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  • C128DCR: Switching off the internal drive

    From Martin Brunner@konigjh@tin.at to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 21:24:33
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    I have a 1541-Ultimate and sometimes would like to load things from there.

    So we decided to add a switch to the ATN-Line of the internal drive. It
    is now possible to switch it off.

    But demos like Goatlight, Comaland, Modern Love Classics or Games like
    Habitat still won't work.

    They will work if you use a tool called STFU for switching off the
    internal drive: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=160842

    However, I'd like to have a hardware switch. So where can i really
    switch the internal drive off, to make this demos work from the
    1451-Ultimate?
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  • From Pete Rittwage@rittwage@gmail.com to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, March 11, 2021 15:27:12
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3:24:34 PM UTC-5, Martin Brunner wrote:
    I have a 1541-Ultimate and sometimes would like to load things from there.

    So we decided to add a switch to the ATN-Line of the internal drive. It
    is now possible to switch it off.

    But demos like Goatlight, Comaland, Modern Love Classics or Games like Habitat still won't work.

    They will work if you use a tool called STFU for switching off the
    internal drive: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=160842

    However, I'd like to have a hardware switch. So where can i really
    switch the internal drive off, to make this demos work from the 1451-Ultimate?

    Probably you'd need to switch off one or more of the other lines, as the fast loaders may use them and interfere. CLK and DATA, maybe at last resort, RST.

    --
    Pete Rittwage
    https://c64preservation.com

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