On 3/25/2020 9:35 AM, silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl wrote: > https://www.wikizero.com/en/Commodore_64_peripherals > > says: > > "It was also possible, without requiring a VIC-switch, to connect two Commodore 64s to one 1541 floppy disk drive to simulate an elementary network, allowing the two computers to share data on a single disk (if the two computers made simultaneous requests, the 1541 handled one while returning an error to the other, which surprised many people who expected the 1541's less-than-stellar drive controller to crash or hang). This functionality also worked with a mixed combination of PET, VIC-20, and other selected Commodore 8-bit computers." > > Has anyone tested that? Is that a fully deterministic/reliable behaviour? > I can't even see how it would work. The 64 doesn't check for activity on the bus before driving it, so that would corrupt transfers in progress. I have to head off the work presently, but have two 64s sitting on the bench, so should be easy to test tonight, if someone doesn't before then. JIm -- Jim Brain brain_at_jbrain.com www.jbrain.comReceived on 2020-05-30 01:20:32
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