Date   : Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:08:14 +0100 (BST)
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: XFER cable

Carsten, 

Are you using a BBC Master? I had similar problems with my Master until I 
did *CONFIGURE DATA 5 (maybe need to do CTRL+BREAK afterwards) - then it 
started working. Although you say the initial xfer.bas transfer is 
working, so probably not in your case. 

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Carsten Brasholt wrote:

> Hi again!
> 
> This time its an XFER problem.....
> 
> I have created the cable as per the instructions in the XFER documentation.
> I can get the xfer.bas transferred, and I can execute *commands from my PC
> and get the results on the PC (e.g. *cat, *info *.* etc.).
> BUT when I try to transfer files or images, the fun stops.
> 
> E.g. When trying to transfer a disc-image from the beeb to the PC, it just
> stops when displaying the track 0 message (Beeb disc-drive stopping as
> well).
> 
> When trying to transfer an image or a file from the pc to the beeb, the
> beeb-screen quickly flashes some messages and returns to the waiting
> prompt (no disc activity), and the PC returns to the xfer-menu right away.
> 
> When trying to transfer a diskimage from the beeb to the pc, the screen
> output hangs on the beeb with a partly displayed disc-catalogue.
> 
> I have tested the cable with a meter, and it seems fine.
> 
> What worries me is that it partly works - perhaps indicating handshaking
> problems......
> 
> I have also tried the PC-BBC serial cable on sprows homepage, but couldn't
> get that to work at all??
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> Carsten
> 
>