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From: AgentFriday on 8 Mar 2010 05:42 On Mary, BruceMcF <agila61(a)netscape.net> wrote: >Given the generality of the serial daisychain and the speed of >Burstloader mode, lots of things that we think of as cartridge devices >could be done as IEC daisychain devices instead. In the projects I'm working on (both physically and mentally) I try never to use the expansion port. There are far too many things that can only be done with bus access, that I want to leave that free. IEC daisy chaining lets you use several devices on 1 bus, and the user port has enough extra lines you could theoretically pass through lines that you don't need. I even wrote serial UART code for the Cassette port.
From: BruceMcF on 8 Mar 2010 14:42 On Mar 8, 5:42 am, AgentFriday <my_nic_h...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Mary, BruceMcF <agil...(a)netscape.net> wrote: > > >Given the generality of the serial daisychain and the speed of > >Burstloader mode, lots of things that we think of as cartridge devices > >could be done as IEC daisychain devices instead. > > In the projects I'm working on (both physically and mentally) I > try never to use the expansion port. There are far too many > things that can only be done with bus access, that I want to > leave that free. IEC daisy chaining lets you use several > devices on 1 bus, and the user port has enough extra lines > you could theoretically pass through lines that you don't need. > I even wrote serial UART code for the Cassette port. Burstloader mode definitely gives enough speed to access a two-port Serial UART running near full dial-up speed, parallel port, etc. You need a processor on the other side though, which biases toward bundling multiple functions in a single I/O box. Of course, if there's a parallel port / IEC connector with PC software that supports Burstload, an old laptop PC could be the box, which would be a good test bed for emulating the device before its built.
From: RobertB on 8 Mar 2010 18:26 On Feb 2, 3:15 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I take fast disk access for granted now, in the age of IDE64, uIEC, > 1541 Ultimate, etc. > > I think everyone who is serious about using their 64 and trying out a > new OS has one of these. Heh, I have two or three SD2IECs, one uIEC/SD, one IDE64 v4.1, and one 1541-III. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug The Other Group of Amigoids http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/ Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network http://www.sccaners.org
From: christianlott1 on 9 Mar 2010 14:29 On Mar 8, 5:26 pm, RobertB <rberna...(a)iglou.com> wrote: > On Feb 2, 3:15 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I take fast disk access for granted now, in the age of IDE64, uIEC, > > 1541 Ultimate, etc. > > > I think everyone who is serious about using their 64 and trying out a > > new OS has one of these. > Heh, I have two or three SD2IECs, one uIEC/SD, > one IDE64 v4.1, and one 1541-III. daisy chained to one C64 no doubt :)
From: Rudolf Harras on 11 Mar 2010 03:47
commodorejohn schrieb: > The CBM community likes to see neat stuff >done on the old machines, but I doubt that's going to inspire very >many people to use their Commodores more than they already are; the >same goes for "making it truly productive." The people who want to use >their 64 or 128 for serious tasks already do I also think that a new OS will be used. I use the C64 for gaming because it is still fun and the games have much mure flair than small windows or flash games. But I didn't care about Lunix and other things because I never saw an reason why. What do you do on Computers today? Browsing in the internet and checking mails. Well, with web pages now needing about 500kb per site this is difficult to do with a 64kb computer with 1 mhz and 16 colors. It might be interesting having programms there which can do this and that but it might be very hard making them usable for everydays usage. So I think making a new application or game might be more useful than a new OS. |