A600 and external 5.25" disk drive: strange issue - Page 2

mark_k · 29 March 2014, 19:16

You might be able to. Talk a look at the 1541.lha package on Aminet.

That was written with a Commdore A1012 5.25" drive in mind. In order to read all speed zones of C64 disks you need to adjust the drive speed slightly. If the Cumana drive mechanism can be adjusted in a similar way, you may well be able to get it to work with that program. Reading disks should be really fast. (It'll only work with non-copy-protected disks of course.)

Supamax · 29 March 2014, 23:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElectroBlaster

What I really need to know is! Can I make these things read C64 disks and then image them?

As far as I know, you cannot.
I, too, used a real 1541 drive to image C64 disks.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark_k

You might be able to. Talk a look at the 1541.lha package on Aminet.

I didn't know this...!

sneeker · 30 March 2014, 00:20

I used my Oceanic 118 1541 clone on my amiga using a cable from amigakit that plugs into the parallel port on the amiga then used easy1541 iirc to write .d64's back to the drive. Not sure if an amiga 5.25 drive would work though.

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29 March 2014, 19:16	#21
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,334	You might be able to. Talk a look at the 1541.lha package on Aminet. That was written with a Commdore A1012 5.25" drive in mind. In order to read all speed zones of C64 disks you need to adjust the drive speed slightly. If the Cumana drive mechanism can be adjusted in a similar way, you may well be able to get it to work with that program. Reading disks should be really fast. (It'll only work with non-copy-protected disks of course.)

30 March 2014, 00:20	#23
sneeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester! Posts: 308	I used my Oceanic 118 1541 clone on my amiga using a cable from amigakit that plugs into the parallel port on the amiga then used easy1541 iirc to write .d64's back to the drive. Not sure if an amiga 5.25 drive would work though.

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