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- From: rreed@cei.net (Robert Reed)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: A Hacker's Question..
- Date: 1 Jan 1996 20:57:09 GMT
- Organization: World Lynx
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- Chip Pieroni (ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net) wrote:
-
- : >
- : >Err, well if you are VERY lucky yes, but that line is missing on almost all
- : >UK C64's from about 1983 onwards (and even some of the 1982 ones!)
- : >The line itself still exists but is used to send reset pulses to the devices
- : >on the serial daisy chain.
- : >
-
- Actually, I have had luck with this. As far as I'm aware, it works with 64's
- other than the 64C. The 64 I've done it on is a "newer" 64, where clearing the
- screen changes the foreground character colors to be the current character color,
- rather than the VIC background color.
-
- Grounding pin 2 by connecting it to pin 6 does the trick. I plugged an extra
- cable into the drive, and used a screwdriver, but a switch is probably a better
- idea.
-
- Russell Reed
- Decomp/Style
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