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From: mo@seismo.UUCP (Mike O'Dell)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: C64 interface details
Message-ID: <440@seismo.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-Dec-83 20:33:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  4 20:33:00 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Dec-83 22:55:06 EST
Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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I am now the proud owner of a C64 which I "came into" for next to nothing.
However, it is only the keyboard - no tape unit, no nothing.  I would
like to get it going for as close to nothing else as possible.  I have
the big, thick book with the schematics and have been looking at the
situation.  I think I can cobble up a tape recorder interface, but
without knowing more about the "real" one, I don't know whether 
it would be able to read tapes that I buy.  I would like to find
a source for such technical information.  I also already own a Microline 83A
printer which I would like to interface, again, building rather
than buying.  I heard a rumor that one of the rags published an article
on building a C64 serial bus interface for a parallel printer, but haven't
been able to find it.  Can anyone out there provide any information
on these areas, or pointers to sources?

Oh yes, one other question.  Doesn't anyone out there know how the HESWARE
FORTH64 implementation compares with others available for the C64.
One thing in its favor is that it plugs in as a cartridge, but other
than that, all I know is that it claims to be essentially FIGforth
and it costs about $45.  Can I do better than this??  I am interested
in forth as a way to do low-level programming (device control, etc)
without descending into the depths of 6502 assembler code.

	Any help appreciated,
	-Mike O'Dell