Date   : Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:56:35 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
From   : "A.J.Dawson" <A.J.Dawson@...>
Subject: Re: disc images

I had some sucess some years ago with 'Xfer' from the BBC lives! web site.
It involves making a serial lead for the BBC -> PC link and I had a
difficult time finding the correct 'domino' plug to use for the BBC end
for a while.

Once I had that sorted though it all seemed to go fairly smoothly if I
remember correctly.  I do remember it taking quite a while to transfer
anything of any size, but it did get the job done.

Andy


On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, [iso-8859-1] Thomas Adam wrote:

>  --- Bob Devries <bdevries@...> wrote: > Is there any software
> available for the BBC (preferably something I
> > could
> > type in BASIC) to transfer disc images from my PC to the BBC? I don't
> > have
> > any 5.25" drives on my PC.
> >
> > Maybe something that will read the serial port, and collect a sector's
> > worth, and then write to disk?
> >
> > Or maybe a PC programme which takes the files off the disc, and sends
> > them
> > via some protocol to the BBC (like xmodem)?
>
> IIRC, this functionality (of PC <-> BBC) is only available via one of the
> BBC emualtors. I think, if you check "The BBC lives page", there may well
> be an FAQ or further information on there.
>
> HTH,
>
> Thomas Adam
>
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