CBM4Win

[joeybastard]

After ordering a CD of 64HDD and not being able to get it to work right I'm trying something else to get some more games for my C64.

 

I downloaded CBM4win and plan on setting it up when I get home tonight from work. Before I do, I was wondering if there is a preferred setting in the PC bios for the LPT port? I have options for One Way, SPP, ECP, EPP. I use Win XP and I don't use that port for anything else if that matters. I read through the website for it but can't find anything about a preferred setting.

[Rybags]

ECP is the latest/greatest incarnation with support for DMA transfer etc on the PC side, and high speed operation.

 

So, try that. If it doesn't work, go backwards EPP, SPP, 1-way.

 

Got a link to CBM4Win? /heads off to Google

[Rybags]

OK. Found a few.

 

You'd reckon someone would have developed an APE workalike by now. Dealing with "real" floppies is just slow and painful.

[joeybastard]

It's http://www.trikaliotis.net/opencbm

 

It's not a hard drive program like 64HDD. It's for transferring .d64 images to actual floppies. I wish I could get 64HDD to work since I bought the CD version for $17 but it needs a FAT formatted drive and I only have NTFS. I tried it with a FAT flash drive and it sort of worked but the transfers would hang up and never fully load into the C64. I haven't given up on it yet, I think I have room in that box for another drive so maybe I'll put a FAT formatted drive in there and see if that helps. I have to look through my spare drives and see if i have something to fit the bill.

 

You'd reckon someone would have developed an APE workalike by now. Dealing with "real" floppies is just slow and painful.

There is but it requires a serial connection which on this box is already taken up by my SIO2PC connection for my 800XL and APE APE is great, super easy to use and configured itself.

Edited April 15, 2008 by joeybastard