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- From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
- Subject: Re: 1541 disk drive cable
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.150409.3957@cco.caltech.edu>
- Keywords: 1541, disk, cable
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- References: <1992Sep7.164622.3220@cco.caltech.edu> <TJLTqB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:04:09 GMT
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- massive@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Massive Onslaught) writes:
-
- >If I am reading this correctly, then... you are incorrect. The cable that
- >connects the computer to the drive and drive to drive are the same...
-
- >It's a standard (well, Commodore 8 bit standard) 6 pin serial cable, and is
- >avialable at any C= deal, for about $6.. Although, the price varies on the
- >length, abviously...
-
- >-Massive
- >massive@lakes.trenton.sc.us
-
- Actually, I guess I didn't make myself clear. Yes, I was saying that the
- cable to connect two disk drives together is the same as the one you use to
- connect it to the computer. While I realize that it is a standard for
- Commodore 8 bits, I was not sure if it was an _industry_ standard cable that
- you could get at any old electronics store. (A lot of the CBM "standards" are
- non-standard: RS-232 port, keyboard, character set, disk format, ....)
-
- -Rob
- rknop@cco.caltech.edu
-