Re: USB to IEC

From: Nate Lawson <*nate_at_root.org*> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 15:03:15 -0800 Message-Id: <C8D2B8B6-5A83-49E2-A5F9-E1DFB7B60E29_at_root.org> · nate_at_root.org

I routed the signals on the ZoomFloppy to allow the PC to be used as a drive. It would require a lot of firmware work though. You need to bring in filesystem support in order to enable mounting images like the SD2IEC, for example. I don’t think the effort of implementing this is worth it, given how cheap a PI1541 is.

-Nate

> On Jan 1, 2020, at 6:16 AM, Ruud_at_baltissen.org <Ruud@Baltissen.org> wrote:
> 
> Hallo allemaal,
> 
> 
> I just received an email from someone who has a C64, 1541 and a 
> modern PC, Windows 10, no LPT or COM port. The 1541 appears to be 
> bad and he wants to use the PC as drive. 64HDD is out of the 
> question so he needs an USB to IEC solution. But, to be honest and 
> happy with my SD2IEC,Ultimate and IEC-ATA, I couldn't think of 
> anything.
> 
> OK, there is Zoomfloppy but that is the other way around. And I 
> wonder if it can be used in reverse mode. So the question: doea any 
> of you know of such a device? 
> 
> He is known with hardware and programming so I gave him the advice 
> to at least have a look at SD2IEC as a starter.
> 
> Thanks for any input!