Date   : Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:20:48 +0000
From   : Richard Gellman <splodge@...>
Subject: Re: Connecting a BBC Micro to a PC

Jon Welch wrote:

>Jules Richardson wrote:
>
>  
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>>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!
>>    
>>
>
>If someone can provide me with a ready made cable from the BBC's
>printer/user/1MHz port to a PC's printer port, I will modify the XFER
>software to support it.
>
>Jon.
>
Been there, done that.

I can tell you, its not blindingly fast on the user port either. 1MHz 
bus might be interesting to try, but keep in mind PC printer ports 
aren't intended for high speed data transfer, and some of the newer ones 
have exactly 10p spent on them, so they don't run fast at all (Since all 
scanners went to USB, fast printer ports are seen as a "not needed" 
thing...).

-- Richard