Fwd: Re: 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64

The reason that I'm looking for it is that my father has been using his 8250 to run some software and his has broken. He's had a technichian look at it and some parts are needed. It would be easier to buy another. As I understand, 1541 drives read / write in a different format to the 8250 drives. The 8250 is able to write 1Mb to each disk which I don't think the 1541 can do. Lance. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:06:55 -0700 (PDT) --- Gary Dean Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> wrote: Maybe he has some 8250 disks to read? Perhaps some (custom?) software that needs a disk larger than a 1541 to work? He didn't say, but he could have one already. I have one for the C-64 and one for the VIC-20. 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. 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp