Peter, I'm afraid it's yet not possible to do SER to USB. There is only one Ser-USB prototype in existence at the moment, and the File Manager software (which would allow this to happen without the need for a special driver) has not been tested with such large volumes of data. Anyway, I'm not sure of the maximum speed of the Q40 serial ports, but unless they can do a sustained 115K+ it would be a slow process - albeit one that could run unattended once started (unlike floppies).
Incidentally, the Ser-USB Enhanced File Manager (next on my ToDo list once the native driver is working), besides being a Pointer Environment app, will also be able to copy to/from SD Cards and removeable USB sticks mounted as QDOS devices under QPC or Q-emuLator. It will do this preserving the QDOS file headers, in the same way that it already does for FAT-format devices mounted on the Ser-USB unit. For now, I think it's probably floppies or possibly the serial port QL networking SERNET - which I'm afraid I know very little about. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Peter Baily Sent: 09 February 2011 17:52 To: QL Users Subject: [Ql-Users] File transfers I have a large number of files stored on the hard disk of a Q40 (original version) with two floppy drives: - loads of interesting stuff like Mark Knight's Fractal program. I wish to transfer this to a computer on which I use QPC2. Can anyone suggest a way of doing this? Doing this via HD floppies with a USB floppy drive on the second computer will take forever. e.g. - SER2 to USB stick with a QXL.WIN folder? - via an ethernet link? Has anyone solved this problem? Have I missed something in back issues of Quanta Mag or QLT? Please help! Peter _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
