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2008-03-28 16:10
Conrad

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 833
.T64 creator tool for windows

Hello,
Just out of curiosity, is there a .T64 creator tool for Win32/DOS platform? I'm not too worried and will still use the native c64 versions if there isn't one available, but it would make life easier if there is one existing. Links would be really appreciative.

Cheers in advance.
2008-03-28 16:14
cba

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 933
Best tool for Windows (I use it all the time)

is 64Copy V4.3 Beta 3


2008-03-28 16:15
Conrad

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 833
aha! Nice one!

Thanks Neils (again ;))
2008-03-29 11:14
SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238
DirMaster V2.0 is ubercool, but only for diskimages..
2009-04-19 04:38
LOGAN
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 71
dirmaster can also edit tape images but transfer them.... i dunno.

Im thinking about connecting my tape deck to my pc and read all c64 tapes I have lying around... Dunno if the quality will survice though..
2009-04-19 04:55
ΛΛdZ

Registered: Jul 2005
Posts: 153
Rambones: you refered to version 2.0.
Version 2.1 has better support of T64 and can create them also.
DirMaster V2.1

Conrad:
If you are to drang´n´drop use DirMaster 2.1
or if u prefer the old norton commander style
use the one CBA recommended, which also supports
many more formats...

2009-04-19 10:48
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11120
and last not least: there is not one single reason to use T64 at all. the format is useless =P
2009-04-19 12:22
Moloch

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2896
\o/
2009-04-19 13:21
enthusi

Registered: May 2004
Posts: 675
@LOGAN:
yeah, dont use t64. It has nothing to do with Tapes (beside longer filenames than disc entries).
Just extract PRG from TAP if you have to and add them to zip or d64. T64 is just a pain.
At best keep your TAP files and zip them.
Maybe "clean" the data with i.e. tapclean first. Then they'll pack quite fine and take barely more space than PRGs anyway...
2009-04-19 18:58
LOGAN
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 71
Well I have a couple of original games which have tape loaders. So boring perhaps, an original, but I think these are worth preserving too :)
2009-04-19 20:00
MagerValp

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1056
That's just it - T64 is not capable of preserving a tape loader. The format for that is .TAP.
2009-04-19 20:20
enthusi

Registered: May 2004
Posts: 675
also: http://tapes.c64.no/main_tapelist.php
2009-04-20 03:25
LOGAN
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 71
T64 not the same as TAP? WHT, why even have a T64 then. VICE peeps should better make the T64 act as TAP and use TAP extension only for legacy support..

Why else use T64 lol.. You absolutely sure bout this?
2009-04-20 05:49
ΛΛdZ

Registered: Jul 2005
Posts: 153
For varoius reasons there actually exists many formats,
Peter tries to document them all, check his list:
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/formats.html

TAP can hold the true bit-stream and can hold the protections
that are on the original tapes. T64 can not!

I use T64 format to preserve entire turbo/data tapes, which
is the only thing it should be used for.

2009-04-20 06:36
MagerValp

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1056
Quote: T64 not the same as TAP? WHT, why even have a T64 then. VICE peeps should better make the T64 act as TAP and use TAP extension only for legacy support..

Why else use T64 lol.. You absolutely sure bout this?


T64 is an old legacy format created for the C64S emulator, released in 1993. Renaming file format extensions after the fact is not possible - how do you suppose we'd go about renaming every .T64 and .TAP file on every web site and every hard drive in the world?
2009-04-20 07:16
TNT
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Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 189
Quote: and last not least: there is not one single reason to use T64 at all. the format is useless =P

I've found them quite handy with onefilers on MMC64, thank you. They preserve the original filename unlike PRG, and use less space than D64.

I don't consider them tape images, they are file containers.
2009-04-20 11:52
LOGAN
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 71
Oh well, I guess the found <press space> and loading part are a bit iritating. Thats why i put single files preferable in a gunzipped d64 (.D6Z or .D64.GZ). Only disadvantade is apps like dirmaster/style can't handle zipped files :)

Thanks anyway for the info.
2009-04-20 13:11
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11120
Quote:

I've found them quite handy with onefilers on MMC64, thank you. They preserve the original filename unlike PRG, and use less space than D64.


for single files the pc64 P00 file format makes a lot more sense :)
2009-04-20 13:34
LOGAN
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Not really as it doesnt preserve the original filename of a file. This can also be usefull to compare it to other D64 files :) (Or does it?)
2009-04-20 13:56
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11120
P00 ofcourse _DOES_ preserve the original filename. thats the whole point of it.
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