I don't know. I'll have to refer this one to Marko, David or someone with more insight :-/ Guys ?!? --- Bo Zimmerman <bo@zimmers.net> wrote: > Well, there are DEFINITELY 6526 chip(s) in there. > > Hmmm... you know, considering the fact that the A000 > BASIC ROM has like 4K > of room at the back end (at least in the 128K > version...), this might be a > very interesting future project. Are there any > timing issues in the CBM-II > machines as there are in the 64/VIC that might make > this impossible? Surely > someone has tried this though, if it were that > simple. > > - Bo > > -----Original Message----- > 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 5:40 PM > To: cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi > Subject: RE: IEC CBM 720 > > > I don't know anything about the 710/720, so its > difficult to answer. > > What drives the datasette on this computer? If its a > 6522 or 6526, then presumably the same hardware > MIGHT > be used to drive an IEC buss. > > Once the necessary connections are made between the > I/O chip and the DIN socket, you would have to write > your own driver for the port. This would of course > allow one to connect 1541 and 1525 type devices. > That > would be cool ;) > > --- Bo Zimmerman <bo@zimmers.net> wrote: > > 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?!?! > > ===== > Get a FREE 6Mb webmail box from go6502! - > http://www.geocities.com/profdredd > > As low as 2.99% Intro APR from NextCard! - > http://www.nextcard.com/index6.html?ref=aff0074521 > > PayPal is the FAST FREE and SECURE way to send > money! - > https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=profdredd%40yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > - > This message was sent through the cbm-hackers > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail > cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi. > > - > This message was sent through the cbm-hackers > mailing list. > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi. ===== Get a FREE 6Mb webmail box from go6502! - http://www.geocities.com/profdredd As low as 2.99% Intro APR from NextCard! - http://www.nextcard.com/index6.html?ref=aff0074521 PayPal is the FAST FREE and SECURE way to send money! - https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=profdredd%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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