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2006-04-20 16:05
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
setting up help wanted

hi,
ive just got myself a 1541-II disk drive and an xe-1541 transfer cable and the star commander software.

can anyone help me set it up to my pc or does anyone know of a really easy guide to help me do this

thanks


maestro
2006-04-20 16:11
A3

Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 362
Tried this one?

http://sta.c64.org/
2006-04-20 18:05
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5095
star commander will most likely not work under xp and modern pc hardware. get yourself a 486 and try with that.
2006-04-20 18:35
CreaMD

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3058
OR install a DOS on free particion and boot to DOS ;-)
2006-04-20 19:18
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5095
ultimate boot cd might help to boot into dos, without having a dos partition, google for it, its free. dunno how much xe-1541 is compatible with new parallel ports, you should read the star commander faq.
2006-04-20 19:49
Devia

Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 403
In any case you can convert your XE1541 to an XM1541 cable by swapping pins 5 and 6 in the DIN plug. With the XM cable you can use CBM4WIN from XP/W2K. ..or CBM4Linux on, well.. not windows obviously! :-P
2006-04-21 05:01
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
swapping pins 5 and 6?? is this easy to do??
2006-04-21 08:25
Steppe

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510
It's a five minutes job, even if you have two left hands (like me). ;-)
2006-04-21 09:27
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
ok steppe then tell me how to do it then please!!!
2006-04-21 10:31
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
or give me a link with some pictures please
2006-04-21 11:58
Steppe

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510
http://sta.c64.org/xm1541c3.html
2006-04-21 17:36
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
hmm this is strange my cable only has 5 wires??? it should have 6 shouldnt it?? bahhh i cant do this as this cable doesnt have a cable on pin 5???

looks like i have a dodgy cable

2006-04-21 18:23
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
steppe did all 6 pins have cables going to them?? if so mine is no good
2006-04-21 18:25
Shake

Posts: 134
maestro, where did you get this cable and what pins are connected? din -- parallel
could it be pin1 is not connected? (it's mirrored to pin5)

http://sta.c64.org/xe1541.png
2006-04-21 18:40
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
i got the cable from a power seller on ebay who sells these cables all the time apparently

pins 1,2,3,6,4 are connected at the round (din) end

pin 5 has no cable what so ever
2006-04-21 19:30
maestro

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 729
woohooooooo!!!!! thanx shake

job done its now detecting my drive

now i should be able to start transferring

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