Date   : Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:23:37 +0100
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: Importing files to B-Em 80x86

Steve Inglis wrote:
>> Will DFS explorer do what you need?
>
> Actually thinking about it, this would work fine.  You could then
> boot into dos and use getfile <BBCNAME> <DOSNAME> /disc.

Only if I'm happy losing 5/12ths of each filename, trying to juggle 
FILENAME.COM overwriting FILENAME.TXT overwriting FILENAME.EXE 
overwriting FILENAME.DOC etc. as they are all "FILENAM" and trying to 
remember what needs to be named back to what at the DOS end.

I did initially try using a DOS 720K image and was quite surprised that 
it didn't work. My second try was to import the files into an ADFS disk 
image to then getfile them into DOS, but ADFS Explorer dumps all the 
filename extensions, so again FILENAME/COM overwrites FILENAME/TXT 
overwrites FILENAME/EXE, etc.

I'll experiment with the D720K->A800K converter, that seems a useful 
solution.

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