Date   : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:58:55 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Connecting a BBC Micro to a PC

Littlefield Aaron wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the New Year I'm hoping to link my PC up to a BBC Micro in order to
> transfer games and other software across. I've heard that there are software
> out there on the net but I'm wondering if any of you have had any level of
> success with these software applications? I've heard that XFER is quite
> good.

I've certainly had no trouble with xfer between a BBC and a Linux PC before - 
it all worked flawlessly just as the instructions that come with it said it 
would :)

Speed's the main problem - it's not blindingly fast at BBC serial port speeds. 
It's a shame there isn't a project around to cable up the BBC's 1MHz bus to a 
PC parallel port and transfer data that way!

cheers

Jules