Date   : Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:34:44 +0100
From   : "Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@...>
Subject: Re: XFER cable

    OOPS :D

so yes.. anyone know how to fit a standard 3.5inch floppy drive to a beeb ?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Brown" <grbrown@...>
To: "'Charles Blackburn'" <charlesb@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] XFER cable


> You need to be sending that to the bbc-micro@... address, this
> is to my personal email account.
> 
> I nearly did the same on my last post :)
> 
> Graham
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Blackburn [mailto:charlesb@...] 
> Sent: 06 October 2004 13:36
> To: Graham Brown
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] XFER cable
> 
> 
> all this talk about floppies etc, is there a way to connect up a
> standard 
> 3.5 inch floppy to a beeb? ISTR there was but not sure. also if there
> is, 
> has any1 done this and been able to read/write disks for the beeb on
> there 
> and on a pc?
> 
> regards
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Graham Brown" <grbrown@...>
> To: <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 12:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] XFER cable
> 
> 
>>> I've never found a PC disk controller that can handle BBC floppies, 
>>> so
>> serial transfer's the only way to go it > seems.
>>
>> I have a 5 1/4" floppy running fine in a PC and have been able to 
>> transfer BBC programs from PC to BBC Disks. I used the onboard 
>> controller that came with my MSI (KT4V I think) Motherboard.
>>
>> I can let you know more info if you want.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf
> 
>> Of Jules Richardson
>> Sent: 06 October 2004 12:02
>> To: bbc-micro@...
>> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] XFER cable
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 09:50 +0200, Carsten Brasholt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Mine has got Acorn DNFS with the 8271 chip and XFER doesn't work
>>
>> Hmm, I'm about to try this later today if I get time. Will report back
> 
>> if I have any luck.
>>
>>> I'm considering writing my own transfer software, just to get going.
>>
>> I'd quite like one for taking raw disk images for archival purposes 
>> (I'm less interested in transferring individual files), where no 
>> assumptions are made about the 'server' side; ability to use any old 
>> comms program or even 'cat' to the serial device under Unix would be 
>> useful.
>>
>> I've never found a PC disk controller that can handle BBC floppies, so
> 
>> serial transfer's the only way to go it seems.
>>
>>> But It's been a looong time since I did any beeb-programming, so I'll
> 
>>> have to start from scratch!
>>
>> Well you already know more than me :-)
>>
>> Theoretically, I'm sure something along the lines of reading every 
>> block from a disk on the beeb and spitting it down the serial line - 
>> or vice- versa - can't be that hard, but it's still more than I know 
>> how to do. Errors could be left displayed on the BBC side.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Jules
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
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