jrw@bpdsun1.uucp (Jon Wahlmann) (09/26/89)
I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in facilitating the transfer. I have numerous files, mostly ascii, that I would like to move over to my Amiga. I am planning on parting with my C128 as soon as I can get some software ported over to the Amiga that is currently only running on the 128. I hope to put out a call for offers on my system within the next couple of months, once I have transfered any necessary files over to my 2000. Thanks for any help. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan R. Wahlmann Harris Corp - Broadcast Div - Quincy, IL (W) (217) 222-8200, x3619 quintro!bpdsun1!jrw@lll-winken.llnl.gov (H) (217) 224-6918 uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!jrw
jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey) (09/28/89)
In article <1989Sep26.130937.8728@bpdsun1.uucp>, jrw@bpdsun1.uucp (Jon Wahlmann) writes: > > I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting > a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the > necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any > transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in > facilitating the transfer. > > I have numerous files, mostly ascii, that I would like to move over to > my Amiga. I am planning on parting with my C128 as soon as I can get > some software ported over to the Amiga that is currently only running > on the 128. I hope to put out a call for offers on my system within > the next couple of months, once I have transfered any necessary files > over to my 2000. > > Jon > (W) (217) 222-8200, x3619 quintro!bpdsun1!jrw@lll-winken.llnl.gov > (H) (217) 224-6918 uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!jrw I do a lot of this. The absolutely easiest thing for you to do is to get the ReadySoft C64 Emulator II which comes with a speecial cable that connects a standard 1541 type disk drive to the Amiga Parallel port. There is a program included called "Transfer" that will read and write to and from the 1541, even does PetSCII to Ascii conversion if requested. It works perfectly, I've transferred many Megabytes with it. The C64 Emulator itself bites the big one, but the cable and Transfer program are worth the price. -- Jim Harvey | "Ask not for whom the bell Michigan Bell Telephone | tolls and you will only pay 29777 Telegraph | Station-to-Station rates." Southfield, Mich. 48034 | ulysses!gamma!mibte!jbh
jenglish@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Jim English) (09/29/89)
In article <1989Sep26.130937.8728@bpdsun1.uucp> jrw@bpdsun1.UUCP (Jon Wahlmann) writes: > >I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting >a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the >necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any >transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in >facilitating the transfer. > What I did, was to simply hook the two computers together via RS232. I ran a terminal program on each computer, and Xmodem'd the files across. It was slow, but it worked. -- Jim English MD-IPC | JENGLISH@F74.TYMNET.COM or jenglish@tardis.tymnet.com (214)637-7406 Dallas | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jenglish
marco@hprnd.HP.COM (Marco Gonzalez) (09/30/89)
>I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting >a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the >necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any >transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in >facilitating the transfer. On the C-64/128 side, you will need an RS-232 interface (JAMECO electronics sells one) and with a normal RS-232 cable and two terminal programs (one for ecah computer) you can do this. I don't have terminal programs(s) for C-64/128, so I used BASIC on both machines to write a little (very little) and simple program to do this chore. Good luck! Marco Gonzalez