CBM 8032

From: Larry Anderson & Diane Hare <foxnhare_at_goldrush.com>
Date: Sun Jan 4 00:18:26 1998

>From: "Cliff Gregory" <cgregory_at_lrbcg.com>
>Subject: CBM 8032
>Anyone have a source for manuals/software for a CBM 8032 /8050 floppy >drive?
>Cliff Gregory
>cgregory_at_lrbcg.com

First try might be the PET archives at:

   http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/

After that I can offer you this:

 http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/petfaq.html
 http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/diskbasics.html
 http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/loadingbasics.html

Lastly check out the Commodore information on Jim Brain's Commodore site
(Caboom), which includes a PET www message SIG:

 http://www.jbrain.com/caboom/

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   Once you find software on-line - One of the real bummers is that the
8032 does not have an RS-232 port for easy communication (read: file
transfer via null-modem) nor is the 8050 drive compatible with any other
Commodore disk drive (like the 4040/2031 is compatible with the 1541
thus making it easy to get software to a 4040 by doing a null-modem to a
64 and writing with a 1541).

   Though I am not saying it is impossible; the PET does have a parallel
user port which is VERY easy to program. With a bit of coding knowledge
a few parts and soldering you could whip up a PET-to-Whatever connector
and the appropriate software for transferring files.

                  Larry Anderson
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