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In <3k84lt$lsr@thor.inlink.com>, radina@vulcan.inlink.com (Robert R. Radina) writes:
>ktra93@control.auc.dk wrote:
>: I would like to connect my PC to my Commodore 64 through a RS232-link.
>: Has anybody tried this before? Is there anything weird I should
>: know about doing this? For instance, what voltage levels does the
>: PC's serial port use (CBM64 uses TTL) ?
>
>: tia
>: ---
>: K Xoeterix
>: WWW: http://www-i8.auc.dk/~ktra93
>
>I didn't know the CBM64 had a serial port.  I know it has the "serial"
>disk-drive/printer daisy chain port, but I don't think this is RS232
>standard.  My best suggestion would be to connect them via a modem
>link.  I know, this would be slow but the CBM64 wouldn't be capable
>of much beyond 2400bps anyway.  It doesn't have a UART to handle the
>serial communications.  The modems for the CBM64 plugged into the 
>"parallel" port and the poor computer was stuck with tending to the
>port on a constant basis.  There weren't any interrupt driven serial
>port routines like on the PC.
>
>You may be able to do something with the expansion port (i.e. build 
>a card with a UART and then link it into the CBM64 via the expansion
>port) but this sounds extremely speculative, at best.
>
>There's a CBM64 "emulator" running around which runs on the PC.  You
>may want to check into if it might help you run/interpret/convert
>old data files to the PC.  I don't know much about it.  I think it's
>available via anonymous FTP from wuarchive.wustl.edu or perhaps
>ftp.cdrom.com.
>
>Good Luck.
>
>Robert R. Radina
>radina@vulcan.inlink.com
>St. Louis, MO
Acually there was a RS-232 interface for the C64 also there was still is a RS-232
interface with a Uart.. yes there are even C64 boards out there still running 14.4
modems..!