Re: Commodore drives can be controlled on Apple II serial!

[dougkalley@aol.com (DougKalley)]

>Do you think it is possible to control a serial drive like the 1571
>using ProTerm or Spectrum?  Can code be uploaded to the 1571
>using these terminal programs and the 1571 then controlled using
>macros?  It may be too much to ask to have a program written
>for the 1571's processor that can act as an interface for a terminal
>program, I know, but there is a computer in there...


No, you don't want to bother talking to a drive via terminal emulation. You
wouldn't be able to send the required data with ProTerm. You would have to
write a driver for 1571.


dougk