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thunderbird800 posted 15-11-2000 06:11 PM GMT
Does anyone know how to use files in formats such as .d64 on an actual Commodore?
Mayhem posted 16-11-2000 10:21 AM GMT
You need a X1541 or XE1541 cable, a spare disc drive and a parallel port on your PC, plus some transfer software such as Star Commander. Goto here for more info:
http://sta.c64.org
Where you can get the software (they wrote SC) and either be shown how to build the cable or buy one from them (about $10).
You connect the disc drive to the PC using the cable. Then you use the software to transfer the binary image from the PC over onto a real 5.25" disc in the disc drive. Works great for me! It will also work for making .d64 files from real discs too.
iain posted 17-11-2000 10:55 AM GMT
Yeap, I've transferred a few .d64 images to ral C64 disks, works great, and it's brilliant to be able to play them on a real C64 as well (although I haven't done that in a couple of years..)

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Author	Topic: I still use a C64
thunderbird800	posted 15-11-2000 06:11 PM GMT Does anyone know how to use files in formats such as .d64 on an actual Commodore?
Mayhem	posted 16-11-2000 10:21 AM GMT You need a X1541 or XE1541 cable, a spare disc drive and a parallel port on your PC, plus some transfer software such as Star Commander. Goto here for more info: http://sta.c64.org Where you can get the software (they wrote SC) and either be shown how to build the cable or buy one from them (about $10). You connect the disc drive to the PC using the cable. Then you use the software to transfer the binary image from the PC over onto a real 5.25" disc in the disc drive. Works great for me! It will also work for making .d64 files from real discs too.
iain	posted 17-11-2000 10:55 AM GMT Yeap, I've transferred a few .d64 images to ral C64 disks, works great, and it's brilliant to be able to play them on a real C64 as well (although I haven't done that in a couple of years..)