Date : Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:45:42 +0100
From : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs
I tried typing it in again (phew) but it is still doing the same (oh, I did
try a different drive number and, as you say, got a 14).
As far as I could see, it was ok although I did have a few errors come up
when I first ran it. Mind you, there are so many ; and : etc it's easy to
mix them and miss them.
When it runs, it lists all the numbers from 0-79 (although the sound changes
when it passes 40).
As I said, the disks are DD DS 48TPI pre-formatted according to the label
and have previously been used on a PC with Windows 3.1
Would this make a difference or would this program "scrub" all previous
formatting? I have several makes of disks.
I may well be missing something obvious as I don't have either the BBC
manual or the one for the disk drive.
The disk drive seems to be working as it clicks on and chugs away happily
trying to read the disk but, of course, I have no way of checking it as I
don't have any disks formatted for the Beeb (catch 22).
After formatting I have typed *DISK and *VERIFY and get the error 18. The
same with save (well, it seemed a good idea to try and save the program onto
the formatted disk!). with the same result.
I'll patch together the cable to the tape over the weekend so that I can
save it and look it over at my leisure (rather than having my wife shouting
up the stairs that we have to get up in the morning so switch it off!).
Thanks for all the help.
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "BeebMaster" <beebmaster@...>
To: <cwhill@...>
Cc: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] floppy discs
> It ought to work. I've just tested the master copy I have here and it
> works fine. It's actually a bit quicker than the official Acorn one.
>
> I would say to make sure you have typed it in correctly, with all the
> ?, & and ! symbols in the right places (you can miss out the REM
> statements to save time but keep the line numbers the same).
>
> Make sure you select drive 0 if you are using a single floppy otherwise
> you will get a "Drive fault 14" error.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colin
> To: "BBC-Micro" <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:36:17 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] floppy discs
>
> Well I typed it in and it ran but I am still getting the same message.
Alas
> I no longer have the right cables to tape it etc so I'll have another go
> tomorrow as it's now the early hours of the morning!
> I think it's a BBC B (32k)
> Colin Hill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Ripley" <jon@...>
> To: "BBC-Micro" <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] floppy discs
>
>
> > Pete Turnbull wrote:
> > > Now that *is* a useful resource :-) I'd thought of taking my binary
> > > FORMAT, saving it from the Beeb, digitising the audio as an MP3, and
> > > putting that on a web site, but that file is rather easier. You could
> > > even squirt the program down a serial port as text, from a PC to a
Beeb
> > > and then save it.
> > >
> >
> > Why save it to a tape when you can use your PC as one huge tape
recorder.
> >
> > A lossy audio format like MP3 might not be the most appropriate format
> > to use, but try it and see if you can get it working. You might
> > experiment with 8000Hz mono wav files.
> >
> > With cable prices being so low it makes sense even if you need a really
> > long lead.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Jon Ripley
> > --
> > http://jonripley.com/
> >
> >
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