Commodore hacking and hardware tricks (was Re: commodore 64/128question)

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: Commodore hacking and hardware tricks (was Re: commodore 64/128question)
>   From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
>   Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:32:51 -0700
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"	<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>At 12:55 PM -0700 9/3/06, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>On 9/3/2006 at 8:42 PM Philip Pemberton wrote:
>>
>>>Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>>>  What's a good substitute drive mechanism for the 1541/71?  The drives
>>>that
>>>>  come as factory original are pretty chintzy.

Funny, I was just looking at the 1571 and it's a Newtronics/Mitsumi 48TPI
two sided unit.  The 1541 is from what I read a different beast.


>>>I'm not sure you'd be able to swap it out - isn't the head preamp on the
>>>1541
>>>motherboard, not a separate drive interface board?
>>>
>>Indeed it is.  I hoped that perhaps generations of C128 hackers had found a
>>way around this by now.  Silly me.
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>I think it's called hooking your C64/128 up to a PC via a X1541 (or 
>newer) cable, and using the PC as a drive via the appropriate 
>software.  This is one of the solutions I'm thinking of trying. 
>Apparently it allows you to use the PC as a 1541, and to use emulator 
>images.

Must be images as the '41 is GCR, the 1571 does do GCR and regualar 
soft sector.


Allison