15 Mar
2000
15 Mar
'00
4:51 p.m.
The other
thing I would like to do is hook it up to my main computer
(prolly as a serial terminal) and then get on the net. I aim to recreate
the authentic B1FF experience. :) The manual leads me to believe the
serial port on a C-64 isn't compatible w/ RS-232, however. :(
There's a second 'serial port' hidden on some of the pins of the user
port. This one is also at TTL levels, but at least it's a conventional
asynchronous one. Add a level shifter (a couple of chips) and you have an
RS232 port.
It's not a particularly good one, from what I remember, and it tends to
drop characters. But it may let you use the machine as a terminal.