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==== File transfer between Windows PCs and X68000 machines using a null modem cable ==== | ==== File transfer between Windows PCs and X68000 machines using a null modem cable ==== | ||
- | The following tutorial is kind contribution by our forum member Magic Knight. | + | The following tutorial is kind contribution by our forum member |
Last year I had a problem. I wanted to transfer files which I had downloaded from the Internet onto my Windows PC over to my X68000. I didn’t have a 5.25” drive on my PC, and even if I were to get one, I was running Windows XP so a program like xfloppy wasn’t going to work anyway. I do have a laptop, running Windows 98, but with no way to connect a 5.25” drive. | Last year I had a problem. I wanted to transfer files which I had downloaded from the Internet onto my Windows PC over to my X68000. I didn’t have a 5.25” drive on my PC, and even if I were to get one, I was running Windows XP so a program like xfloppy wasn’t going to work anyway. I do have a laptop, running Windows 98, but with no way to connect a 5.25” drive. | ||
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First, let’s look at the requirements: | First, let’s look at the requirements: | ||
- | Your Windows PC will probably have to be Windows 95/98 or similar, I haven’t tried it with other operating systems. You could try it and see if it works on your own system. | + | *Your Windows PC will probably have to be Windows 95/98 or similar, I haven’t tried it with other operating systems. You could try it and see if it works on your own system. |
- | + | *Your X68000 probably needs Human68k 3.02, it may well work with earlier versions, I really don’t know. | |
- | Your X68000 probably needs Human68k 3.02, it may well work with earlier versions, I really don’t know. | + | *A null modem cable. The one I got to work is the Sanwa KR-MD1. |
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- | A null modem cable. The one I got to work is the Sanwa KR-MD1. | + | |
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Now reset the X68000 so that the driver loads while booting. | Now reset the X68000 so that the driver loads while booting. | ||
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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==== 6. Transfer sxmr.bas from the Windows PC to the X68000 ==== | ==== 6. Transfer sxmr.bas from the Windows PC to the X68000 ==== | ||
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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This is an easy method to transfer text files from Windows PC to X68000. | This is an easy method to transfer text files from Windows PC to X68000. | ||
- | CAUTION: The copy command of X68000 does not stop until 0x1a is received. | + | **CAUTION:** |
+ | *The copy command of X68000 does not stop until 0x1a is received. | ||
+ | *You might have to use the INTERRUPT switch or the RESET button to abort the copy command if you have a problem. | ||
- | You might have to use the INTERRUPT switch or the RESET button to abort the copy command | + | sxmr.bas already ends with 0x1a. You can easily add a 0x1a to the end of a file by the following |
- | sxmr.bas already ends with 0x1a. | + | < |
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- | You can easily add a 0x1a to the end of a file by the following command at the Windows Command Prompt. | + | |
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- | > copy OLDFILE+nul NEWFILE | + | |
==== 7. Transfer ZM.X from Windows PC to X68000 ==== | ==== 7. Transfer ZM.X from Windows PC to X68000 ==== | ||
- | If you already have an LZH extractor on your X68000, transfer the file ZMX68K4.LZH. | + | *If you already have an LZH extractor on your X68000, transfer the file ZMX68K4.LZH. |
+ | *Otherwise, transfer ZM.X extracted from ZMX68K4.LZH by using your favourite tool. | ||
- | Otherwise, transfer ZM.X extracted from ZMX68K4.LZH by using your favourite tool. | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | |
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==== 8. Transfer any files from Windows PC to X68000 ==== | ==== 8. Transfer any files from Windows PC to X68000 ==== | ||
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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- | If you had transferred not ZMX68K4.LZH but ZM.X, you should transfer a LZH extractor, e.g. lx.r, and ZMX68K4.LZH first and replace ZM.X. lx.r is here: | + | If you had transferred not ZMX68K4.LZH but ZM.X, you should transfer a LZH extractor, e.g. lx.r, and ZMX68K4.LZH first and replace ZM.X. |
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+ | lx.r is here: | ||
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- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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