Date   : Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:10:53 +0000
From   : "B. E. Newsam" <ben@...>
Subject: Re: transferring files from BBC floppies for use in a PC emulator

In message <200103081318.NAA14477@...>, alec@... 
writes
>    I desperately want to be able to transfer some BBC software which I
>currently have available on BBC 5.25" floppies to a PC in order to be able to
>create disk images for use with a BBC emulator.

Heh. I used to have a special cable, but someone nicked it. Then I made 
up a kind of patch cable arrangement on a little board with jump leads. 
That didn't always work, presumably because of the lack of shielding.

One trick that *does* work, at least for smaller files (this'll make you 
laugh) is to download them to a Smart Box[1] and then upload them to the 
PC. Takes ages.

[1] A box used for computer control in schools. <Waves to gAreTh>
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B.E.Newsam