>  RA> There are 2 of us here in Melb. that are looking at that very thing.

 > I'm the other one here.

& I'm the other, other one!  :)

 > be sent. If it's the load command then it would need to find the
 > file (wherever on the HD it is) and transfer it... The only hard
 > part is the timing...

I suggest that we might also have to do what the emulator writers are
doing, and that's to create a file which is a 15X1 disk image - this will
allow any direct access of the disk to be done, should any program want to.
 We could do this for drives 8 & 9, and make drives 10 - 30 just
directories on the PC?  Whadya reckon?

 >  RA> Rather than any special hardware and/or software, we propose to just
 >  RA> connect the PC's serial port to the C64's serial port, and have a

 > Well, the hardware part invloves a line level convertor
 > (similiar to an RS232 adapter) and the cable. We are trying not
 > to involve any special software on the 64 end...

Nor hardware, the PC connection will just be an extention to the CBM serial bus.

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