• XM1541 cable issues with HDD64 and SC

    From Harry Potter@3:770/3 to All on Sun Aug 6 12:19:42 2017
    Hi! I just got a XM1541 parallel cable in the mail at my mother's house and am
    having problems using it. Under HDD64, a directory load locked up the system--until I turned off the real 1541 drive. SC either said I couldn't use CBM drives or said it
    couldn't access the drive. I'm going home later this afternoon, so I won't be able to do anything for a while, but any ideas would be appreciated. BTW, it's
    a parallel cable, but I'm not quite sure which one.

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  • From Pekka Takala@3:770/3 to Harry Potter on Mon Aug 7 06:54:39 2017
    On 06.08.2017 22:19, Harry Potter wrote:
    Hi! I just got a XM1541 parallel cable in the mail at my mother's
    house and am having problems using it. Under HDD64, a directory load
    locked up the system--until I turned off the real 1541 drive. SC
    either said I couldn't use CBM drives or said it couldn't access the
    drive. I'm going home later this afternoon, so I won't be able to do anything for a while, but any ideas would be appreciated. BTW, it's
    a parallel cable, but I'm not quite sure which one.

    The XM1541 cable is just a serial cable, but it attaches into parallel
    port of the machine. There is four schottky diodes inside, and xm cable
    is meant to support multitask. It works fine with SC, but not with
    64HDD. It will work fine under cbm4linux or opencbm.

    Also 64hdd does not support XM cable. It must be XE cable, that is same
    as XM but two wires exchanged.

    64HDD uses number 8 normally. If there is a cbm device with number 8 on
    line, they will mix each other and wont of course work. So change the
    64hdd to device 9 and so on if you want to use standard 1541 on line.

    If you want to use SC with the 1541, DISCONNECT the c64 from line. If
    connected it will not work.

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  • From Grant Weasner@3:770/100 to Harry Potter on Mon Aug 7 18:13:35 2017
    and am having problems using it. Under HDD64, a directory load locked
    up the system--until I turned off the real 1541 drive. SC either said I

    What the system got locked up do you mean the red light was flashing on the drive?

    If so did you run any code to determine the cause of the error?

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  • From Harry Potter@3:770/3 to Pekka Takala on Mon Aug 7 05:12:19 2017
    On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 11:54:46 PM UTC-4, Pekka Takala wrote:
    The XM1541 cable is just a serial cable, but it attaches into parallel
    port of the machine. There is four schottky diodes inside, and xm cable
    is meant to support multitask. It works fine with SC, but not with
    64HDD. It will work fine under cbm4linux or opencbm.

    I'm not totally sure what cable I have, but I got it from the maker of 64hdd.

    Also 64hdd does not support XM cable. It must be XE cable, that is same
    as XM but two wires exchanged.


    64HDD uses number 8 normally. If there is a cbm device with number 8 on
    line, they will mix each other and wont of course work. So change the
    64hdd to device 9 and so on if you want to use standard 1541 on line.

    I'm using device 9 for the connection.

    If you want to use SC with the 1541, DISCONNECT the c64 from line. If connected it will not work.

    Is turning off the C64C good enough?

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  • From Harry Potter@3:770/3 to Grant Weasner on Mon Aug 7 05:15:51 2017
    On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 2:14:21 AM UTC-4, Grant Weasner wrote:
    What the system got locked up do you mean the red light was flashing on the drive?

    If so did you run any code to determine the cause of the error?

    I read the directory of the 64HDD connection from BASIC, and the computer displayed the printed the usual SEARCHING message then stopped responding. The
    1541 was still connected. I turned it off and got a FILE NOT FOUND errror. :(

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  • From Pekka Takala@3:770/3 to Harry Potter on Mon Aug 7 15:42:41 2017
    On 07.08.2017 15:12, Harry Potter wrote:
    On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 11:54:46 PM UTC-4, Pekka Takala wrote:
    The XM1541 cable is just a serial cable, but it attaches into parallel
    port of the machine. There is four schottky diodes inside, and xm cable
    is meant to support multitask. It works fine with SC, but not with
    64HDD. It will work fine under cbm4linux or opencbm.

    I'm not totally sure what cable I have, but I got it from the maker of 64hdd.

    Then it should be OK. What kind of computer are you using with the cable (laptop, desktop)? Are you using usb -> parallel converter? Is the cable connected to motherboard LPT or a daughterboard LPT? In what mode the
    LPT port is?

    Also 64hdd does not support XM cable. It must be XE cable, that is same
    as XM but two wires exchanged.


    64HDD uses number 8 normally. If there is a cbm device with number 8 on
    line, they will mix each other and wont of course work. So change the
    64hdd to device 9 and so on if you want to use standard 1541 on line.

    I'm using device 9 for the connection.
    OK. Check also that there is _no_ 64 hdd device on device 8.

    If you want to use SC with the 1541, DISCONNECT the c64 from line. If
    connected it will not work.

    Is turning off the C64C good enough?

    It should be, but you are on safe side if you disconnect it.


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  • From Harry Potter@3:770/3 to Pekka Takala on Mon Aug 7 07:42:18 2017
    On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 8:42:48 AM UTC-4, Pekka Takala wrote:
    I'm not totally sure what cable I have, but I got it from the maker of
    64hdd.

    Then it should be OK. What kind of computer are you using with the cable (laptop, desktop)? Are you using usb -> parallel converter? Is the cable connected to motherboard LPT or a daughterboard LPT? In what mode the
    LPT port is?

    Motherboard. I think enhanced.

    I'm using device 9 for the connection.
    OK. Check also that there is _no_ 64 hdd device on device 8.

    There is none.

    Is turning off the C64C good enough?

    It should be, but you are on safe side if you disconnect it.

    I did that. Or I think I did that.

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