Date   : Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:05:24 +0100 (BST)
From   : Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Subject: Re: disc images

 --- "A.J.Dawson" <A.J.Dawson@...> wrote: 

> I had some sucess some years ago with 'Xfer' from the BBC lives! web
> site.

That's one of the programs I tried, Doctor. I did patch this up (the code
needed a bit of correcting) to make it faster. As soon as I have gotton
the University priliminaries out of the way (starting a degree in Software
Engineering), I shall ftp it up.

HTH,

-- Thomas Adam


> 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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> >
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