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Re: Nibble copy for other formats?
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:45:35 PM UTC-7, BLuRry wrote:
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> > > > On Monday, March 11, 2013 2:48:45 PM UTC-7, BLuRry wrote:
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> > > > > Is it possible to use an Apple // to make nibble copies of other 5.25 formats such as C64 disks? I'm asking simply because the options for connecting a C64 to a PC are crap compared to the simplicity and low-cost option offered by the Apple -- so if I could convert a C64 disk image to a NIB image and then use ADT Pro to create the actual disk it would simplify my life considerably.
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> > > > > (Sorry it's not a strictly apple 2 question)
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> > > > http://sta.c64.org/pc64.html
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> > > > A cable to interface with your PC and C64 isn't NOT hard to build, or use.
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> > > Yes, not hard to build if you have a PC with a parallel port. *ahem* Therein lies the problem. I think I'll resume my efforts to emulate the tape drive with a rpi at some point.
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> > http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=SY-PCI10004
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> If you can find a place for me to stick that in my laptop I would be much obliged. :-D I got rid of desktop computers from my house a year ago. Too bulky, too noisy, and I needed the physical room for other stuff. I have too many spare laptops as it is, I didn't need old slow PCs lying around, let alone things running windows that I didn't want to maintain. But as it turns out I actually might have a core 2 duo laptop with a parallel port now that I think about it. I had forgotten about it because it's just been sitting on a shelf as a minecraft server for the kids ;-)
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> Anyway back to my main contention: There are some good mid-range ($50-$100) options, but no low-cost options in the $0-$50 range like there are in the apple world (such as direct RS232, headphone cables, etc)
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> With parallel ports disappearing, it would be a shame to run out of options but if you can do something like this with a parallel port then you can do something like this with the GPIO pins of a Raspberry Pi, Arduino or TI Launchpad using level shifters or optocouplers.
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While I can understand not wanting computers lying around, if we all said that about Apple II's in the day, none of us would be here. So while you might stick with laptops, i have a few old computers around. But oddly enough, they sell parallel cards for computers. They do make parallel to usb converters, but have no idea if those work.
I don't care for my old macs, but i have them for network access to my IIgs, even though i have a microdrive in it.
Sometimes, you have to make sacrifices if you want to keep your old computers interfacing with your new computers.