Re: 1541 drive firmware confusion

From: Spiro Trikaliotis (ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net)
Date: 2008-08-15 09:17:43

* On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:01:25AM -0500 Jim Brain wrote:

> On the 1541-II, there is a version on Zimmers called the  
> 1541-II.355640-01.bin rom.
[...]
> Which seems strange to me.  I would think the 1541-II would have had  
> some of the updates found in the other 1541-II drive
>
> Am I overlooking something?

Yes, the 1541-II.251968-03.bin rom. ;)

IIRC, Commodore used the old ROM for the newer 1541-II for compatibility
reasons. Strange, but it would make sense.

Regards,
Spiro.

  "Anybody who would spend considerable effort emulating a C64 is not
  particularly sane to begin with; it is unreasonable to expect them to produce
  sane software."
  ("asuffield" in http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/p/7199/134136.aspx)

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