[Virtualacorn-list] Can someone tell me . .

[Alan Adams]

In message <5763b98c05mail at JohnWoodhouse.plus.com>
          John Woodhouse via Virtualacorn-list 
<virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk> wrote:


> . . how they come to terms with the transfer of files between the host
> Windows filing system and VRPC ?

> It drives me mad having to file-type anything that is exported to Windows
> from RO. All files are given extensions which are superfluous e.g.
> XXX.mp4.dat

> I have tried to tick the Tools > HostFS > NoTypes box but that does not
> stay ticked.
> I have installed VARPC in E: drive in a directory nemed Virtual Acorn and
> run RO exclusively from that.
> I am running RO using the Arm7500 model in order to have control of the
> scroll mouse button.

With VRPC running in a window (not full screen) click on the tools menu, 
then the HostFS extensions tab.

If the file you transfer has a mapping defined here, the file type will be 
handled correctly.

When using Lanman etc to transfer files, the Mimetypes file is used. VRPC 
doesn't do that, unfortunately, so you generally have two lists to 
maintain.

> My Model.cfg file contains the lines :

> podule = 0
> mount0 = "HardDisc4 'E:\Program
> Files\VirtualAcorn\VirtualRPC-AdjustSA\HardDisc4' bootopt=2,showext"
> mount1 = "PCTxfer 'E:\[Txfer]' showext,notypes"

> Does everyone have this problem? I transfer a lot of files backwards &
> forwards between the systems and think that I must somehow have something
> configured wrongly.

> Can anyone help, please?
> John



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