Re: GPIB to USB interface

Yes, the Zoom Floppy with IEEE connector is a good solution. I have imaged a few disks to D80/D82 files with it, unfortunately it's pretty slow. At $42 with the ieee option its a good deal.
 
Steve


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> From: Rhialto <rhialto@falu.nl>
>To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de 
>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:43:31 PM
>Subject: Re: GPIB to USB interface
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>On Sat 14 Apr 2012 at 23:28:01 +0200, Micha? Pleban wrote:
>> So yesterday I had a thought to utilize a GPIB to USB interface to
>> connect our PET drives to a PC. Such interfaces are available from
>> multiple vendors in about $150 price range, which may not be very
>> cheap, but still quite affordable.
>
>There is also the ZoomFloppy with IEEE connector soldered on. It pretty
>much is a IEEE/USB bridge, as it does allow you to access the drives
>from another computer, either from an emulator such as VICE or with the
>file/disk copy programs that come with the OpenCBM software.  And a
>ZoomFloppy is cheaper.
>
>I did in fact try a ZoomFloppy with a 8050, but all floppies I wanted to
>copy had too many read errors. I didn't try a supposedly-good floppy at
>the time, but I know that sort of thing worked with a 1541 and a 1571.
>
>-Olaf.
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>___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- There's no point being grown-up if you 
>\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- can't be childish sometimes. -The 4th Doctor
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