Re: More detail... Help with copying D64 files to Disk

Scott,
Taking something really simple and that is ntsc, as stated by others, try 
adjusting the speed of the transfer through the cable. I recall the the 
64hdd.exe program had a lot of switches (slash parameters) to compensate 
for transfer rate and related issues having to do with sending the data 
from the newer system to the older to make a disk.  Maybe your program has 
similar switches you can add at the command line and with these experiement 
until you get the correct transfer rate.
Bill

-------- Original Message --------
> From: "Peter Rittwage" <peter@rittwage.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:49 AM
> To: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se
> Subject: Re: More detail... Help with copying D64 files to Disk
> 
> It sounds to me like you are trying to run PAL games on an NTSC C64.  
Most of
> the time, they crash looking for a raster interrupt that never occurs, 
since
> there aren't as many screen lines.
> 
> To test this, you can run VICE in NTSC mode to see if the game works 
before
> transfer.  This isn't a 100% test, because VICE is not exactly like an 
NTSC C64,
> but it should be mostly close enough.
> 
> Pete Rittwage
> C64 Preservation Project
> http://c64preservation.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:58:02 -0400 "Scott" <rylos@charter.net> wrote
> 
> > Hopefully someone out there has tried this and will be able to help me 
sort
> > this out.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I am having a high failure rate copying D64 files to disk.
> > 
> > It seems that Win Vice is more compatible than my 64C setup. Most of 
the
> > D64, Prg and P00 files work great on Win Vice but once copied to disk, 
fail
> > once loaded.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Example is Bedlam, I have found 7 or 8 different sources of this 
program,
> > all seem to work on Vice but once I transfer them to disk, then to my 
64C
> > setup, they don't work.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Normally the screen goes black, freezes after RUN or has lots of 
garbage on
> > the screen. Some fail after the Crack screen runs (The crack screen 
always
> > seems to work).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PAL vrs NTSC. I've read a ton on the internet and it seems that for the 
most
> > part, PAL games should work but run faster. Though I'm pretty sure some 
of
> > them won't work at all which may be part of my problem. But I'm having
> > trouble (on the 64C side) even with the ones that say they are NTSC.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > My PC setup: (no more clone drive)
> > 
> > XA1541 adaptor connected to a 1541 II Drive (Alignment and speed 
perfect)
> > Using OpenCBM and CBMXfer GUI (CBMXfer defaults to OpenCBM's 
D64Copy.exe to
> > copy files to disk).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > My Commodore setup:
> > 
> > 64C with 2nd 1541 II Drive (Alignment and speed perfect). Epyx Fast 
load
> > cartage. C64TPC Adaptor.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Note: I've tested the 64C with Doctor 64 and no errors were reported. 
Same
> > with the Drives. I've also checked the alignment of the Drives 
comparing
> > program results with a Factory disk, the 1541 Demo Disk and the results 
were
> > identical.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I know other 1541 devices work great and all and so do the emulators, 
its
> > just I'm having trouble understanding why my setup isn't the optimum 
way to
> > play D64 files.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please, any help, Advice or direction would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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