Date   : Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:08:22 +0100
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Micro as a diary

In article <E14E4ED61DD1D41195B70002A52C476D111A9845@...>,
   Littlefield Aaron <CALITTLEFIEL@...> wrote:


> Hi everyone,
>
> Crazy question - if I wanted to use a BBC as a daily diary, how easy would
> it be to transfer text files, say using Acornsoft VIEW or some other BBC
> word processor, on to PC at a later date? Is it possible to get this data
> into a Word or *.txt compatible format? 

View can export text (SPOOL style-ee) which can then be loaded into Wordpad
or Word.
You could even be cunning and write a bit of WordBasic which imports the
native View file (as the format is fairly trivial) to preserve any
formatting such as bold or italics.

> I'll be honest I haven't transferred files from BBC to PC yet so I'm
> completely lost on this. I was toying with the idea of using the GoMMC
> device, or alternatively just storing the data to a BBC compatible harddisk
> or floppy drive and then archiving them over to a PC.

Use the power
 http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/dosfs.htm

> Yes I know, I could just type it on a PC but I want to have another reason
> to justify having a BBC setup ready to rock!

Yes it does seem odd, essentially using the BBC as a delayed keyboard,
Sprow.