[Coco] The COCO vs The Apple II

[Nick Marentes]

On 11/01/2015 5:12 PM, didier derny wrote:
> 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
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> 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).
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> 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
>
>

A terrible disk drive system and a pathetic BASIC yet it's the number 1 
single selling model, 8 bit computer ever made.

Nick