Re: Help with SX64 User Port?

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:51:42 +0100
Message-ID: <a4f2b347-c157-cb97-ef75-5b12e1afc4eb@null.net>
On 28/06/2017 14:13, Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud) wrote:
> The reason to discard the IEEE bus was the fact that the cables were 
> too expensive so they designed the IEC bus.

I believe it was the connector on the motherboard that was the main 
problem. You could charge a fortune for a drive cable if someone wanted 
a drive, but you wouldn't want to lumber all the tape users with that cost.

They should have just used the user port.


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