Re: C64 IEEE interface

On 2014-11-05 19:11, Ruud@Baltissen.org wrote:

> Instead of using the EPROM on one of those carts, I want to have a
> Kernal with a built-in IEEE driver: the main reason I asked how I
> could check my Kernals without RS-232 and Cassette interface.
[...]
> I want to be able to mix IEEE and IEC devices. And that just NOW
> pops up in my mind: if possible in combination with JiffyDOS (which
> means I have even more work to do).
> On possebility is to reserve a byte and using the bits to tell what
> device is or isn't IEEE. Another possebility, first check if a IEEE
> device is present and when not, assume it is IEC.
> Any ideas or comments are welcome!

Excellent, Ruud! It would be really nice to have a possibility to 
connect whichever drive/printer/xxx and address it the usual way. The 
KERNAL would take care of verifying which bus the device is connected to 
and interface to it transparently. Put thoughts about Jiffy for later 
though. Start without it. IMHO it is worth enough even w/o Jiffy and 
thinking too far ahead now may impede the timeline for this to 
materialise, which would be a pity indeed.

-- 
SD!

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