Date : Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:04:49 +0100
From : Jon Bloomfield <Jon.Bloomfield@...>
Subject: Re: Making disks from disk images
I wimped out in the end, and opted for XFer, rather than re-installing my
old 5 1/4 floppy into my PC. XFer uses a serial cable to copy files between
the BBC and PC. This worked really nicely for me, and wasn't too slow
either.
Can anyone tell me how to make a disk autoboot. I remember from the distant
past that I need to create a !BOOT file on the disk using *SPOOL, but I
suspect there is something else required, because this hasn't worked. The
DFS searches the disk, but doesn't run the !BOOT script. I'm fairly sure the
contents of !BOOT are OK, cos I can run it with *EXEC !BOOT
What have I forgotten ?
Thanks,
Jon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Richardson [SMTP:chris@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:59 AM
> To: Jon Bloomfield
> Cc: 'A.J.Dawson'; bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Making disks from disk images
>
> Hi all
>
> Just a minor point, Jon says it relies on a 5.25" drive. Bear in mind
> you can also do it with a 3.5" drive on a BBC too! Another major problem
> is that some, especially newer PC's, cannot handle double density and
> the program fdc I am told.
>
> Sorry about giving you the bum address Jon
>
> Chris
>
> Jon Bloomfield wrote:
> >
> > Chris Richardson kindly sent me this reply. I couldn't access
> this
> > page directly, so I went in via yahoo. The correct address is
> >
> > http://chroma.media.keele.ac.uk/8bs/filecon.htm
> >
> > The method on this page relies on access to a 5 1/4" floppy
> drive on
> > a PC, but looks really easy otherwise.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Richardson [SMTP:chris@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:37 PM
> > To: Jon Bloomfield
> > Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Making disks from disk images
> >
> > Hi Jon
> > The 8BS website has a load on it about that. I do it all the
> time.
> > Both
> > ways!
> >
> > http://media.keele.ac.uk/8bs/filecon.htm
> >
> > is a good place to start
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: A.J.Dawson [SMTP:A.J.Dawson@...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:12 AM
> > > To: Jon Bloomfield
> > > Cc: bbc-micro@...
> > > Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Making disks from disk images
> > >
> > > > Has anyone out there tried to go in the other direction ? I have
> just
> > > been
> > > > given a BBC Master, with a disk drive, but there was no software
> with
> > > it.
> > > > I'd like to try and create some disks from the images in the
> software
> > > > archive.
> > >
> > > I am also in the same situation, I have a number of images of disks
> that I
> > > would like to use on my BBC B+, but at the moment have no idea how to
> get
> > > the images onto BBC disks! If anyone out there can offer any help
> that
> > > would be greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > Andy Dawson
> > > A.J.Dawson@...
> > >
> > > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
> > > stupidity.
>
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