Date   : Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:00:35 +0100
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: Connecting a BBC Micro to a PC

> Getting the application onto the BBC side is likely a bit 
> more tricky, but maybe someone can come up with a handful of 
> BASIC lines which can receive initial data from the PC host 
> over the link, rather than expecting the user to type the 
> whole lot in. Not as ideal as the Xfer case though.
That is really simple with the BBC. Just use the *FX 2 command to accept
input from the serial port instead of the keyboard, then get the other
computer to send the program across in ASCII as if it was being typed in. 

-Mark