Re: Use PC as 1541?

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From: msalomon
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 05:47

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Danne (daba@algonet.se) wrote:
: Is there a program that does the opposite of what Star Commander (and
: similar) can do? I.e. instead of reading/writing to a 1541, from the PC,
: why not use the same cable for connecting the C64 with the PC?

: First of all... is this possible? (everything's possible, but is it
: EASY to do?)
Possible: Yes! but (1) a c64 loader is required and (2) it would not work 
on full-disk games that use "direct" disk access.  The main uselessness I 
see is that most of the time, the games that don't work on the emulators are 
multi-disk or many-file game.  Too bad.

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