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From: wjr@utcs.UUCP (William Rucklidge)
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Subject: Re: Misc. Discussion 1541/2031/4040/2040
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 00:09:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 00:09:33 1984
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In article <3957@ucbvax.ARPA> dillon@ucbvax.ARPA (The Sherif "Matt D.") writes:
>                                               Why commodore used a modem-
> speed interface with an intelligent disk drive I could not guess.


I could: it's cheap. The cables are DIN 6-pin, and it requires only
a few bits of I/O. It may take a few more man-years to program, but
Commodore has made millions of VICs/C64s/1541s and even a dollar
saved per unit in hardware makes up for a lot of software overhead.
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