Date   : Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:57:00 GMT
From   : David Alan Gilbert <gilbertd@...>
Subject: Re:!ZAP editor to read BBC disks ?

Johan Sys wrote:
 > I have plenty of bbc disks which i would like to transfer to my pc
(for use 
 > with beebem).
 > 
 > My own beeb broke down a while ago.  However i can use an Archie 5000.  I
 > remember reading about someone who used the !zap editor to transfer disks.
 > I am new to the archimedes, so could someone explain the procedure
involved.

OK - load Zap, now bring up the menu on the Zap on the icon bar icon
and if I remember there is a menu option called 'create'; follow that
to its submenu where there is a 'Read disc' option.
Now select 'Read disc' and a window pops up.  Fill in the 'filing
system' field at the top with ADFS (in capitals) and hit return.
Something should spin; you may have to change the drive number field
as appropriate (1 probably if its a 5.25" hung off it) - if so hit
return again.
Now you should see the number of sectors/track (9) sector length (256
bytes) number of tracks etc filled in; if they are OK then
hit the read disc button at the bottom of the window and let it hum.
You can then save the file out at the end.
Note: I can imagine that sometimes it will screw up and get the number
of tracks wrong).
 > 
 > I would like to transfer DS 80 track bbc disks (watford dfs) to beebem 
 > format : what floppy do i need to connect to the archie (i have a
360K ibm,
 > my original bbc drive, or a 1.2 MB ibm).  Do i need special cables
?

Well the 360K is 40 track as far as I'm aware so it won't do your 80
track discs.  I suspect the 1.2MB will do - but I think the A5000's
are different from my A410 so I don't know what cabling you need.

Dave

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