Date   : Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:27:43 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: file transfer from PC to GoMMC

>Message-ID: <003a01c754ef$c5232440$0100000a@...>
 
<rafg1@...> wrote:
> The idea is to have a ROM written by Robert Sprowson, called DOSFS which
> accesses both DFS and Windows....plugged into your BBC machine.
 
No DOSFS access DOS (Windows) disks. DFS accesses DFS disks.
 
> Some PCs these days are sold without a 3.5" floppy. Mine is one in question.
> Today, I dragged MMCUP and the new Basic file of John's, onto a USB 2.00
> connected external floppy onto a Master fitted with DOSFS and followed the
> steps in my previous email by swapping to DFS from Windows XP, as DOSFS
 
I think I've worked out what you mean. Essentially you want to
know how to transfer files from a PC to a GoMMC. Can you not just
transfer the files to the GoMMC from the DOS disk?
 
I am assuming sveral things here. To start with, I am assuming you
want to transfer the GoMMC tools from John's website in an archive
called, eg gommc101.zip.
 
You will also need an UnZippper that runs on the Master. Either
http://mdfs.net/Apps/Archivers/BBCZip/UnZip or
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rpsprowson/bbc/bbcbasic.htm
 
On the PC:
Copy gommc101.zip from the source to floppy drive, eg by dragging
gommc101.zip from the filer window on the source directory into a
filer window on A: if that's what your floppy drive is.
 
On the Master with DOSFS fitted:
I assume the DOS disk now has 'gommc101.zip' and 'UnZip' (JGH) or
'UnZip.tkn' (Sprow) on it. Change the names if needed. You can
then copy the files from the DOS disk to another format, eg, DFS,
ADFS, HADFS, Net, whatever, using the copy tools of your choice. I
use TreeCopy. There are only two files and you have said you are
using a Master, so you could use the in-built *MOVE command, as
long as you have more than one disk drive, as it doesn't prompt to
change disks:
 
*MOVE -DOS-:0.gommc101/zip -ADFS-:1.gommc101/z
*MOVE -DOS-:0.unzip -ADFS-:1.unzip
...or whatever. Note that DFS leafnames must be seven or fewer
characters, eg: *MOVE -DOS-:0.gommc101/zip -DISK-:1.mmc/zip
 
You can unzip the files, either on the DOS disk or on the disk you
have copied the files to:
 
If using JGH UnZip:
  CHAIN "UnZip gommc101/zip"
If using Sprow UnZip:
  CHAIN "UnZip/tkn"
  File to unzip: gommc101/zip
 
John Kortink builds the archives with the BBC tools uncompressed.
The compressed Windows items will be skipped.
 
You can then update the GoMMC:
  *MMCUP
  ...and whatever else you want to do.
 
-- 
J.G.Harston - jgh@...                - mdfs.net/User/JGH
BBC BASIC for the Sinclair Spectrum - http://mdfs.net/Software/Spectrum
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