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From Kirill Frolov → To Arkadiy Panchenko 5 April 2000
Press RESET immediately, Arkadiy!
05 Apr 00 01:01, Arkadiy Panchenko wrote to All:
AP> The question is:
AP> there is a scorpion (yellow and green boards) with two 720 board drives, and
AP> the new 486 is 3.5 and I don’t want to buy another 3.5. How without
AP> problems (without starting with small circuits and disks) transfer
AP> programs and data (of course for ZX) between them? Like the people
AP> done? I'm really looking forward to it :)) I'm no good at writing any kind of software
AP> I don’t hack - well, I’m a mechanic, not a programmer!
I have approximately 16 (not exactly) wires connected. There is an LPT port on the pussy,
On the spec there is one of the ports of Aigpik, Centronix and Kempston joystick.
Spec software - MMD. Any communication program works on the computer
through fossil. Additionally, there is an X-modem program compatible with MMD
(passes the file in the trunk and chops it into pieces). I usually use TELEMATE
and X-MODEM this as an external protocol. Scripts are written for TELEMATE and it itself
does what needs to be done. Scripts are also written for MMD. CPS on average does not exceed
3000, maximum 5000. Works in Windows (and any other operating system)
works well in the background (CPS does not drop). Fossil CPU load ~5% during transferdata. Theoretically (install buffers and add software) the speed of the link itself
can be increased to 40..50 kb/sec. But this is without MMD...
But if you only need to transfer the file and nothing else, then MAS-ZXLINK
It will suit you better, there are only 4 wires, the speed is not much lower.
It just won't work in the background. You can force it, but it's better not to try...
then this program will work, and all others will slow down...