Compatibile?

[airship]

Well, of course I took the US-centric point of view. :ironisk:

Yes, cassettes were and are very popular in Australia, Europe, and South America. But here in the States they didn't get much use. It's too bad, really, because they can store a TON of data, and with tape speedup routines they can read and write sequential files almost as fast as a stock 1541. Judging from the number of zero-page addresses allocated to it, and the special register built into the CPU that's partially dedicated to cassette motor control, it seems that Commodore thought tape was important, too.

Since the best tape speedups blanked the VIC for a 20% or so speed increase anyway, it makes me wonder how fast you could get tape to work on a C128 in VDC 2MHz mode using custom read/write routines? What if you jacked up the voltage to the dc drive motor a bit? Or maybe wired up a 15ips reel-to-reel in its place?

[Guest]

Well, of course I took the US-centric point of view. :ironisk:

Yes, cassettes were and are very popular in Australia, Europe, and South America. But here in the States they didn't get much use. It's too bad, really, because they can store a TON of data, and with tape speedup routines they can read and write sequential files almost as fast as a stock 1541. Judging from the number of zero-page addresses allocated to it, and the special register built into the CPU that's partially dedicated to cassette motor control, it seems that Commodore thought tape was important, too.

Since the best tape speedups blanked the VIC for a 20% or so speed increase anyway, it makes me wonder how fast you could get tape to work on a C128 in VDC 2MHz mode using custom read/write routines? What if you jacked up the voltage to the dc drive motor a bit? Or maybe wired up a 15ips reel-to-reel in its place?

Whenever I hear stuff like this I think of one thing: Coleco Adam.  Probably the best computer to have a single device torpedo it, the tape drive of the Adam is quite possibly the most important example of why tape is (always has been, always will be) a very bad thing.

[swordfish1030]

OK, first, if you want to speed up your 1581 then you should get JiffyDOS 6.01 for your 128 and 1581 (and 1571, too).  Not only does it speed it up in 128 mode, but it really makes it sing in 64 mode where there are very few fast loaders for the 1581.

Next, you can use OpenCBM to transfer files to/from the 1581 (but not disk images) using an XM1541 or XA1541 (recommended) cable.  I am the maintainer of the GUI4CBM4WIN software which is a GUI that uses the OpenCBM tools (OpenCBM's tools are all command line based).  

If you are willing to reboot with a DOS disk you can also use StarCommander with your 1581 using any of the X1541 style cables.

Not to sound rude, but where the heck do I buy a working Jiffy Dos V6.01 for the C128, with the swith option I NEED ONE!!!!!:buga:

[Guest]

Maurice Randall is not very good at shipping most things, but JiffyDOS is something that he's actually very reliable with shipping.  It takes him almost no time to fill an order of JiffyDOS.  I've bought a couple of sets from him over the last few years (last order was about 1 year ago) and they have arrived quickly.


If you are not willing to risk an order with Maurice, then there are people "around" that will burn various U/V sensitive devices that supposedly can store binary images of files that are easily found on the Internet....

[bacon]

I ordered JiffyDOS for the VIC 20 18 months ago and haven't recieved it yet. Maurice hasn't even answered my emails.

Going back a few years, I did recieve my orders for a Turbo 232, cartridge port expander, two sets of C128/1541 JiffyDOS, and Buddy 128 Assembler. But that was before he started acting like he's done the last ~2 years.