Date   : Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:59:45 -0000
From   : Andrew Hancock <Andrew.Hancock@...>
Subject: Re: Treat Me Like A Fool!

Greetings Newbie!

One method would be to extract the files from the Disc Image using
BBCIM.exe, and then use a software program called XFER to transfer the
programs to the Master. You will need to build a serial cable to do this.

Unless you have a 5.25" floppy drive in a PC to write the image to. Does you
Master have a 3.5" floppy drive?

Regards

Andrew




> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Martland [mailto:johnmartland@...]
> Sent: 30 October 2003 17:15
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Treat Me Like A Fool!
> 
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> I'm new to the forum but have come here because at the age of 35 I'm about
> to relive my youth and desperately need your help!
> 
> I grew up using a Model B in the mid-80s.  Thats long since gone and so
> I've
> just bought a standard Master system because I basically want to replay
> some
> of the games that kept me up till all hours many moons ago.
> 
> Games like Zalaga, Starship Command and of course Elite immediately spring
> to mind but I'm rambling!
> 
> I found a few sites from which you can download virtually the entire BBC
> catalogue of games.  Sites like 'The BBC Lives'
> (www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/index.php3), 'The BBC Games Archive'
> (www.beebgames.com) and 'Stairway to Hell' (www.stairwaytohell.com).
> 
> Unfortunately though, I am to be considered a fool when it comes to the
> manner in which you would successfully download the games you want.  I'm
> viewing these sites via a 1mb Broadband connection on an Inspiron 8200
> Dell
> Lap Top (powerful as you like) and have no idea how I download them to the
> Lap Top and then transfer them on to 5.25" floppy in such a way that they
> will be 'boot'able on the Master.  I hope I'm making sense here... I
> basically need to be guided right through the process of taking a game
> from
> a web site to my Lap Top and then from the Lap Top to my BBC in a
> 'boot'able
> format on 5.25" disc.
> 
> Can anyone please help me... ideally by providing a step by step fools
> guide
> to successfully getting 'say' Elite up and running on my Master?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated and please dont think you are teaching me to
> suck eggs.... treat me like a fool and show me the way!
> 
> Cheers
> John
> 
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