[Coco] The COCO vs The Apple II

[didier derny]

The commodore serial bus was hell, it was designed for a hardware handshake
But due to bugs in the hardware it was reverted at the latest minute to a software bit banging

I think that one of the latest disk drive made by commodore uses the original hardware scheme planned
(but only when connected to a C128).

You have all the details in http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864966/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420960262&sr=1-1&keywords=commodore+a+company+on+the+edge



-----Message d'origine-----
De : Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] De la part de Allen Huffman
Envoyé : dimanche 11 janvier 2015 01:05
À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Objet : Re: [Coco] The COCO vs The Apple II

> On Jan 10, 2015, at 11:39 AM, didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
> 
> You know in 1980 with a commodore 8000 with a disk unit 8050 you had all you need for many activities

I do recall the Commodore disk drive was a serial device slower than the CoCO cassette port or something like that. My advanced C64 friends had some kind of plug in cartridge to accelerate it, but others did not. I remember seeing this on a C64 game once:

PLEASE WAIT 3.5 MINUTES WHILE THE GAME LOADS

How far we have come :)

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