Sorry, I haven't used X1541, but I have heard that
it can be made to work.
I use it regularly (a real old-sk00l X1541) with a 486/DX40 and it works
just fine. The modern cables are much faster and have a better chance with
working with current motherboards, though.
http://sta.c64.org/
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