Re: VICE Emulator Question and Suggestion

From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2000-12-14 22:53:32

>>>>> "TSE" == Todd S Elliott <eyethian@juno.com> writes:

TSE> However, when I tried running Wheels 128, a GEOS upgrade within
TSE> VICE using true drive emulation, the OS just won't write to disk,
TSE> saying that such disk 'images' are write-protected. I have
TSE> deleted, saved and wrote to the same disk images in stock
TSE> Commodore BASIC 128 while in VICE.

TSE> So, how do I get Wheels 128 to allow it to save, delete and
TSE> update files on those 1581 disk images? Do I have to use 1541
TSE> disk images instead because the 1581 drive emulation hasn't been
TSE> perfected yet?

Suggested workaround: install GEOS on a real 1581, then transfer the
disk image to VICE and run it there. There's a 1581 filesystem for
Linux:

  http://www.npsnet.com/danf/software/
  
as well as Wolfgang Mosers 1581-Copy for MS-DOS:

  http://advm2.gm.fh-koeln.de/~womo/sourcen/sources.html

They both allow reading 1581 disks in your PC drive.

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