Re: Nibble copy for other formats?

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:11:19 PM UTC-5, osgeld 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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> > > 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

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  ;-)

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)

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.

-B