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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Commodore 64 EMulator Cable
Message-ID: <13184@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jul 90 21:17:51 GMT
References: <11254@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <11254@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes:
> Just curious, but someone posted that go-64 and the Commodore Emulator II
> use only a cable to the parallel port to connect up a 1541 drive. I was
> just curious if anyone knew how they got a CABLE to handle the change over
> to the 64's deranged serial port. Or does the 1541 have a hidden connector
> somewhere.

The 8520's that implement the parallel port in the Amiga systems are closely
related to the 6526's that implement the serial bus in the C64, therefore
such "derangement" isn't difficult to accomodoate.

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