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From: christianlott1 on 20 Apr 2008 16:48
On Apr 20, 3:32 pm, BruceMcF <agil...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
> On Apr 20, 1:22 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > This device will not hook straight into the back of the C64 (ie
> > emulate a disk drive)?

> AFAIU, yes, it will. More and more home computers will be coming out
> without parallel ports ... this replaces the connection between the
> back of the C64 tand the parallel port of a PC that allows a PC to
> pretend to be a 41/71/81. It does more of this in hardware using the
> microcontroller part to acts as a bridge, which opens up other
> possibilities, and there is expansion built into the design to permit
> exploring those possibilities.

Then why isn't this being integrated with uIEC?




From: BruceMcF on 20 Apr 2008 18:00
On Apr 20, 4:48 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 20, 3:32 pm, BruceMcF <agil...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 20, 1:22 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > This device will not hook straight into the back of the C64 (ie
> > > emulate a disk drive)?
> > AFAIU, yes, it will. More and more home computers will be coming out
> > without parallel ports ... this replaces the connection between the
> > back of the C64 tand the parallel port of a PC that allows a PC to
> > pretend to be a 41/71/81. It does more of this in hardware using the
> > microcontroller part to acts as a bridge, which opens up other
> > possibilities, and there is expansion built into the design to permit
> > exploring those possibilities.

> Then why isn't this being integrated with uIEC?

Got that turned around ... this makes an *actual* 1541/1571/1581
available to the PC through a USB.

The "why USB" is the same answer (parallel ports going the way of lots
of other 1980's commonplaces), but its to allow 1541/1571/1581 to be
accessed via the USB port, so its replacing a different use of a
parallel port cable than what I said at first.

Sorry about the mix-up.

From: Suudy on 20 Apr 2008 20:22
On Apr 20, 10:22 am, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> This method is exclusively for reading/writing D64/71/81 disks on the
> 1541/71/81?

At first, yes. That is phase 1 of the project. My motivation for
this project is the annoying Pentium-100 I have in the corner to read/
write disks for me. Having a modern PC do it for me grants two
advantages: 1) no need for older hardware and 2) backup capability.

> This device will not hook straight into the back of the C64 (ie
> emulate a disk drive)?

This is entirely possible as well, but not the initial design goal.
You can call this phase 2. The design is certainly capable of doing
this as well. The hardware is in place to handle this situation, even
in the case of mimicing the burst 1571 mode.

As for integration uIEC, that is already sorta occurring. I am
working with Jim Brain and will be using his code for the IEC
interface. I don't know, however, if it will ever be fully integrated
with Jim's work. My focus is on the integration with the OpenCBM side
of things so that it is as seamless as possible. Once I have made the
first couple of boards, I will start co-ordinating with Spiros, et al
on the development at that end.

Pete
From: christianlott1 on 20 Apr 2008 20:22
On Apr 20, 12:22 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> This method is exclusively for reading/writing D64/71/81 disks on the
> 1541/71/81?

> This device will not hook straight into the back of the C64 (ie
> emulate a disk drive)?


Surely it will be able to create G64 files with the proper cable?

From: BruceMcF on 21 Apr 2008 14:50
On Apr 20, 8:22 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 20, 12:22 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > This method is exclusively for reading/writing D64/71/81 disks on the
> > 1541/71/81?
> > This device will not hook straight into the back of the C64 (ie
> > emulate a disk drive)?

> Surely it will be able to create G64 files with the proper cable?

This device connects between the PC and an IEC disk drive (or
daisychained drives). The file written by the PC when it has access to
the IEC/USB bridge depends on the software running in the PC.
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