d64it - I am having troubles...

I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it for use on the real hardware. My process is: 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY (to write to 1581 formatted disk) 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the 1581 (drive 9). When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track is processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if the drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 directory is all hosed up. Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? I would prefer to just copy the d64 images to a DOS disk, use WCOPY to read them and copy to my CMD HD, and then have d64it read/write only on the hard drive (source subdirectory to 1541 destination partition)... anyone got a procedure for doing this without problems? Thanks! -Jeff -- ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128!

Hello Jeff, I believe the 64 version might have had some trouble once when I was using 1 1581 that was set as device number 11. I would double check that the drives you are working with are configured as devices 8 and 9. Also, make sure that you you freshly format the 1541 disk that you will be using before you start the process. On occassion, this will help. If by chance you are using a 1571 drive, make sure that it is in 1541 mode. Otherwise, I can't see any reason that you would be having trouble unless there is something wrong with the D64 archive you are extracting. It's been a while since I used the 64 version. I usually use the 128 version which seems to have no problems when working with devices up to 11. It may support other device numbers as well, I just haven't tried higher numbers. Also, I have used this program with JiffyDOS enabled, so that should not be your problem. In addition, I have used a FD-2000, 1581, CMD HD, and RAMLink as a source for the archive. So you shouldn't have any problem using the 1581. Let us know how it goes. Michael Hunter mhunter@videocam.net.au Dr. Video <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > for use on the real hardware. > My process is: > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > 1581 (drive 9). > When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track is > processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen > where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if the > drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. > The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 > directory is all hosed up. > Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS > installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? > I would prefer to just copy the d64 images to a DOS disk, use WCOPY to read > them and copy to my CMD HD, and then have d64it read/write only on the hard > drive (source subdirectory to 1541 destination partition)... anyone got a > procedure for doing this without problems? > Thanks! > -Jeff > -- > ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 > * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128!

Is this about transferring .D64 files from a pc to an attached Commodore disk drive throug a X cable? <mhunter@vcsweb.com> wrote in message news:c6jur8$upd$1@vcsweb.com... > Hello Jeff, > > I believe the 64 version might have had some trouble once when I was using > 1 1581 that was set as device number 11. > > I would double check that the drives you are working with are configured > as devices 8 and 9. > > Also, make sure that you you freshly format the 1541 disk that you will be > using before you start the process. On occassion, this will help. > > If by chance you are using a 1571 drive, make sure that it is in 1541 > mode. > > Otherwise, I can't see any reason that you would be having trouble unless > there is something wrong with the D64 archive you are extracting. > > It's been a while since I used the 64 version. I usually use the 128 > version which seems to have no problems when working with devices up to > 11. It may support other device numbers as well, I just haven't tried > higher numbers. > > Also, I have used this program with JiffyDOS enabled, so that should not > be your problem. In addition, I have used a FD-2000, 1581, CMD HD, and > RAMLink as a source for the archive. So you shouldn't have any problem > using the 1581. > > Let us know how it goes. > > Michael Hunter > mhunter@videocam.net.au > > > Dr. Video <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > > for use on the real hardware. > > > My process is: > > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY > > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > > 1581 (drive 9). > > > When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track is > > processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen > > where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if the > > drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. > > The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 > > directory is all hosed up. > > > Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS > > installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? > > > I would prefer to just copy the d64 images to a DOS disk, use WCOPY to read > > them and copy to my CMD HD, and then have d64it read/write only on the hard > > drive (source subdirectory to 1541 destination partition)... anyone got a > > procedure for doing this without problems? > > > Thanks! > > -Jeff > > > -- > > ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 > > * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128! > >

Dr. Video wrote: > My process is: > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > 1581 (drive 9). > > When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track is > processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen > where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if the > drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. > The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 > directory is all hosed up. > > Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS > installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? Sure you can try to turn this off and see, don't you? Other than that I see no reason why shouldn't it work. I used d64it to transfer .d64s back and forth between the harddisk and 1541 without problems so the 1581 should be even more secure. I may verify it tomorrow though. In any case I would check two things first: 1. Turn off JiffyDOS (although I wouldn't bet on it being the cause) 2. The reliability of the transfer from the PC. I would e.g. transfer it two ways and checked the resulting file in an emulator.

"Koen De Brabander" <koen.de.brabander1@pandora.be> wrote in message news:Ulfjc.87618$kb.5558304@phobos.telenet-ops.be... > Is this about transferring .D64 files from a pc to an attached Commodore > disk drive throug a X cable? No, I am trying to transfer from a 1581 containing a d64 image file to a 1541. I always fresh format the disk, and for sure the device #'s are correct. I will try a different d64 image, maybe it is corrupt and this is the problem. It's an image of Supercard V5 I downloaded of some ftp site with Internet Explorer. -- ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128!

"Dr. Video" <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote ... > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > for use on the real hardware. > > My process is: > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > 1581 (drive 9). Your problem could be in step 2. Not sure I understood what you wrote, but if you convert the .d64 to a .d81, there is no way that a .d81 will fit on a 1541 disk. Try copying the .d64 to your 1581 disk as a .d64 file, then run d64it on that file. (If I am wrong, you have permission to flame me!) -- Best regards, Sam Gillett Change is inevitable, except from vending machines!

In article <4Ndjc.12$ph.6@fed1read07>, Dr. Video <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote: >1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) >2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY >(to write to 1581 formatted disk) >3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the >1581 (drive 9). >The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 >directory is all hosed up. I don't know if d64it remembers to send "I0", so you could try to send that to 1541 to force reread of the directory. OPEN15,8,15,"I0":CLOSE15 (With gunzip.c64 the decompression of a fairly large d64.gz from 1581 file ->1541 disk takes 9:45. If you have c128, 1581 and 1570, gunzip.128 takes 6:15. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~albert/Dev/gunzip/) -Pasi -- "Thom was right. A man could go crazy trying to understand women, of any nation and any station in life." -- Perrin Aybara in The Wheel of Time:"The Shadow Rising"

silverdr wrote: > Dr. Video wrote: > > >> My process is: >> >> 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) >> 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and >> 1581COPY >> (to write to 1581 formatted disk) >> 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive >> as the >> 1581 (drive 9). >> >> When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each >> track is >> processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the >> screen >> where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as >> if the >> drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head >> movement. >> The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 >> directory is all hosed up. >> >> Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS >> installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? > > > Sure you can try to turn this off and see, don't you? Other than that I > see no reason why shouldn't it work. I used d64it to transfer .d64s back > and forth between the harddisk and 1541 without problems so the 1581 > should be even more secure. I may verify it tomorrow though. I did check this. Transfer from 1581 based .d64 to the 1541 works without any problems here. No JiffyDOS though (I use Dolphin). > > In any case I would check two things first: > > 1. Turn off JiffyDOS (although I wouldn't bet on it being the cause) > 2. The reliability of the transfer from the PC. I would e.g. transfer it > two ways and checked the resulting file in an emulator. One more question: You did format the 1541 disk before the transfer, didn't you? d64it doesn't format the disk for you. You know that, right?

I would Highly recommend Getting a XE1541 cable and A program called StarCommander. With it you can move single programs or entire .D64 images over to any Drive 1541,1571,1581. I've been doing this for years, and it was well worth the 16.99 I paid for the cable, and software on E-bay. You can also format the disks on your Ibm At warp speed instead of on your c-64. -- From The Desk Of Mr.FixIt At WWW.THERUSTYRABBIT.COM Serving The Vw Community Since 2002 "Dr. Video" <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4Ndjc.12$ph.6@fed1read07... > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > for use on the real hardware. > > My process is: > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and 1581COPY > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > 1581 (drive 9). > > When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track is > processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen > where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if the > drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. > The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 > directory is all hosed up. > > Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS > installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? > > I would prefer to just copy the d64 images to a DOS disk, use WCOPY to read > them and copy to my CMD HD, and then have d64it read/write only on the hard > drive (source subdirectory to 1541 destination partition)... anyone got a > procedure for doing this without problems? > > Thanks! > -Jeff > > -- > ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 > * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128! > >

Hiya, > I would Highly recommend Getting a XE1541 cable and A program called > StarCommander. > With it you can move single programs or entire .D64 images over to any > Drive 1541,1571,1581. I've been doing this for years, and it was well worth > the 16.99 I paid for the cable, and software on E-bay. Uhm, unless you paid (part of) this money directly to me, no, you haven't paid for the software. Not that this would be a problem at all but selling the Commander for money, without permission, is not allowed. Bye, Joe -- KOV�CS Bal�zs alias Joe Forster/STA sta@c64.org; http://sta.c64.org Orsolya u. 5. IV/12., 1204 Budapest, Hungary; +36-1-285-3881, 6-10PM CET (SpamAssassin protection! No HTML E-mails! No uncompressed attachments!)

> Your problem could be in step 2. Not sure I understood what you wrote, but > if you convert the .d64 to a .d81, there is no way that a .d81 will fit on a > 1541 disk. Try copying the .d64 to your 1581 disk as a .d64 file, then run > d64it on that file. Sorry, let me clarify: 1. 64COPY - create new d81 image, copy d64 file into the d81 image (just copy the file) 2. 1581COPY - extract d81 image to my PC floppy drive. Now I have a 1581 formatted disk with the d64 file on it. 3. Run d64it on the C64, use the 1581 disk as the source, select the d64 file and extract to 1541 formatted disk -- ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128! "Sam Gillett" <samgillettnospam@diespammermsn.com> wrote in message news:umljc.41111$Aq.19332@nwrddc03.gnilink.net... > > "Dr. Video" <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote ... > > > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > > for use on the real hardware. > > > > My process is: > > > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and > 1581COPY > > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as the > > 1581 (drive 9). > > > (If I am wrong, you have permission to flame me!) > > -- > Best regards, > > Sam Gillett > > Change is inevitable, > except from vending machines! > >

I didn't know Star Command supported the 1581? I do have an XE1541 cable. The PC runs Windows 98SE. Which star utility will do this reliably? -- ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128! "TheHairyBeast" <emort007@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:6Exjc.53323$um3.1035016@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > I would Highly recommend Getting a XE1541 cable and A program called > StarCommander. > With it you can move single programs or entire .D64 images over to any > Drive 1541,1571,1581. I've been doing this for years, and it was well worth > the 16.99 I paid for the cable, and software on E-bay. > You can also format the disks on your Ibm At warp speed instead of on > your c-64. > > > > -- > From The Desk Of Mr.FixIt > At > WWW.THERUSTYRABBIT.COM > Serving The Vw Community Since 2002 > > "Dr. Video" <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:4Ndjc.12$ph.6@fed1read07... > > I am trying to quickly transfer d64 images back into native formats. > > Basically, I am downloading a ton of stuff off the net and extracting it > > for use on the real hardware. > > > > My process is: > > > > 1. Unzip files on the PC (faster than using unzip64 or unzip128) > > 2. Copy d64 images to 1581 floppy using 64COPY (to create d81), and > 1581COPY > > (to write to 1581 formatted disk) > > 3. Run d64it, specify destination as my 1541 (drive 8), source drive as > the > > 1581 (drive 9). > > > > When I press F8 to start the process, the screen is updated as each track > is > > processed, but I see nothing happening at the bottom portion of the screen > > where the data window is. My 1581's red LED flickers periodically as if > the > > drive is doing something. The 1541 is spinning, and I hear head movement. > > The whole process takes like 8 minutes, and when complete, the 1541 > > directory is all hosed up. > > > > Is there some kind of compatibility issue with 1581s? I have JiffyDOS > > installed on the C64 and 1541, should this be OFF? > > > > I would prefer to just copy the d64 images to a DOS disk, use WCOPY to > read > > them and copy to my CMD HD, and then have d64it read/write only on the > hard > > drive (source subdirectory to 1541 destination partition)... anyone got a > > procedure for doing this without problems? > > > > Thanks! > > -Jeff > > > > -- > > ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 > > * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128! > > > > > >

"Dr. Video" <addixionbbs@yahoo.com> wrote ... > Sorry, let me clarify: No problem. > 1. 64COPY - create new d81 image, copy d64 file into the d81 image (just > copy the file) > 2. 1581COPY - extract d81 image to my PC floppy drive. Now I have a 1581 > formatted disk with the d64 file on it. > 3. Run d64it on the C64, use the 1581 disk as the source, select the d64 > file and extract to 1541 formatted disk Sounds like it should be working then, unless, as someone else suggested, the original .d64 was corrupt. -- Best regards, Sam Gillett Change is inevitable, except from vending machines!

Hi Dr. Video, > I didn't know Star Command supported the 1581? I do have an XE1541 cable. > The PC runs Windows 98SE. Which star utility will do this reliably? Grab the latest SC 0.83 beta: it now has a pretty fast disk turbo for _reading_ 1581 disks; writing in turbo mode is not possible at the moment (sorry! <:-) ). Have fun, Joe -- KOV�CS Bal�zs alias Joe Forster/STA sta@c64.org; http://sta.c64.org Orsolya u. 5. IV/12., 1204 Budapest, Hungary; +36-1-285-3881, 6-10PM CET (SpamAssassin protection! No HTML E-mails! No uncompressed attachments!)

"Joe Forster/STA" <sta@ludens.elte.hu> wrote in message news:5hpU7w9VB0Wf@ludens... > Grab the latest SC 0.83 beta: it now has a pretty fast disk turbo for > _reading_ 1581 disks; writing in turbo mode is not possible at the moment > (sorry! <:-) ). Have fun, Great! So I can still write to a 1581 in slow mode? -Jeff -- ADDiXiON BBS: telnet://addixion.hopto.org:23 * Irvine, CA - Running Centipede 128!

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