05-17-2015, 02:27 PM
Thanks for your reply,
Emulation is my goal - to simply image my old working code/graphics disks from that games writing era of late the 80's - for sorting and release to the retro sites (I have some unreleased stuff they're interested in) and if I can't get this .g64 method working I may have to simply get a load of blanks, copy the disks and send them in the post. I thought virtual disks would be a better method though (certainly more 'modern') but it is proving more complicated than I thought!
I have a few commercially produced disks but still can't get a .g64 file into an emulator - is there a default set up to use or am I also then up against any copy protection that the producers may have added? Do they vary the number of tracks? can the Supercard tell me this info? If instructions for this are already written for the uninitiated like me, please tell me - I don't expect you to give me intricate details here.
You must understand here that although I used the CBM64 lots, I never got deep into the workings or formats of the disks. For example, if I use BASIC to format a disk, (open #15 something something if I remember rightly) does that create a disk with index pulses?
The .d64 to output/converter would obviously sort this out but I understand how long software takes sometimes.
Would there be any merit in me sending an scp or .g64 file for you to examine?
Emulation is my goal - to simply image my old working code/graphics disks from that games writing era of late the 80's - for sorting and release to the retro sites (I have some unreleased stuff they're interested in) and if I can't get this .g64 method working I may have to simply get a load of blanks, copy the disks and send them in the post. I thought virtual disks would be a better method though (certainly more 'modern') but it is proving more complicated than I thought!
I have a few commercially produced disks but still can't get a .g64 file into an emulator - is there a default set up to use or am I also then up against any copy protection that the producers may have added? Do they vary the number of tracks? can the Supercard tell me this info? If instructions for this are already written for the uninitiated like me, please tell me - I don't expect you to give me intricate details here.
You must understand here that although I used the CBM64 lots, I never got deep into the workings or formats of the disks. For example, if I use BASIC to format a disk, (open #15 something something if I remember rightly) does that create a disk with index pulses?
The .d64 to output/converter would obviously sort this out but I understand how long software takes sometimes.
Would there be any merit in me sending an scp or .g64 file for you to examine?