Date   : Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:21:20 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Making disks from disk images

In article <990721155115@...>, Jonathan Graham Harston
<jgh@...> writes

>Mike Tomlinson wrote:
>> So the obvious (to me) way forward would be to produce software which
>> would send the image down the PC's serial port, writing it sector-by-
>> sector to a fresh disc in the Beeb.  This would require software for
>> both ends of the link.
>> I don't think such software exists, does it?
> 
>I can give it a go.  It would be an extension of some existing
software.

I think such software could be very useful for those who use the actual
BBC hardware, not an emulator.  It would also mean I could archive off
all my discs onto CD with a realistic prospect of being able to recreate
the exact original floppy at some point in the future if necessary.
 

-- 
Mike Tomlinson