Date   : Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:29:50 +0100
From   : "bill.carr2003" <bill.carr2003@...>
Subject: Re: XFER file without an INF file?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Fardell" <tim.fardell@...>
To: "BBC Micro" <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] XFER file without an INF file?


> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Nick B. wrote:
>
> > You could create a simple BASIC file on the beeb, save it to floppy,
> > transfer it to the PC with XFER . When on the PC just edit the .inf file
> > with notepad, save-as your new BASIC prog name then see if it works with
> > XFER.
>
> Thanks Nick. I did consider doing this, but took one look at the INF file
> and saw that it contained checksums or CRCs or summat, so presumably I
> would have to calculate these for the particular file in question?
>
>
>
All that you should need within the INF file is

$.FLENAME 001900 008023 0005C7
                       LOAD   EXEC    LENGTH

Length can be easily hexified by using Calculator in M$ Windows or PRINT
~address on a BBC.