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chack
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Registered: May 2003
Posts: 2 |
copying files via 5.25" dos floppy?
can I write a c64 disk image on a 5.25" floppy with my DOS pc so that my c64 can read it? |
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Merman
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 140 |
Highly unlikely. DOS/PC uses MFM format, Commodore drives use GCR (Group Cycle Recording).
Software like CP/M and Big Blue Reader are designed to read both, but I don't think there is an equivalent for PC 5.25 drives. |
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Graham
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Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 990 |
there is a number of problems why you can't use DOS disk drives to write other formats than the standard DOS format. the problem here is not MFM vs GCR, because also other MFM formats cannot be written.
the problem is not the disk drive itself, but the controller used on the motherboard of your IBM-compatible PC. that controller has the bad habbit of only starting to send data to the computer when a standard DOS sync signal was found on the disk, so if you don't use the DOS-format, you won't get any data to process.
there are some solutions and hacks to this. the cleanest solution is ofcourse owning a catweasel controller. with that controller you can use exactly the same disk drive to write many different formats. (including 1541 format)
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
Yes you can! With the Catweasel controller by Jens Schönfeld. Works like a charm, check it out here. www.ami.ga |
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chack
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Registered: May 2003
Posts: 2 |
Thanx! I guess the cheapest solution would be a cable for my 1541 drive. |
