IEEE-488 and Commodore (was: GP-IB)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Tue Feb 17 11:31:40 1998

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Jeff Kaneko wrote:

> Pardon me if I ask a stupid question, but If they were going to
> implement a high-speed serial bus for the C64/VIC/1541's, why would
> they use a device that was primarily designed for PARALLEL
> operation?
>
> It seems that a 6850/6851 ACIA would have been much more appropriate,
> and would have not been such a software mess.

If computer holy war zealots knew the story behind this Commodore debacle
back in the 80's when the flames were at their highest temperatures, the
anti-C64 contingent would have had a field day.

Oh well, you gotta love it.

PS. So the Commodore did suck after all ;)

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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