>  RA>connect the PC's serial port to the C64's serial port, and have a
 >  RA>background job running to receive and interpret C64 disk commands.

 >  I'm interested in this kind of thing too. I suspect the
 > parallel port on the pc/amiga would be a better option. X1541
 > uses it very sucessfully. Maybe we should contact the author of
 > this prog for info? What I want is sort of the opposite of

That's been tried in the past, due to all the problems people have with
X1451.  He never answers.

 > X1541. Instead of the pc reading the 1541, the c64 should 'read'
 > the pc. But obviously it would be better if the pc/amiga
 > emulated a cmd HD and not just a 1541..

Then you're starting to get into writing an operating system at the PC end
- we just want something to do simple decoding of file requests from the 64
(at least initially).

 >  RA>Actually, my mate has an Amiga which he'd like to use, and I have 2
 >  RA>PCs.  We don't anticipate it being a major project, but time is in
 >  RA>rather short supply at present :(

 >  And I've got an old pc with 60megs of hard drive just waiting
 > for 64 programs (:

:)  After all, a cheap PC with hard disk is far cheaper than a CMD HD!

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