Date   : Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:35:08 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Connecting a BBC Micro to a PC

Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> I've got no way of backing up any of the BBC hard disks that I have though,
> and I wouldn't fancy running those drives for the length of time needed to
> transfer via serial (something like 10 hours I think I worked out) when
there
> was maybe only one shot at getting the data off them...
 
You could transfer them to an IDE hard drive with the IDE
interface. Changing a link maps the interface into a different
address and lets you plug in both the Acorn SCSI interface and the
IDE interface. ADFS 1.50 will see the SCSI interface, and you can
copy the drive with http://mdfs.net/Info/Comp/BBC/IDE/ADFS/SCSItoIDE
 
I haven't been able to test and time it yet, but the program logic
looks correct. It will certainly be faster than using floppies,
serial or user port. Initial calculations indicate about 16M per
hour.
 
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