Commodore Drive connected to Ethernet

[Ihavenousername]

On one of my favorite websites, I came across a modified Commodore disk drive which had been modded to have an Ethernet jack in the back.

But, the only problem is, the person who made it doesn't give any information about how they did it or what it does exactly. But I would love to figure out what it does with the ethernet jack and how to do it.

The drive is used with a C64, not a VIC. But I assume that if something like that could be done with the C64, it could be done with the VIC. Or at least something close to it could be done with the VIC.

I was also wondering if, with a lot of modification, an old Commodore dial-up modem could some how be rebuilt to use Ethernet. I'm pretty sure that it would take a very long time, and a lot of programing and building. And it would have to overcome the fact that dial-up modems and ethernet modems connect to the internet in very different ways. But it seems like there would be some way to do it.

A link to the drive

[gklinger]

Oh, that. It's a load of BS.

[6502dude]

On one of my favorite websites, I came across a modified Commodore disk drive which had been modded to have an Ethernet jack in the back.

This is really, really funny.

The guy appears to have simple used CAT5 cable and RJ45 jacks in place of standard iEC serial cable.

But, the only problem is, the person who made it doesn't give any information about how they did it or what it does exactly.

This is likely because he hasn't got a clue what difference is between layer 1 & layer 2 is or have the foggiest notion what 802.11 protocol is, or what an ethernet frame looks like.

The notion of encapsulating serial data from 6526 within Ethernet frames (and further adding to overhead) is really stupid.

was also wondering if, with a lot of modification, an old Commodore dial-up modem could some how be rebuilt to use Ethernet.

You could use the plastic enclosure. That's just about all that would be useful.