Re: Easy way to use contemporary machine as fileserver for C64

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:56:30 +0100
Message-Id: <ACFCE005-5CB3-4C75-A394-05AB86B880CB@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2019-01-12, at 01:01, André Fachat <afachat@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>>> I remember I used Marko's C2N232 some time ago to load'n test things on real hardware - worked fantastic back then: <SHIFT><RUN/STOP>, <C=> done!
>>>> 
>>>> Now I have a friend who's got similar need but has no C2N232. What would you recommend to use instead? As this is for testing software on real hardware, it needs to be loaded tens if not hundreds of times..
>>> 
>>> I use an xs1541 or a petSD with the XD2031 firmware.
>> 
>> But this works the other way around, right?
>> 
>> With it you connect CBM floppy to your modern machine, where modern machine acts as CBM. What he needs is that modern machine acts as storage (floppy, tape, ...) and a real C64 accesses it.
> 
> No, the XD2031 firmware works as disk drive, with files in directories on a PC, alternatively from disk images also on the PC. The connection is via USB serial.
> 
> My mode of operation is as you described, assembling on the PC, load and run from the PET. That's why I implemented XD2031. No mechanical drive involved.

<thumbsup> He'd need to get the xs1541 and flash it with your firmware. I'll see if he can get something for codenet, which looks like most interesting option and if not we'll fall back to other possibilities.

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