Re: 1541 – two computers, one drive

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:38:14 +0100
Message-ID: <20200325153814.GD30551_at_hermes.local.trikaliotis.net>
Hello,

I see, I should have read the text more closely:

* On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 04:35:38PM +0100 I wrote:

> > "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."

No, I did not test doing the access from the 2nd computer while another
access was in progress.

And, in fact, I would not see how the error message should pop up.

Please disregard my previous post. ;)

Regards,
Spiro.

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Received on 2020-05-30 01:21:37

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