Re: reading 360K MS-DOS disks in a 1571?

From: Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:26:30 +0200
Message-ID: <CAESs-_wXARSh9NFNJR1bXJDu8AFiHO+s9-LEGhrPxfQ0BsUgnw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:22 AM,  <silverdr@wfmh.org.pl> wrote:
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>> On 2018-07-24, at 21:37, André Fachat <afachat@gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Am 24. Juli 2018 8:23:24 PM schrieb Terry Raymond <traymond160@gmail.com>:
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>> > GEOS had GeoDos app can also read MS-Dos 😁
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>> As can BDOS http://www.6502.org/users/andre/misc/index.html
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>> But wasn't the question about the C64? IIRC the MFM disk access was only working with fast IEC, which the C64 only supports with some additional hardware connecting the CIA shift registers from the userport with IEC.
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>> Or did I miss anything?
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> Memory may not serve well but I would still bet with reasonable confidence that I did read PC-DOS disks with C64, without any add-ons for "fast IEC".

Don't worry, I'll report what are the results, once I repair the 1571
(currently isn't willing to work). It just takes some time to be
stolen from the rest of life.
Frank
Received on 2018-07-25 10:00:43

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