Re: 1541/2031 combo adapter

From: Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:44:31 -0400
Message-ID: <CAF-r0Y1A_VkR_TJ8iue7J9GFJR4u9PRFNsZvHeDUCw3wTOPH1A_at_mail.gmail.com>
Very nice work, Jim! I’ll be watching this, with interest, as I don’t have
normal SS/SD floppy, for my 4032.

- Alex

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 08:53 Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com> wrote:

> Folks may remember, from last year, the Tri Mod CBM Adapter.
>
> Site is (was) at
> https://dl2dw.de/en/diy-projects/commodore/50-trimod-cbm-adapter (sadly,
> looks like site is down for maintenance)
>
> We discussed it:
> http://cbm-hackers.2304266.n4.nabble.com/IEEE-488-adapter-for-1541-td4668108.html
>
> And it's been discussed at Forum64 as well:
> https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/91569-1541-to-ieee488-trimod-adapter/
>
> As noted in the CBM-Hackers thread, I started a similar project, but was
> not able to finish before the other one came out.  Still, I wanted to
> finish mine, which I'm pleasantly surprised seems to work on first design:
>
> https://github.com/go4retro/Nu2031/
>
> I'm working to reduce board size, in hopes of fitting in the 1541-II, and
> will need to rrdo the PCB.  As I do, I'm wondering if there are features to
> consider.  It might be possible to include the parallel port connection on
> the revised PCB, but I'm also wondering if there's value in adding some
> capability to auto-switch from 1541 to 2031 or vice versa modes.  Right
> now, it's a physical switch. (I was thinking some specific data on PORT A
> and PORT B to "knock" for access.
>
> I also would like to revisit Spiro's note in the cbm-hackers thread about
> making the ROM compatible with the 4040 (though, the thread was confusing.
> It sounds like later 1541s are compatible with the 2031 and 4040, and I
> used a -05 ROM and Andre's patching routine to create the pseudo-2031 ROM.
> Thus, it's unclear if the resulting patched ROM is 4040/2031 compatible or
> not.
>
>
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Brainbrain_at_jbrain.com www.jbrain.com
>
>
Received on 2020-10-22 03:00:03

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