[CCTALK] Commodore 1541 Drive

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Wed May 15 19:47:39 2002

> I'm trying to get one, and wondering what success people have had with
> connecting them to a PC using "X-Cables" and "Star commander" to transfer
> data ( http://sta.c64.org/sc.html ).

I use it all the time and it works 100%. Great utility. SC likes older PCs
better due to motherboard and Windows issues (I run it on a 486DX/40 with
DOS 6), but it should work okay on most modern PCs fine.

> Also, is there any chance of making
> a 1541 read an Apple ][ disk? I know they both use GCR encodings for
> their disks, and it'd be really useful if I could read disks on my PC.

Completely different encoding format as others have explained. GCR is more
a philosophy than a true encoding standard.

That being said, since the 1541 is an intelligent peripheral I suppose you
could reprogram it to read Apple floppies, but this would require a lot of
work and is certainly beyond my non-white-hat-consciousness.

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