bruce.vrieling@canremote.uucp (BRUCE VRIELING) (10/01/89)
I've been following the discussion concerning interfacing IBM harddrives
to a C64 for a while, and thought I'd throw in one of my experiences.
Specifically, while I was a member of QLink, I talked at length with one
of their Sysops (SYSOP PJ) who claimed to have put together a cartridge
to allow his C64 to talk to ST-506 (?) IBM drives. Apparently, he had
over 100K of banked-in ROM on his cartridge. For his own uses, he had a
95 MB HD he picked up at a local flee market.
When I talked to him, he indicated he did NOT want to market the board
because he felt the *ONLY* people who would find his board usefull would
be software pirates running pirate BBS's. I can see his point on this
matter, though I don't think we have quite the pirate problem as the
folks down south do (at least not by his descriptions).
Anyway, you may wish to get in touch with him about his board, as a last
resort. Maybe you can convince him to let you in on the details.
If he asks you who told you this, tell him TPUG SYSBV mentioned this to
you. I wonder what his responce will be....?
The reason I don't ask him myself, is that I left Qlink as the TPUG
SYSOP about 6 months ago. QLink is a great system, but their management
leaves ALOT to be desired. I wish you luck. Let me know if you get any
results.
(Now I just pray I send this message correctly...)
Bruce
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