Date   : Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:58:56 +0100
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Real Machine or Emulator

A. J. Davis wrote:
> Get a 3.5" Commodore Amiga external disk drive from Ebay.  You can get 
> one for around a fiver.  It's then quite a simple process to modify it 
> to work on the BBC (instructions on my site)
> 
> Then you can use the ONMIDISK or OMNIFLOP programs on the PC to write 
> disk images back to 'real' floppies.  The benefit of a 3.5" drive is 
> that there are so many on Ebay in very good condition for cheap prices 
> because there were plenty of Amigas around.  There's also a very good 
> chance you already have a 3.5" drive in your PC to write the disks.

Presumably that still requires your PC to be able to write FM format 
floppies?

cheers

Jules