6 Dec
2000
6 Dec
'00
7:58 p.m.
> No, unfortunately -- just Commodore 8-bits. You
can either figure out
ROM
Since the CBM serial bus protocol is documented somewhere (and there are
plenty of hackers who've dug into the C64 and C128 ROMs), I don't think
there's a good reason why the 1571 (and other CBM peripherals) can't be
linked up to _any_ computer and the serial bus simulated by bit-banging
on a TTL-level I/O port.
In fact, isn't there a well-known program to at least read/write disks in
1541 drives from an MS-DOS box?
You're referring to X1541. It will talk to a 1541 via a special cable
between the drive and a parallel port. ISTR there is more than one C-64/128
emulator out there that will use any Commodore serial peripheral that's
connected that way. You can even hook up a Commodore printer to the drive
and talk to it.
g.