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- From: jgvotour@flash.LakeheadU.Ca (Bonestripper/Omni)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1541-dos
- Message-ID: <23091@storm.LakeheadU.Ca>
- Date: 28 Feb 1996 20:28:54 GMT
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- Organization: Lakehead University
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- Richard Hable (das-dorf@ping.at) wrote:
- : Phil Hoff <phoff@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
-
- : >This archive tells how to add a single wire to a 1541 to make it read
- : >MS-DOS disks if they are formatted for 180K (single-sided). An
- : >accompanying program called 1541-READS DOS must be run on the C64 to
- : >not only read the file, but to allow copying it to a C64 disk, The C64
-
- : Gee, seems that I didn't choose a good name for the
- : program. And it gets worse: the soon-to-be-released
- : improved version is called 1541-reads-dos+.
-
- : >target disk can either be swapped in and out of the modified 1541 or
- : >put in another 1541 drive for two-drive copying. I tested it with the
- : >latter configuration. It worked fine, except that the TARGET drive
- : >knocked the head as about half the files were starting to be written.
- : >This drive is properly aligned and has no history of head knocking.
- : >Has anyone else out there used this program and had this problem?
-
- : It must be your drive or disk. Only the standard routines
- : are used for writing to the destination disk.
-
- : Richard
- : --
- : E-Mail: Richard.Hable@jk.uni-linz.ac.at
-
- I myself use this program regularly and have not had any problems with it.
- I look forward to seeing the improved version and when I figure out the
- C source code for the old version I will be rewriting it in assembly (for
- maximum speed and ease of use).
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