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From: allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Parallel transfer from IBM to C64
Summary: hard disk servers for c64?
Message-ID: <9835@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 89 18:17:16 GMT
References: <6907@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Organization: UT-Austin, Dept. of Chem. Engr
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In article <6907@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, nasa@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) writes:
> 
> Did anyone out there save the articles from COMPUTER SHOPPER that described
> a way to transfer files back and forth from an IBM-PC to a C64?  I recall
> they modified a PC parallel port and wrote software for the C64 USERPORT.
> 

I recall seeing on the newstand the article in Computer Shopper that
talked about making a parallel connection between a c64 and ibm-pc.  I
think it was Dec '86.  I'm surprised I haven't heard about other
similar attempts at high speed connection between a c64 and a server
computer.  With the cost of hard disks for the c64 I would think it
would almost justify the cost of a pc-clone just to use it as a file
server.  Has anybody else heard of products to create a server
environment between c64 and another machine with hard disk?

	Kevin Allred
	Department of Chemical Engineering
	The University of Texas at Austin
	Allred@cheme1.che.utexas.edu