Date   : Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:33:03 +0100
From   : Mark Scholes <mark@...>
Subject: Re: *FX2,1

In message <37FEC8B9.5B5F6C47@...>
          Colin & Kim B <seebee@...> wrote:

> I am attempting to use Xfer (written by Mark de Weger) to copy files
> onto the PC from a BBC B. When I run the 1stxfer.exe program
> It instructs me to do the following *FX commands:
> *FX7,4  (set RS423 baud rate to 1200)
> *FX2,1  (get characters from the RS423 port instead of keyboard)
> 
> The cable seems OK and the transfer appears to complete OK, but I then
> need to save the program on the Beeb to disk, but of course the beeb is
> only accepting input from the RS423 port? i.e. *FX2,0 would do it, but
> being as I can't type it on the beeb, should this be the last command
> transfered by 1stxfer.exe? However the keyboard on the beeb remains
> unresponsive, as if it is still waiting for further input from the RS423
> port. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
If you change *FX2,1 to *FX2,2 you should be able to input from the RS423 and
the keyboard. Note the User Guide has a mistake in this part, mentioned in the
Errata in later editions:

FX2,0 keyboard enabled, RS423 disabled
FX2,1 keyboard disabled, RS423 enabled
FX2,2 keyboard enabled, RS423 enabled

Has the online User Guide got the Errata pages? Or maybe someone could change
the actual guide?

Mark Scholes
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