Hallo Martijn, > This will be a problem, since these lines are bidirectional. 286 and 386 > printerports mostly don't have a bidirectional printerport. Ofcourse, > you can simulate this by multiplexing the available inputs, but I think > that you'll be running out of time then. You only need two wires to make a bidirectional port of an old unidirectional. Works on most older LPT-cards, IBM-monochrome and MGP-cards. Does not work on (mostly newer) cards equiped with the 8211 (?) LPT-IC. This IC has an input to tristate its databus but the card is missing the unused outputs which the other cards have to steer this input. > (It seems quite time-critical to me as it is right now anyway). The floppy outputs a byte every 26 to 32 uSec. But the software has a build in timeout detector. I don't know the trigger value. I remember something like 64 uSec. Using ML even IMHO this should be enough for a 12 MHz AT, see below. > Remember that the track has to be "GCRed" too. (Or you should use something > like a G64 image from the start). Yes, this is what I have on my mind. If the input file is a D64, it first is converted to a G64-file. > After that, the only thing needed when the track is being changed is > modifying a pointer (which can be as easy as loading a segment register with > a new value) My idea was loading the needed track into memory the moment I detect the 1541 is changing track. Does anybody know how much time the 1541 reserves to be sure that the head is placed correctly above the track? Groetjes, Ruud - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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