ZIP DRIVE (Model: Iomega Z100SI (zipscsi100mb))

The Internal ZIP Drive can be set to any SCSI Device number from 0-6, so it can be an ADD-ON to the system or you can flick a switch to make it SCSI Device 0 and use it as a total replacement for the CMD Hard Drive. For other ways to connect ZIP Drives externally , CLICK HERE and all will be revealed.

ULTRAWIDE 68-Pin SCSI HD

In previous experiments, I used a 50-Pin to 68-Pin Converter, and then connected an Ultrawide 68-Pin 9GB SCSI HD as SCSI device 1,0 and retianed my 4GB Master SCSI HD as device 0,0. And that all works 100% ok.

But when I tried to use a 50-Pin to 68-Pin Converter, and connected an Ultrawide 68-Pin 9GB SCSI HD as SCSI device 0,0 , the CMD Controller will not find the Ultrawide HD.

CD BURNER (SCSI 50-Pin)

I have connected a Matsushita Panasonic 4x SCSI CD Burner to my C64 and it will read CD-R's and CD-RW's fine but no chance of Burning CD's. Firstly there is no software on the C64 to Burn CD's and secondly, the C64 cant transfer enough data to even satisfy the Burner running at 1x ( 1 SPEED).

JOYSTICK PORTS - I now have two on the front to make life easier, the tree on the back also still work so I leave a mouse in one most of the time.

DVD-ROM DRIVE (Model: HP )

The NEW Version of my Commodore 64 Tower now has a DVD-ROM Drive so I have 4.4GB of C64 games on one DVD. I was over the moon with excitement when I got this working on 25-10-2007

I used to use loads of CD's and after looking on my catalog I would search for a CD and then search the CD for a PRG file or a D64 image, but now I have everything in one place. In theory the limit of an 8 bit system is 4.04 GB (Gigabytes) but as we only access one file at a time, the size of the DVD is irrelivent. The only limit seems to be the Age & ability of the DVD Drive. I used a 50 Pin SCSI drive because it seems to work smoothly with the CMD HD SCSI Controller.

ISO STANDARD

Thanks to ISO standard, CD's & DVD's can be read by PC, MAC, AMIGA and now the Commodore 64. Which is great when you have a DVD full of PC file types, like WAV Audio or JPG Pictures as you can easily access them with a Commodore 64 using a CD or DVD Rom drive.

ULTRAWIDE 68-Pin SCSI CD-ROM DRIVE

In previous experiments, I used a 50-Pin to 68-Pin Converter, and then connected an Ultrawide 68-Pin SCSI CD-ROM Drive as SCSI device 1,0 but this did not work. So the CMD Controller is not compatible with Ultrawide CD ROMS and I would also assume that you will not be able to use a 68-Pin DVD ROM Drive.