Re: PC<-->Plus/4

From: Marko Mäkelä (msmakela_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 1999-07-30 11:25:59

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Nicolas Welte wrote:

> VC1541 is not exactly a 1541 emulator, since it does not try to emulate
> anything of the 1541 internals. It's just a serial port fileserver that
> speaks the slow Commodore serial protocol.
> 
> Prlink has the capability of parallel transfers, but maybe there is no
> server for the Plus/4 yet. It works fine with my PC, the C64 and a PC64
> cable. Allows me to read a double sided 8250 image in about 10-15
> minutes.

It wouldn't be difficult to write routines for yet another cable, but I
cannot do it because I don't have a plus/4.  I think that a simple
cartridge with an MC6821 PIA or similar would be the best solution for
plus/4-like machines.

	Marko

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