Date   : Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:45:11 +0200 (CEST)
From   : "Carsten Brasholt" <carsten@...>
Subject: Re: XFER cable

Hi Tim,

No, I'm using a BBC B for this.

Running 9600bits/s

I've tried it on both a Windows XP pc and a Linux PC - same thing.
It's version 4 of XFER.

Cheers,
Carsten

Tim Fardell
> 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
>>
>>
>
>