Date   : Mon, 01 Mar 1999 10:32:31 -0000
From   : Paul Theobald <PT@...>
Subject: Re: BBC to PC Transfer

>-----Original Message-----
>From:      Thomas Elliott [SMTP:teejay@...]
>Sent:      27 February 1999 10:49
>To:        Gareth Boden; bbc-micro@...
>Subject:   Re: [BBC-Micro] BBC to PC Transfer
>
>>> Given the need to upgrade the A310 to work with a 5.25"
>>> drive, I suggest
>>> that you buy an old BBC with disk drive and link the Beeb  to
>>> the Arc using
>>> Econet.
>>
>>Or a serial cable.
>>
>
>I know about serial cables, but know little about econet. Is there anywhere
>on the net I can find info on cabling, setting up etc?
>
>A while back I knocked up a simple BASIC program and wiring instructions for
>transferring files between a BBC and RiscPC over a serial link.  Check out
>BBC2RPC at Hensa (http://micros.hensa.ac.uk).  However, if the A310 has a
>different serial connector to the RiscPC, the wiring details may require some
>modification.
>