Date   : Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:06:13 -0000
From   : tom@...
Subject: Re: Treat Me Like A Fool! writing images to a drive

Erm... yes. My point (better late than never) was that since Anadisk 
has a disk write feature too you may find it useful :)

I think BBCExplorer supports this too; I've not used it for this 
myself.

Failing that, use BBCIM to extract the files from your SSD files and 
send them to your beeb using xfer.

--Tom

On 30 Oct 2003 at 20:19, tom@... wrote:

> Have you tried using Anadisk?
> 
> I've had success using this (in conjunction with a DOS boot disk) to 
> read double density BBC disks. 
> 
> --Tom
> 
> On 30 Oct 2003 at 20:15, Darren T. Brown wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to work out how to write the images to a 5 1/4 drive too. Nobody
> > seems to know.
> > 
> > The drive is now in my PC (big ugly think in my Nokia type case! lol) I can
> > format the drive to BBC format- and copy stuff from my PC onto the floppy.
> > But how do we make a disk image file into a real disk?
> > 
> > Once I have done this bit succesfully I'll do a full breakdown of
> > instructions
> > 
> > Darren
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Andrew Hancock" <Andrew.Hancock@...>
> > To: <bbc-micro@...>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:59 PM
> > Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] 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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