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- From: tonyp@wizvax.wizvax.net (Tony Postmayer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1540 with C=64?
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 16:48:11 GMT
- Organization: Wizvax Communications, Troy, N.Y. 12180 USA
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- > Gs> I've acquired a VIC 1540 single drive from someone who couldn't get
- > Gs> it to work with their C=64. Can anyone advise me what I'd need to do
- > Gs> to get the 1540 to work with MY C=64 :-) (some kind of upgrade needed,
- > Gs> presumably?)
- >
- No problem, just replace the high (e000-ffff) ROM with one from a
- 1541. Or you could poke the screen off every time you want to access
- the drive ;)
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- Be advised these drives are real disk eaters. Don't ever power it on
- or off with a disk inserted.
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- Tony -
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