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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:28:00 EDT
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- From: "The Large Guy with Buckwheat's Hair." <LANDAS88@SNYPOTVA.BITNET>
- Subject: Guess what it does have the Hardware. :>
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- Date sent: 30-DEC-1992
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:13:32 GMT
-
- >Subject: Re: Commodore64
- >Cc:
- >
- >The Large Guy with Buckwheat's Hair."
- > LANDAS88%SNYPOTVA.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu Said,
- >
- >>Check out Questronix's $25 C=64 emulator on the Amiga. I'm pretty sure it has
- >>a feature like this. It's inexpensive and nearly 100% compatible. It is
- >>phenominal from what I have seen and read, much unlike it's other older
- >>counterparts which did not really emulate a C=64.
- >
- >
- >I'm afraid that even an emulator like this can't read the floppy disks unless
- > you have
- >the hardware. If the C64 is still available, you might try hardwiring it to you
- r
- > Amiga
- >and use the FAST program within the Startup File. If not you'll have to find a
- > H/W hack to
- >connect a 1541 drive to the Amiga, that, I don't think is that easy (there's a
- > challenge).
-
- Questronixs makes the A64package or at least that's what the Manual says. And
- a $25 dollar hardware device is available to cnnect a 1541 drive through the
- Parralel port I believe. This package claims near 100% compatability, some
- problem with some software fast loaders I hear.
-
- >
- >BTW
- >
- >The old PETS can read 1541 disks and, depending on the DOS being used, (4.0
- > upwards if I remember) can
- >also write to the disk. You may find a link that way. I don't think you will
- > find it easy to be able to
- >read these disks directly either on an Amiga or IBM due to the way the disks ar
- e
- > formatted (I'm sure
- >someone will give the breakdown on formats and data patterns if you're
- > interested)
- >
- >Regards
- >
- >Terry
-
- -Nyle
-
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- | Nyle F. Landas | LANDAS88@SNYPOTVA | SPOTVB::LANDAS88 |
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