this is not the usual how do I transfer between a BBC and a PC. Thanks to Sprow - I now have one of those brilliant Master 128 ethernet adaptors so my Master can use my NAS as its hard drive. No worries.
Thing is - I've completely forgotten how to move files between file systems! As I recall if it's a basic program I can
*ADFS LOAD "FRED" * TAPE SAVE "FRED"
but what if the file's a document, an image or a piece of compiled machine code. As I recall (it's 20 years ago) there were utilities to move files between say econet and adfs in bulk mode. I now need something to go from my CF hard drive to my NAS so effectively from ADFS to LANMANFS preferably recursively.
> but what if the file's a document, an image or a piece of compiled machine > code. As I recall (it's 20 years ago) > there were utilities to move files between say econet and adfs in bulk > mode. I now need something to go > from my CF hard drive to my NAS so effectively from ADFS to LANMANFS > preferably recursively.
Couldn't you *LOAD the file into an area of memory then *SAVE it onto the new media? You'll need to know the load, execution and length of the file: eg. load &1000, exec &1F00 and length &2000 *LOAD FRED 1000 *TAPE *SAVE FRED 1000 1F00 2000 can't remember the parameter order for *SAVE, but I'm sure a quick search on the web would reveal this.
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:53:53 -0000, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote:
>Hi all
>this is not the usual how do I transfer between a BBC and a PC. Thanks to >Sprow - I now have one of those >brilliant Master 128 ethernet adaptors so my Master can use my NAS as its >hard drive. No worries.
65Link would have gotten you that almost for free ... ;-)
>Thing is - I've completely forgotten how to move files between file systems! >As I recall if it's a basic program >I can
>*ADFS >LOAD "FRED" >* TAPE >SAVE "FRED"
Indeed, there's no standard way to simply *COPY from one path to another. Beyond science apparently, at that time ... 8-/
But on a Master, instead of switching back and forth between filing systems, it's easier to use the filing system names in the commands. E.g. :
*LOAD -ADFS-FRED *SAVE -TAPE-FRED
(note the hyphens). Although I presume you're not really copying to tapes ...
>but what if the file's a document, an image or a piece of compiled machine >code. As I recall (it's 20 years ago) >there were utilities to move files between say econet and adfs in bulk mode.
>>this is not the usual how do I transfer between a BBC and a PC. Thanks >>to >>Sprow - I now have one of those >>brilliant Master 128 ethernet adaptors so my Master can use my NAS as its >>hard drive. No worries.
> 65Link would have gotten you that almost for free ... ;-)
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:25:26 -0000, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote:
>"John Kortink" <kort...@inter.nl.net> wrote in message >news:8t40f5drelmdepkdaf0djrmhbpajs52sq7@4ax.com... >>>this is not the usual how do I transfer between a BBC and a PC. Thanks >>>to >>>Sprow - I now have one of those >>>brilliant Master 128 ethernet adaptors so my Master can use my NAS as its >>>hard drive. No worries.
>> 65Link would have gotten you that almost for free ... ;-)
>What's 65Link? Never heard of it.
Well, that's understandable. It's only been around for 17 years. ;-) See :
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:25:26 -0000, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> > wrote:
>>"John Kortink" <kort...@inter.nl.net> wrote in message >>news:8t40f5drelmdepkdaf0djrmhbpajs52sq7@4ax.com... >>>>this is not the usual how do I transfer between a BBC and a PC. Thanks >>>>to >>>>Sprow - I now have one of those >>>>brilliant Master 128 ethernet adaptors so my Master can use my NAS as >>>>its >>>>hard drive. No worries.
>>> 65Link would have gotten you that almost for free ... ;-)
>>What's 65Link? Never heard of it.
> Well, that's understandable. It's only been around for > 17 years. ;-) See :
If it makes you feel any better I wouldn't have used that. 2 reasons:
1) my network cable is 20m long - I doubt you could knock up a PS2/user port cable of that length and 2) My NAS is on 24/7 - I don't need to keep a PC / Linux / whatever box running as a server.
I just download whatever - stick it on the NAS permanaently and it's there whenever I want it.
>If it makes you feel any better I wouldn't have used that. 2 reasons:
>1) my network cable is 20m long - I doubt you could knock up a PS2/user port >cable of that length and
Well, you can. I just wouldn't recommend transferring any data with it ... ;-)
>2) My NAS is on 24/7 - I don't need to keep a PC / Linux / whatever box >running as a server.
>I just download whatever - stick it on the NAS permanaently and it's there >whenever I want it.
The utility of that depends on what 'whatever' is and how you (can) use it. Native storage instead of NAS is probably even more convenient. But that's probably beyond the scope of this discussion ...
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:53:53 -0000, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> > wrote: > >but what if the file's a document, an image or a piece of compiled > >machine code. As I recall (it's 20 years ago) there were utilities to > >move files between say econet and adfs in bulk mode.
> There's something called TreeCopy, I think.
There's a BASIC program on the Master welcome disc to do this - maybe that was TreeCopy? I can't remember if it's disc to tape, or DFS to ADFS, or ADFS only or whatever, but it could probably be modified for another filing system.
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