2 Jul
2003
2 Jul
'03
6:11 a.m.
--- Gary Dean Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> wrote:
Lance S writes:
Maybe he has some 8250 disks to read? Perhaps some (custom?) software that
needs a disk larger than a 1541 to work?
I am looking for an 8250 LP Double disk drive for
the commodore 64.
Why do you want that drive? It is designed for the PET series, and has
the full blown IEEE-488 interface, which the C=64 lacks.
He didn't say, but he could have one already. I have one for the C-64 and
one for the VIC-20.
So you'd need the adapter on the 64 as well, and I
bet they are harder to
find than WMD in Iraq..
It's possible to build your own with a VLSI I/O chip (6520/6522/6526)
and a couple of buffers. That plus a ROM is what's on my VIC-20 IEEE
adapter. IIRC, the drivers are a 75160/75161 pair, but there are a
couple of options.
AFAIK, there is firmware for _some_ IEEE adapter on funet. Not sure
which one without looking.
I'd just get a couple of 1541's and daisy
chain them together on the
port, along with the printer or printer adapter. If you're wanting
double sided disks, then go with a 128 and 1571 drives, and then you can
play cp/m as well.
If he wants to move up to a 128, that would work. Personally, I _have_
a 128, and I'm more likely to fire up a C-64 that it, largely due to
experience and personal comfort.
-ethan