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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!newsfeed.rice.edu!cs2.lamar.edu!rigney_ne
  2. From: rigney_ne@cs2.lamar.edu
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
  4. Subject: Re: IBM disk drive to C64
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec11.104254.1@cs2.lamar.edu>
  6. Date: 11 Dec 92 16:42:54 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: cs2.1992Dec11.104254.1
  8. References: <sheun.723468402@barney>
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  10. Nntp-Posting-Host: cs2.lamar.edu
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  12. > C64. What I want to know is whether it is possible to connect an IBM
  13. > disk drive (3.5 or 5.25 inch) directly to a C64, either through the user
  14. > port or cartridge port. 
  15.  
  16. I don't kknow if I'm correct, and I'm probably not, but isn't the controller
  17. REQUIRED for an IBM drive?  I thought also that after going through the
  18. controller the data ended up being in essentially parallel format.  That would
  19. b...difficult...on a C64.  I'm currently working on a parallel-type interface,
  20. and am having trouble with it...
  21.  
  22. -Cy
  23.