Date   : Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:10:33 +0000
From   : beeb@... (Kris Adcock)
Subject: Serial transfer between Beeb and RISC OS

Steve O'Leary wrote:
>  > 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.

Watford Electronics. It was written in the days of Arthur/RISC OS 2, so 
it single-tasked, contained its own copy of the RISC OS fonts for trying 
to make things look prettier, and used *FX commands for direct access to 
the serial port (it was before the standard serial-port block drivers 
were devised). Doesn't seem to work on my Iyonix.

If anyone wants to see the floppy (for nostalgia, if nothing else) I 
could probably Archive it up and make it available for download 
somewhere. I really doubt that WE have any commercial interest in it. :)

Cheers,

Kris.