18 Jun
2012
18 Jun
'12
5:12 p.m.
Zane,
Catweasel definitely has a method to connect a 1541 to a PC.best USB option is still the
zoomfloppy (xumfloppy).
Kyroflux just recently did a TON of work on the g64 format,so there should be something
there as well.
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:05:45 -0700
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: healyzh at aracnet.com
Subject: Re: C64 temporary PSU
I'd think there has to be something on the web about hacking a
powersupply together. A few years back I went looking for a specific
model of 3rd party supply that was recommended to me and got one off
eBay.
My main C64 has two different interfaces that take SD cards, much
nicer than dealing with floppies.
10-15 years ago it was pretty easy to hack a cable together that
would let your PC talk to a 1541 drive. Not sure about now, there
are USB versions, but I think they take a lot more effort.
Zane
At 10:37 AM -0500 6/18/12, Jules Richardson wrote:
Has anyone (probably!) hacked together a PSU for a
C64 using a PC
PSU? How close do the AC lines have to be to a 9V sine wave?
I've got someone offering me an unknown-condition C64/1541/1702
which is missing its PSU (and possibly the cable between the drive
and computer), so if I do bite I'd be looking to do a quick hack
just to see how operational everything is before I go trying to find
a genuine PSU from somewhere.
TBH, I'm not sure what my options are for getting software onto
disk, either - it's not clear whether the current owner has any
media at all (I get the impression that they've just unearthed the
machine in storage, but various bits that they once had have gone
missing over the years). A quick google seems to suggest that there
are ways and means though, given that I'd have a 1541 (if it works ;)
cheers
Jules
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