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In article <44slm6$dic@prometheus.algonet.se>, Danne  <daba@algonet.se> wrote:
>tokken@cs.ruu.nl (Thomas Okken) wrote:
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>>I think it should be possible to let the PC emulate a real 1541. On the PC,
>>you would pick a disk image (.d64) file to use, and the 64 would be able to
>>access that image as though it were a real floppy in a real 1541. I see no
>>reason why direct-access and even fastloaders couldn't be made to work.
>>Hell, why not have the PC emulate *multiple* drives while you're at it?
>>All of this is technically possible. Thing is, it hasn't been done yet...
>
>Thanks! You seemed to be the only one really understanding my somewhat
>confusing question. The thing is, if there was a solution like this,
>there would be less required hardware! One C64, one cable and that's it!
>(...excluding the PC.) Someone looked further into this? Perhaps some
>half-done project laying around??

I had this exact idea a couple years ago when the first emulators came out.
Using the real 64 would be much more compatible than the emulators,
and the PC should be able to handle even full GCR, etc. emulation fast enough
for the Commodore (much easier than handling sound, sprites, etc. on the
emulator such that it takes >=P590 to run at 1x C64 speed for most things).
At that point, I made a PC parallel to C64 serial cable and set out to 
make it so.  I never got the timings to work correctly, so the only function
I could reliably handle was the reset line :-).  I suppose I shouldn't have
been a wimp and messed with Borland C and instead should have gone pure
assembly.  Anyway, I got tied up in classes and haven't done anything since.
My code was nothing to build off of.  However, I do have confidence that
such a scheme would work, and if someone else has already gotten a 
start on such a project, I would be interested in it and possibly working
on features for it.


Farewell-


Aaron