a single 
>> density controller in order to read BBC DFS 40 & 80 track disks. You 
>> need to get an XT disk controller card, and modify it slightly, since 
>> such cards don't read SD disks by default.

Sounds too complicated for me. I still have BBC B with 1770 disk controler,
and there is a BBS program that writes PC disks. It has bugs, but works.
I might dig it somewhere if anybody is interested.