Date   : Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:08:48 +0100 (BST)
From   : "B.L.Jones" <sos019@...>
Subject: Re: Transfer of discs - STATUS

Hi Graham
Details of any change to Xfer to customise for the Challenger may be 
useful to some members of this group.
Regards
Brian

> Hi folks,
> 
> Well I started transferring over my discs using XFER.
> So far, so good (although I'll need to make a mod to
> XFER to get it to understand Challenger's 0B/0C drives!).
> 
> I've already transferred over most of my Music 500/
> Music 5000 discs (including software for the 500/5000).
> I've amassed 28 discs worth so far and still about 14
> discs to go.  A fair amount of Music stuff I'm sure you'll
> agree!
> 
> Not sure what I'll be doing with it all or whether I can
> put it somewhere for folks to copy down, but it will all
> be in SSD image files.
> 
> After I've done the music stuff (which I guess I'll be
> finished by about Wed/Thurs), then its only another 
> 40 discs of games/utils etc to go (can't wait!).
> 
> Of course, there is some duplication in the music stuff,
> but that can't be helped.
> 
> Sadly, my Challenger seems to be misbehaving, although it
> seems to read ok, if you try and write to the disc it
> renders it useless.  I've lost 4 discs through this before
> I realised what was happening.  This had a fair amount of
> Music and other stuff on it :-(  I've also come across some
> old Acorn/Micro user discs from as far back as Sept 1988 !
> 
> Anyway, enough for now.  Any questions/comments just let
> me know.
> 
> Cheers
> Graham
>