Re: Commodore 65 and DIN8 cable

From: Bo Zimmerman <bo_at_zimmers.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:59:56 -0600
Message-ID: <56BC073C.4080600@zimmers.net>
Hello Mr. Pleban

The "1521" cable that came with the 1565 is exactly 10 feet long.

I know that's not helpful.  I know that's probably not even Welcome 
information, but there it is.

- Bo

P.S. The cable works fine, of course, though all this talk about 
Appletalk cables has inspired me to order a shorter one so I can free up 
all that desk space. :)

On 2/5/2016 2:21 PM, Michał Pleban wrote:
> Hello!
>
> A quick update: Today I tried various resistor values between GND and
> RDATA to no avail. So I decided the best solution for me would be a
> shorter cable. I got a pair of scissors and began to cut the cable into
> and shorter parts, while one of its end was still plugged into the C65.
> I wrote a simple BASIC program which tries to download the disk
> directory 100 times and gives the percentage of successful operations.
>
> Here is the success rate as a function of cable length:
>
> 100 mm - 15%
> 60 mm - 70%
> 50 mm - 90%
> 40 mm - 95%
> 30 mm - 100%
>
>


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