On Mon, Feb 22, 2016, drlegendre . wrote: > I do a fair amount of cross-C64 work, but all of it's on Linux.. here's > what I can tell you, much of which applies to MS/Win as well. > > First you need a method of reading the original C-64 floppy into a .D64 (or > other supported) image. This requires +four+ basic things - a PC, a 1541 > (or compatible) drive, a supporting software suite and one of the various > X-1541 cables. These days, with modern multi-tasking OSes, I'd suggest > using nothing but the XM-1541 cable design. These may be purchased, or, > with a little time & effort, built up by the DIY-er.
Does anyone know of a way, from Linux, to determine the particular species of one of those cables? I bought mine years ago and no longer remember which it is (and it isn't marked). I assume it's XM, since I'm sure I intended it for use in Linux when I bought it, but I'd like to be sure. > > The XM-1541 cable connects the CBM 1541 drive to the parallel port on the > PC. The software suite (I highly suggest OpenCBM!) acts as a userland > driver / utility suite, allowing you to read, write, format etc. original > SS/SD disks on the 1541 drive. Once you have successfully read images of > the disk(s), then it's up to you how you handle them.. Somewhere I picked up the idea that for that you would need a cable that connects, not only to the serial IEC port of the drive, but to a parallel port which you must DIY on the drive. Would someone mind chiming in here -- I don't understand how that would do anything other than making the transfer faster? I know that on the software side you specifically need nibbling tools, like mnib. > > If you have one of the SD-based systems, simply copy over the image to the > SD and you're good! I don't use SD card, just original 1541 & floppies, so > wouldn't have much help for that end of the process. But I'm sure it's very > well documented by the vendor of the SD-card drive hardware - right? =) The SD card devices all use Ingo Korb's SD2IEC software, as far as I know. The main source of documentation I know of is at <https://www.sd2iec.de/gitweb/?p=sd2iec.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD>. > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Feb 2016, Mike wrote: > > > >> Is there a way to copy a disk from a commodore floppy drive to a SD card > >> if so please enplane how it is done > >> > > > > You need a machine that supports both formats. Either add an SD card to a > > Commodore, or do appropriate special cabling and software to read the > > commodore disk on a PC. > > > > -- Eric Christopherson
