IEEE drives to real gpib?

From: Francesco Messineo <*francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com*> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:27:16 +0100 Message-ID: <CAESs-_yVzKmCxwwc8iVowrdALTHThyucC_Mwe0YgpbDzHCx=VQ@mail.gmail.com> · francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com

Hi all,
I have a few gpib USB adapters, made following this project:
http://www.dalton.ax/gpib/
I use them under linux and they show on the system as a serial
interface (/dev/ttyACMx).
So far I've used them to talk to various test instruments. Now I
thought if maybe it's possible to control a real commodore IEEE disk
drive (I have a 3040).
Can anyone suggest a way to send simple test commands to the drive,
like formatting a disk and requesting a directory?
I could write small programs, but I've never studied the disk protocol
enough to know what byte sequence (and what to wait for) I need to
send to a drive.
Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
Frank

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