Date   : Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:26:46 +1000
From   : "Bob Devries" <bdevries@...>
Subject: Re: Still having problems with XFER51

I ended up finding a disk image of the welcome disk, and using BBC Explorer 
to get the files from that. It created the correct .INF files that XFER51 
needs.
I now have a *real* welcome disk for my *real* BBC-B :)
--
Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: bill carr
  To: Bob Devries
  Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 7:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Still having problems with XFER51


  I don't want to get into trouble on the mailing list for having the mail 
settings incorrect, or top posting...
  I have received a file from my BBC using XFER51, and the resulting INF 
contains the following

  $.boot 000900 000900 000200 Locked ATTR=a TYPE=1

  I think that anything after the length can probably be discarded, and a 
default value would be used.
  All that is missing is the length, so if this is added all should work 
fine. It'll need to be in hex, but can easily be found by right clicking the 
non-INF file with the same name, then converting.

  Hope that some of this is helpful.
  Good luck!

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Bob Devries
    To: Jon Welch
    Cc: bbc-micro@...         
    Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:00 AM
    Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Still having problems with XFER51


    Jon Welch said:
    > They must be of the form :
    >
    > <name> <load> <exec> <length>

    It would seem then that *some* programmes which create the .inf files 
are
    not using the standard that you expect. Some of the files have the word
    "locked" in them also:
    $.FORM80    2800   2804 Locked CRC= 6594
    This example is from the same ZIP archive of the welcome disc. How do I 
get
    around this problem?


    --
    Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

    Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
    the capacity to be his spokesman,
    so that I know how to help the weary.

    website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
    my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Jon Welch" <jon@...      >
    To: "Bob Devries" <bdevries@...       >
    Cc: <bbc-micro@...         >
    Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:51 PM
    Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Still having problems with XFER51


    > It looks like your .INF file are not in a format which XFER 
recognises.
    >
    > They must be of the form :
    >
    > <name> <load> <exec> <length>
    >
    > Yours look like :
    >
    > $.!BOOT 3000 3000 c RWX
    >
    > which don't quite match.
    >
    > They are all coming across as twelve bytes at the c in your .INF file
    > matches up with the <length> XFER uses (c is 12 in hex).
    >
    > Jon.
    >
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Bob Devries" <bdevries@...       >
    > To: <bbc-micro@...         >
    > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:26 PM
    > Subject: [BBC-Micro] Still having problems with XFER51
    >
    >
    >> I'm trying to use XFER V5.1 to copy files from my PC (Windows XP Pro) 
to
    >> a
    >> BBC B. I have also tried the "C" version of that programme, and it 
gives
    > the
    >> same results, that is, I'm getting a lot of files with file lengths 
of 12
    >> bytes, and some files are not transferred at all. The files are from 
a
    >> ZIP
    >> archive of the WELCOME disc.
    >
    >
    >
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