Ushabin Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I just got a Commodore 64C and of course it didn't come with a drive. I've got a 1571 in the deep recesses of my storage building that someone had given me. I'd like to use it since they were double sided (and I lost my disk notcher long ago ). Before I go to the trouble of digging the drive out of storage, I just want to make sure the 64C can use the 1571 in double-sided mode. I seem to recall that you could hook a 1571 up to the 64, but it would act like a 1541 (single sided). Thanks! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 By default, the 1571 will detect the slow serial port and fall into 1541 single-sided mode. However, you can still tell the drive to go into 1571 mode and use double sided disks. Just type: open15,8,15,"u0>m1":close15 Should you ever want to force it back to 1541 mode, type: open15,8,15,"u0>m0":close15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ushabin Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Cool, thanks! Guess I'll start digging for the 1571. I'll be looking for software too, so if anybody has any they want to sell or trade for Atari stuff (not that I have much more then a few spare commons), PM me. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.