RE: IEC CBM 720

From: Bo Zimmerman (bo_at_zimmers.net)
Date: 2001-04-24 00:27:08

Well, I can't be certain, of course.  I've seen a whole lot of hacks,
though, and if this is one, it is a very good one.  Especially in the
mounting of the ports in the back.

Either way, as the picture demonstrated, a set of three wires run from the
IEC ports to the datasette port.  This set of wires has been cut cleanly,
rendering them useless.

My question is more this:  Whether it was Commodore, or a previous owner,
what was this person up to?  Is such a hack even POSSIBLE in a 710/720?  Can
Commodore Serial disk drives be driven from the lines in the datasette
port?!?!

- Bo

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From: owner-cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi
[mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi]On Behalf Of Professor Dredd
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:15 PM
To: cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi
Subject: Re: IEC CBM 720


Hard to tell from your pics, Bo. Almost looks like it
might be a hack. Are you sure it's factory work?

--- Bo Zimmerman <bo@zimmers.net> wrote:
>
>    Have yall ever heard of Commodore trying to put a
> pair of IEC ports in a
> CBM 710 or CBM 720?
>
> - Bo
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