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I was hoping to acquire a C2N, since that's a pretty common and accepted normal thing to have with a C64. But instead I had a 1531 turn up! This is the drive for a TED-based Commodore 8-bit, thus won't plug into my 64. Has anyone got an adapter to suit since such a thing was apparently a standard Commodore part, or schematics for building an adapter?

Have a look here

http://c8d.cbm8bit.com/cassadapt.php

Opps sorry its the PC interface

Carcenomy wrote:I was hoping to acquire a C2N, since that's a pretty common and accepted normal thing to have with a C64. But instead I had a 1531 turn up! This is the drive for a TED-based Commodore 8-bit, thus won't plug into my 64. Has anyone got an adapter to suit since such a thing was apparently a standard Commodore part, or schematics for building an adapter?

Just found this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/vint ... 383861.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/vint ... 383040.htm
maybe cheaper than and interface
Chances are you will have to repair them as I seem to remember two going as a pair just recently , Also the sticker inside where the tape goes was a common place to mark a faulty on, as I was tempted myself, but settled on the two Webbles had for sale.

Yeah could be worth doing. The 1531 looks so much tidier though, with its sexy charcoal exterior

Carcenomy wrote:Yeah could be worth doing. The 1531 looks so much tidier though, with its sexy charcoal exterior

Can black spray paint or swap the guts

Yeah true. I don't have any cassette media at this stage anyway, so it's absolutely not an issue yet.

VHT vinyl dye works awesome for recolouring plastics too - I got a standard old Amiga external floppy for my CDTV and dyed it black, rather than trying to locate the incredibly uncommon CDTV-specific unit

Carcenomy wrote:I got a standard old Amiga external floppy for my CDTV and dyed it black, rather than trying to locate the incredibly uncommon CDTV-specific unit

The real ones sure do look purty though

A CDTV keyboard and the trackball would be better investments though, then it would be a really useful machine