Date   : Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:41:48 +0100
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: Connecting a BBC Micro to a PC

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:08:23 GMT, Wookie wrote:

>In message <43A2C81F.50608@...>
>          Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>There nearly is, how about user port to parallel port, unfortunatly you
>need a RiscPC or A5000 as the host rather than a windoze/linux PC, see
the
>link for more details.
>
>http://web.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink/home/software/65link/index.htm
>
>You could ask John it he'd consider a windoze version, it's the same guy
 that
>made gommc. He likes tinkering with hardware and getting different types
>of hardware to work together.

I've been planning to do a PC version, but I don't know
when. Perhaps during the holidays. It shouldn't be too
much work, the BBC side is the complicated one of the
two.

Then again, GoMMC is so much easier (and faster) for this
sort of thing. But at a price, of course. 65Link is free
(cable can be had for something like 5 quid in parts).


John Kortink

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