Comments on: 01 – Handy Guide to C64 Emulation

By: Joe Bucci

Joe Bucci — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:21:08 +0000

Cool! Thank you Frayja,

I haven’t really been following this ‘feature’ as I transferred my stuff *years* ago. It seemed that VICE was having ‘issues’ with RAM expansion, 1581 emulation, and “Snapshot” problems… for quite a while!

The latest version (as of this writing) is 2.1, and I’ve found it to be pretty “Tight”. I can still “break” it, if I PUSH it. But for most things I do, VICE is still my emulator of “Choice”.

I keep CCS64, and Hox64 on my PC as well… for those ‘stubborn’ Titles..

Thanks!

By: frayja2002

frayja2002 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:46:13 +0000

With regards to using a real floppy with winvice, I found this page while looking for this solution & I am led to believe it has been possible for some time.

I’m going to try it this week sometime when I get round to unpacking my old floppy drive.

Here is a link to the documentation I found.

http://vicekb.trikaliotis.net/13-007

Hope this helps & if anyone get’s it working I would love to hear from them.

Cheers
Frayja

By: Joe Bucci

Joe Bucci — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:52 +0000

Hi Mike,

Yes, back in the days of my 486SX, it had an EPP parallel port. I was able to construct a simple X1541 cable, and used that to transfer all my software. I was one of the lucky one’s with a 1581 3-1/2″ drive and various “Snapshot” programs which allowed me to transfer things from THOSE disks easy by just using DOS software to “read” the 1581 disks.

I was able to save ALL my GEOS stuff… I’m a happy man! But, I did not realize you could “RUN” software on the emulator using a Commodore drive hooked to a compatible printer port.

Unfortunately, I’m all USB now, except for my old Dell Laptop running Win98se. I could use that, that’s why I keep it! It’s only 366mhz, but it runs DOS stuff really well. It has the correct parallel port, and a couple of USB 1.1 ports. I bought it in 1999 and have NEVER had to “Restore” it! Added RAM to it, and an ‘external’ HP CD Burner.

Cheers,

Joe

By: mikeebean

mikeebean — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:35:02 +0000

I’ve used an X series cable (not sure which one) many times to run WinVice with a real 1571 disk drive. Last time was over a year ago, so it’s not a new feature. It does require a Vice-compatible parallel port, which means an older computer with the right type of parallel port. Not sure anymore what that type is.

By: Joe Bucci

Joe Bucci — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:52:06 +0000

Hello Stephen, the only C64 emulator I know of that would run programs directly from a 1541 drive (And you needed to build a ‘special’ cable) was PC64 by Wolfgang Lorenz. But, it’s very old now, runs ONLY in pure DOS, and you would need an old 486 era PC. And, PC64 has been discontinued since 1997!

There does exist a X1541 cable (Just Google for “The 1541XE Cable”) at Joe Forester’s website, which also has the software you would need, to TRANSFER your C64 disks to D64 or G64 image files, that you could then use with an emulator.

You could also contact Pete Rittwage of C64Preservation Project. (Just Google it, you’ll find him). He may be willing to transfer your software for you! (He has very sophisticated software and hardware for this task). Pete has helped me obtain some software in the past, and is a really nice guy!

Short answer… Sorry, I know of no way to “Run” your software on a modern PC directly from your 1541. ‘Most’ Game software is already available online somewhere. Try C64.com , GB64.com , C64games.de And use the VICE emulator, that should get you started. Hope this was helpful.

By: Jo Bucci

Jo Bucci — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:46:40 +0000

Short answer… Sorry, I know of no way to “Run” your software on a modern PC. ‘Most’ Game software is already available online somewhere. Try C64.com , GB64.com , C64games.de that should get you started. Hope this was helpful.

By: Stephen Wolz

Stephen Wolz — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:01:17 +0000

Gosh, I really love the handy guide to C-64 emulation… Now, is there any guides on how to load files from my floppy 1541? Or how about printing stuff to my PC printer? Would love to hear!

By: Joe Bucci

Joe Bucci — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:32:19 +0000

Hmmm. Surprised I haven’t heard from anyone.. Well, I want to thank people like Pete Rittwage, Ben Castricum, Bo Zimmerman, the GB64 Team, and many others who have helped me with my A.P.P.S. project.. (Aquiring & Preserving Productivity Software). I have around 2GB of REAL productivity software, and a “Near Complete” collection of GEOS software. Thanks guys!! – The “New” version of VICE (v2.0 FINALLY!) seems to REALLY be right on the money!! I haven’t seen a “Stable” version since v1.10. Although, 1.22 was pretty close, there was that “Snapshot” bug… Now FIXED!! – And the ability to “copy&paste” text right to the VICE window will make entering listings from Magazines a SNAP!! Very cool! I’m a HEAVY tester, and discovered bugs almost instantly with the past 9 VERSIONS!! – This v2.0 seems to be very stable, Thanks VICE Team!!

Regards,

Joe Bucci
joebucci@netzero.net

By: Joe Bucci

Joe Bucci — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:35:39 +0000

Very good read. WinVice is also MY personal choice for emulation as well. My C64 was equipped with a 1541-II, 1581, 1MB RAM Expander, (All of which VICE emulates) 1200 baud modem and a suite of Productivity software, some of which is VERY difficult to find online. (If not impossible). If you have any productivity software (GEOS included), please consider contacting me for a trade?

I have over 200MB of just productive type software, NOT counting my GEOS software. (I have just about ALL of it!) Which totals up to another 150+MB!

Of course, I have games too. Some of which I was able to “convert” to run under GEOS, and then return to the OS when closed. I also have many games that were written specifically for GEOS!

Regards,

Joe Bucci

By: Jogos GrÃ¡tis

Jogos GrÃ¡tis — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:07:43 +0000

Really handy guide to C64 emulation. I’ve saved this article to my PC to read offline. :)