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to: PAUL EDWARDS
from: Rod Gasson
date: 1994-03-02 13:28:00
subject: c64 4 drive limit

Hi Paul,

 PE> I was always under the impression you
 PE> could only connect 4 1541 drives to the
 PE> C64.  Yet the CMD hard drive comes with a
 PE> default of device 12.  8, 9, 10, 11,
 PE> 12 makes 5.  Did I miss something?  BFN.

Dunno where you got that impression from.

My set up is currently.

8  -  1571
9  -  1571
10 -  1570
11 -  1541
12 -  CMD HD
13 -  CMD HD
14 -  CMD Ramlink

And I *occasionally* use my REU running RAMDOS as drive 15.

I have been told that the maximum # of drives that can be supported is
8. Any more than that causes buss loading, however, George Page (USA)
has a "travelling drive show" with something like 30 different drives
online at the same time.

Cheers
Rod
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