I’ve seen a couple of Commodore-related search queries hit lately, so I’m going to take a stroll down memory lane with two questions: Can you connect two computers to one single 1541 or 1571 disk drive? And what was the fastest Commodore modem?
All posts tagged 1541
Dredging up some old Commodore trivia
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 6, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/dredging-up-some-old-commodore-trivia/
Floppy disks for Commodore and other vintage computers
It’s been many years since 5.25-inch floppy disks suitable for Commodore, Apple, Atari, and other vintage 8-bit computers (not to mention IBM PCs and PC/XTs) have been something you can buy at the store down the street. I found some 360K DS/DD disks on Amazon, but they aren’t available in huge quantities.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 12, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/06/floppy-disks-for-commodore-and-other-vintage-computers/
Pack down 8-bit programs with Exomizer
Exomizer is a compression program for Commodore and other 8-bit computers. The compressed program still runs, but it takes up less space on disk. Decompressing takes some time, but usually less time than reading more data off a 1541 disk. And unlike native compression tools which sometimes take all night to run, Exomizer runs on [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 30, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/05/pack-down-8-bit-programs-with-exomizer/
Roll your own Retro-64
So an upstart company has licensed the Commodore name and unveiled an updated C-64, which is essentially a nettop in a 64-alike case with a 64-like keyboard. Reactions are extreme. People either love it or hate it. I’d like to have one, but I’m not paying $595 for a nettop. But it should be possible [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 9, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/04/roll-your-own-retro-64/
How to connect Commodore disk drives
Connecting a single drive to a Commodore C-64, 128, or VIC-20 is pretty easy: Plug a 6-pin serial cable from the port on the back of the computer to one of the two ports on the back of the drive. It doesn’t matter which port you use. The second port is for “daisy chaining” additional [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 15, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/12/how-to-connect-commodore-disk-drives/
Speeding up Openoffice
This week the usual sources were flooded with stories about how slow and bloated Openoffice is. I guess this came on the heels of the release of version 2.0; it’s never been much of a secret that Openoffice was big and slow. It’s descended from Staroffice, after all, and it was big and slow too.
Speedup tips ensued.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 28, 2005
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2005/10/speeding-up-openoffice/