Date   : Thu, 09 Sep 1999 19:30:31 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <marku@...>
Subject: Re: Re: The full emulator

> I would have thought that all BBC files are the same whichever it loads
> into, the real thing or the emulator.
The files are, but the filing system is not the same, ie the PC filing
system cannot hold the load exec addresses that are needed by the BBC's
filing system. This means that they have to be stored somewhere else in
another form which means programming a work around.

> Otherwise why is an emulator an
> emulator if it cannot load/save BBC files like the real thing?  Why the
> need for conversion to and from actual BBC file to PC BBC file?
If you think about the above you should get the answer.

> I suppose I would need to serial link a downloaded PC file into a Beeb
> then put into BBC disk, yeah?  Anyway, my friend has connected a 5.25"
> drive to a PC and I have PCBBC installed on his computer.  Now I hope
> to run some "raw" BBC programs on the emulator from my DFS formatted
> disks.  Isn't it as simple as that?

>I suppose I would need to serial link a downloaded PC file into a Beeb
>then put into BBC disk, yeah?  Anyway, my friend has connected a 5.25"
>drive to a PC and I have PCBBC installed on his computer.  Now I hope
>to run some "raw" BBC programs on the emulator from my DFS formatted
>disks.  Isn't it as simple as that?

Well I'm sure you'll find out. Why don't you read some of the readme files
that are sent distrubuted with the documents - there are often alot of the
details there.
Also on the BBC lives http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/faq.shtml there is an FAQ
that explains much of this, and also on the 8BS web site
http://www.karoo.net/8bs/filecon.htm there are details of how to use
transferred files.

Mark