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Post by zilveruno on Oct 8, 2017 0:16:31 GMT
From when i was in school in the 80s, i can remember that we only had one floppy drive connected to 5 computers, now because i don´t have to mutch space, i would like to have a similer setup, i just don´t have any clue on how it was set up.
Any help on how it was don is welcome.
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Post by ken b on Oct 8, 2017 17:54:05 GMT
all that is needed is a version of a A-B switch
you can buy some pre made ones for a heafty price
or if you can solder and like to tinker, use a dirt cheap db9 switch box and solder up your own cables
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Post by mirkosoft on Oct 9, 2017 10:25:49 GMT
I have DCR and DTV.
I have in plan to create device switcher with DB9 ports to switch between.
I begin not yet for missing time.
I want to share uSD and IEC-ATA, and maybe 64HDD too.
DTV has uSD too and DCR of course 1571 - these can't be shared by my solution.
If anyone has idea how to share them too, let me know.
Miro
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Post by nonefornow on Oct 9, 2017 15:20:49 GMT
Well theoretically, and I am saying theoretically, because I have never tried, given that the C1571 drive has 2 serial port it should be OK to plug in at least 2 C128. Then with a Y splitter (M-2M) - or something like this store.go4retro.com/commodore-iec-disk-drive-y-cable/ one should be able to connect 4 C128 to a single disk drive. |
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Post by zilveruno on Oct 10, 2017 19:06:28 GMT
Thanks people, you have now given me some ideas, that ill look into, and when i in time finish my project, ill share what ever working solution i come up with.
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Post by bjonte on Oct 11, 2017 5:19:31 GMT
There was a device from Commodore that solved that problem. The Commodore 4015 VIC-Switch. 8 computers could share one drive.
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