In the past I
was able to use my old 486 with a X1541 cable and a
dedicated 1541 drive.
Better to invest in a few schottky diodes and modify that to an XE1541. If
you look at the way the X1541 drives some of the LPT pins, it's downright
disgusting.
That was Zane, not me, but I also use a X1541 simply because it was
convenient and I already have the cable :)
This was a prefab one sold as part of the C64S commercial package, so it
looks like it would be hard to modify anyway. XE1541 is quite a bit faster
though.
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