Re: Using Commodore IEC devices on non-Commodore 8-bit computers, Sharp PC-1500

Funny, I have been playing with the PC1500+CE150 (base) today. And
yesterday I reverse engineered most of the CE516P plotter guts (hmm... I
already ordered a couple of HD68B03YPs to do some hacking).

2017-11-02 16:09 GMT+01:00 Mia Magnusson <mia@plea.se>:

> Sorry if this is edging off-topic, but does anyone know if this unit
> were ever reverse engineered?
>
> http://www.tramsoft.ch/sharp_erweiterungen/index_en.html#
> parallel-floppy_1500
>
> It's an interface for Sharp PC-1500, one of those small pocket
> computers, a bit larger than a walkman, one line LCD display, basic
> interpreter e.t.c.
>
> This interface gives one centronics parallell port but it also gives a
> C= compatible IEC port, intended for use with a 1541.
>
> As I own both some IEC drives and a PC1500 (or maybe it's 1500A, they
> are rather similar) it would be nice to make a replica of this
> interface.
>
> I assume the hardware is simple but the software is hard to find a copy
> of.
>
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