Date   : Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:18:33 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Programming the 8271 and 1770 FDC's from BASIC

Splendid - is there a similar feature on the 1770?

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Fewell
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:19:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Programming the 8271 and 1770 FDC's from BASIC

It's here: http://www.8bs.com/aumags27.htm
 

 

 

Steve.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf Of
Kris Adcock
Sent: Thursday 13 October 2005 10:30
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Programming the 8271 and 1770 FDC's from BASIC

 

--- Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:

> 

> Out of interest, how easy is this?

> 

> I'm idly thinking that having a BBC hooked up to the PC via a serial 

> link and running some sort of "Son of Xfer" software would be handy in 

> making/restoring disk images for some of the other non-Acorn hardware 

> that I use. The BBC's probably got the best BASIC in a machine of that 

> timeframe.

> 

 

In Acorn User October 1984 there's an article called "Take Command of the

8271 chip" by Richard Harris which describes this sort of thing. It even

includes a program in the Yellow Pages that clones floppies.

 

I seem to recall finding this article on one of the Beeb sites that began to

collect AU/TMU page scans.

 

All the best,

 

Kris.


               
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