Date   : Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:36:07 +0000
From   : navalenigma@... (Steve O'Leary)
Subject: Serial transfer between Beeb and RISC OS

> Quoting Kris Adcock <beeb@...>:> > > Has anyone written 
a serial-transfer app for RISC OS? I need to do a > > fair amount of converting 
floppies to SSDs, and I'd like to use my > > Iyonix to do it.> > I'm not 
aware of one to specificially transfer discs from a Beeb (like XFER > etc.) 
There are terminal emulators such as Nettle etc. but I don't know which 
> ones work on the Iyonix. > > I think your best bet would be to connect 
a 5.25" drive to the Iyonix and hope > it works. I've done this with my 
RiscPC with success. I have lots of RISC OS > programs for reading ADFS 
and DFS discs.> There was a commercial application produced that came with 
a serial cable to connect to your Beeb so you could transfer files either 
way. I have a copy and the cable but I seem to remember it took over the
machine (even though it had windows). 95% sure it produced by BeeBug, but
memory flaky. I don't know whether it would work on an Iyonix.
 
Steve
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