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

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dougkalley@aol.com (DougKalley) wrote:

>>Also, as someone indicated, the Commodore serial port wasn't RS-232.
>>Implementing this on a dedicated RS-232 port wouldn't be feasible, but it
>
>If my memory is correct the c= output is a cut down IEEE-488. The 232 comes
out
>of the user port which isn't true 232C. Would it be easier run it out of a
>floppy i/o, the a2 to 1571 line would have to be changed I assume? If you have
>to code a program to do it I think that route makes more sense.

Good idea!  Can the Smartport be reprogrammed to run the Commodore
drives?  If serial is not sufficient, this is THE bidirectional parallel
interface
on the GS and the IIc & IIc+ (optional on the IIe).

It looks like if serial is not sufficient, the options are:

1) The SCSI port
2) The Smartport
3) The Game port
4) A whole new slot card