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Acorn Arcade forums: Games: BBC to PC transfer
 
  BBC to PC transfer
  andreww (13:36 7/3/2002)
  Phlamethrower (18:53 7/3/2002)
    andreww (19:09 7/3/2002)
      andreww (19:17 7/3/2002)
        rich (09:24 8/3/2002)
          andreww (10:25 8/3/2002)
            davidb (11:09 8/3/2002)
              andreww (13:38 8/3/2002)
                ToiletDuck (15:50 8/3/2002)
                  rich (16:48 8/3/2002)
 
Andrew Message #86618, posted by andreww at 13:36, 7/3/2002
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What is the best way to directly transfer data from a BBC to a PC? Is there some kind of cable available?
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Jeffrey Lee Message #86619, posted by Phlamethrower at 18:53, 7/3/2002, in reply to message #86618
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I can't remember the name, but there was some software to transfer from BBC to Acorn. You could use that, then transfer it from Acorn to PC via floppy.

Might include spending some ££ though unhappy

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Andrew Message #86620, posted by andreww at 19:09, 7/3/2002, in reply to message #86619
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Oh yes, I think RGSC did this as well as BBC to Acorn serial link didn't they?
Thanks Jeffrey.

[Edited by andreww at 19:18, 7/3/2002]
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Andrew Message #86621, posted by andreww at 19:17, 7/3/2002, in reply to message #86620
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I've checked and I may have the wrong company as I can only see the Acorn multilink :-(
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Richard Goodwin Message #86622, posted by rich at 09:24, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86621
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Watford did BBC->Arc transfer stuff, but they've got rid of all of thier old Acorn stuff (as I found out when I wanted to get the docs or demo disc for their digitser recently).

Replacing (temporarily!) the 3.5" floppy on your RISC OS machine with a 5.25" one and using the BBC floppy reader (can't remember exactly what it's called, try AcornSearch.com) should do the trick. There's a number of RISC OS->PC solutions, including replacing the 3.5" floppy and using discs.

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Andrew Message #86623, posted by andreww at 10:25, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86622
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Where can I get a 5.25 drive Rich?

cheers

Andrew

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David Boddie Message #86624, posted by davidb at 11:09, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86623
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I've checked and I may have the wrong company as I can only see the Acorn multilink :-(

http://filebase.acornusers.org/details.php?item=251

Is this what you are looking for?

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Andrew Message #86625, posted by andreww at 13:38, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86624
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No, although I didn't know about this. I was looking for a BBC to PC set-up.
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Mark Quint Message #86626, posted by ToiletDuck at 15:50, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86625
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http://8bs.com/filecon.htm
^ is this any use?
Theres a PC Program that you need to download and a Special Serial cable you must buy thou.

http://www.stairwaytohell.com/essentials/
This site has a few bbc disc readers/disc image readers for PCs

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=BBC+to+PC+serial+link

^ & that should have some more information too

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Richard Goodwin Message #86627, posted by rich at 16:48, 8/3/2002, in reply to message #86626
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Where can I get a 5.25 drive Rich?

Presumably from your BBC that you're transfering the original files from - or are you saying that you're just stealing someone else's BBC files? smile

Failing that, some bargains are to be had on Ebay. I bough an old 486 and took the 5.25" drive from that, although I still haven't finished building my Phoebe fileserver with the extra drives in - the MoBo I was using seems to hang after about half an hour, so there's not much point unhappy

You might need an old-style floppy cable to connect a 5.25" to your Archie, but that's where getting a whole 486 came in handy... wink

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