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From: joviyach on 24 Jan 2008 21:41 I was wondering if there are any schematics out there, or if it is even possible to duplicate something like an Lt. Kernel nowadays? I'd really like to have a hard drive for my C64C, but my wife would flat out kill me if I spent $800 on a hard drive for the Commodore. Plus, I have heard that it is nearly impossible to find an Lt. Kernel and CMDs are rare.
From: Rick Youngman on 24 Jan 2008 23:12 On Jan 24, 7:41 pm, joviyach <joviy...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if there are any schematics out there, or if it is > even possible to duplicate something like an Lt. Kernel nowadays? I'd > really like to have a hard drive for my C64C, but my wife would flat > out kill me if I spent $800 on a hard drive for the Commodore. Plus, I > have heard that it is nearly impossible to find an Lt. Kernel and CMDs > are rare. You might want to investigate some of the product's and programs available to use an old PC as a file server for the C64. Many of those kind of things have been around for years, and have all the "bugs" worked out now and work flawlessly. Your wife will love you , if you use that old 486, holding up the coffee table for something useful, and spend the money you would have spent on a CMD ( you would never recieve from Maurice ) -- and get a new coffee table for her. The work being done to interface the USB Flash drive is even more exciting... nice and compact ( and light weight ) and take up little desktop space. Rick
From: Andrew Wiskow on 24 Jan 2008 23:40 On Jan 24, 6:41 pm, joviyach <joviy...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if there are any schematics out there, or if it is > even possible to duplicate something like an Lt. Kernel nowadays? I'd > really like to have a hard drive for my C64C, but my wife would flat > out kill me if I spent $800 on a hard drive for the Commodore. Plus, I > have heard that it is nearly impossible to find an Lt. Kernel and CMDs > are rare. I've owned two CMD HD's and a Lt. Kernal hard drive during this past year, so neither are IMPOSSIBLE to find. It's true that they're not plentiful, but they are still out there. I got the Lt. Kernal in trade for one of the CMD HD's. Unfortunately, due to the value of these drives and being short on cash twoard the end of last year, I was forced to sell the other CMD HD and the Lt. Kernal. However, I do hope to be able to get another one again at some point in time. Of all the hard drives for Commodores, the ones I'd say are practically IMPOSSIBLE to find are the ICT Data Chief and the original Commodore 9060 and 9090 hard drives. At least I haven't been able to find any of these (yet). -Andrew
From: Jim Brain on 25 Jan 2008 01:30 joviyach wrote: > I was wondering if there are any schematics out there, or if it is > even possible to duplicate something like an Lt. Kernel nowadays? I'd > really like to have a hard drive for my C64C, but my wife would flat > out kill me if I spent $800 on a hard drive for the Commodore. Plus, I > have heard that it is nearly impossible to find an Lt. Kernel and CMDs > are rare. First off, I think 64HDD may be a good first option. SD2IEC or MMC2IEC can also be considered a Hard Drive. Ultimate 1541 will no doubt grow to incldue a std HD based operation, as everything else is there. There is also the X-IDE work, which aims to interface an IDE drive to a 1541 using a daughterboard. Jim
From: Alf. on 25 Jan 2008 06:39
Hi joviyach!. Please check this site http://www.djupdal.org/cbm/iecata/ Cheers. "joviyach" <joviyach(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el mensaje news:513e8d49-af00-48a8-8b90-1ca540417672(a)q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >I was wondering if there are any schematics out there, or if it is > even possible to duplicate something like an Lt. Kernel nowadays? I'd > really like to have a hard drive for my C64C, but my wife would flat > out kill me if I spent $800 on a hard drive for the Commodore. Plus, I > have heard that it is nearly impossible to find an Lt. Kernel and CMDs > are rare. |