Date   : Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:25:31 +0100
From   : "John Richardson" <j.m.richardson@...>
Subject: Re: Major BBC to PC conversion project

      > 1. We enter data into the BBC program.
      > 2. The program creates an appropriate file of the cal.
      table for a 27C64
      > Eprom.
      > 3. We use a BBC Eprom programmer (and accompanying software) from
      > Technomatic to program the Eproms.
      > 4. We want to be able to do all this on a PC !!

      Steps 1 and 2 can probably be done via an emulator. You can
      then take the resulting
      file, transfer it to the PC side, and use a PC Based EPROM
      programmer to burn
      the file into the EPROM.

Intriguing project! My penny'worth:

Chris's approach is clearly the most sensible. Transferring files between a
PC format and a BBC Disc Image can be tedious however, using BBC Explorer,
for example.

The quickest way to get a plain ASCII text file out of BeebEM is as follows:

1) Set the printer output from the BeebEm Comms menu to a suitable file
2) Switch 'printer' on from the same menu.
3) At a suitable point in the program, send output to the printer (VDU 2 to
start, VDU 3 to stop). Or use CTRL-B, CTRL-C from the keyboard if suitable.
4) Run the program and make sure it send it's output to the screen.

If the program output is another file this might be most easily done by:

       *TYPE [filename]  <CTRL-B> <RETURN>
       <CTRL-C>

Modify this for your DFS. The resulting file should be plain ASCII. Use
Notepad etc to read/manipulate.

If only there was such an easy way to read a text file INTO BeebEm. This
would be particularly useful for program entering/editing, where the
Keyboard differences between the BBC and a PC keyboard make entering things
like ( ) [ ] : a right pain.

Any ideas?



John
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John Richardson
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