[torontocbm] Re: Making CBM disk images
- From: STEVE GRAY <sjgray@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
Ernie,
I am not aware of anything that can make D80/D82 images on a real Commodore
machine. I guess theoretically it's possible but in order to save the file you
would require a large drive, so 8050 images could be stored on a 1581 disk, but
8250 images won't fit. You'd probably need a uIEC or similar, which means at
the moment you wouldn't be able to do that easily on a PET/CBM/CBMII machine.
So, you are looking at doing it on a C64 machine with IEEE adapter.
For making D80/D82 images I use a B128 machine connected to a PC using a serial
cable and the CBMLINK software plus my own CBMXfer gui for it.
As for directly on a PC, reading a 8x50 disk is not possible since PC 5 1/4"
drives use the now-standard 96TPI but 8x50 drives use 100TPI mechanisms.
I am always looking for additional transfer solutions, so if I come across
something I'll let you know.
Steve
----- Original Message ----
> From: Ernie Chorny <chorny@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:51:41 PM
> Subject: [torontocbm] Making CBM disk images
>
> I believe I can make .d64 images using only C= equipment but I can't find any
> info as to whether I can make .d80 or .d82 images using only C= equipment
> (or
> PC stuff either).
>
> Anyone have any info on this?
>
> Ernie
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