1541 board in a 1541C drive possible?
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1541 board in a 1541C drive possible?
Will this work if I just swap over the roms?
No need to swap ROMs; the 1541 and 1541C ROMs are identical AFAIK. But depending on the type of mechanism in the drive the 1541 board may not be compatible anyway.
Bacon
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True, at least for some 151Cs. The two 1541Cs I have owned had identical internals to the 1541, only the drive mechanism differed – they had the newer mech with a lever on the front.matsondawson wrote:Really? But the 1541C has a zero track detector... This wont be in the 1541 roms.
Later 1541C drives had a revised board with one 16K ROM instead of the two 8K ROMs in the older model, as well as the zero track sensor. Or am I completely wromg on this?
Bacon
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Das rubbernecken Sichtseeren keepen das cotton-pickenen Hands in die Pockets muss; relaxen und watschen die Blinkenlichten.
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Das rubbernecken Sichtseeren keepen das cotton-pickenen Hands in die Pockets muss; relaxen und watschen die Blinkenlichten.
I am sort of fuzzy on the issue, but I thought only the 1570 and 1571 had zero-track detectors. I had thought the 1541-II had it, but someone told me it didn't.Bacon wrote:True, at least for some 151Cs. The two 1541Cs I have owned had identical internals to the 1541, only the drive mechanism differed – they had the newer mech with a lever on the front.matsondawson wrote:Really? But the 1541C has a zero track detector... This wont be in the 1541 roms.
Later 1541C drives had a revised board with one 16K ROM instead of the two 8K ROMs in the older model, as well as the zero track sensor. Or am I completely wromg on this?
As for the 1541C - it was my impression it was just a 1541 made to match the C64C and was internally identical.
Of course, I'd love to know the real deal if I'm wrong.
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