Subj : Re: Archiving C=64 5.25" Disks
To   : paulie420
From : Bucko
Date : Mon Jul 17 2023 20:31:03

On 07 Jul 2023, paulie420 said the following...
 pa> 
 pa> Ahhhhh - yea, a Pi1541 fully emulates the 1541 right?? Appreciate the
 pa> heads up that there might be some issues using a SD2IEC - do you
 pa> remember the process you used w/ an SD2IEC? I would prefer to copy the
 pa> disks byte-for-byte/file-for-file rather than creating a .d64 (or other)
 pa> image... either will work for my needs but good things to think about -
 pa> I hope I don't have to buy new hardware but understand.
 pa> 

If you are copying non copy protected disks file by file you can use CMD Fastcopy+ to do that to a SDIEC. Your best bet though is a Zoomfloppy with use of a real 1541 to copy either file by file OR to .d64 images. I know you don't want to use .d64 images but they will be your best bet when it comes to copy protected disks. Also you can mount .d64 images on your sdiec. I use a hardware card called The Greaseweazle, I built a Linux machine which has both a 3.5 and 5.25 floppy on it, I can copy just about any disk ever created with it. It is being done via tracks and sectors so copy protection isn't too bad. It creates Flux images or in my case .d64, .adf, and .img images (C64,Amiga,PC) the only issue is flippy modified disks, unless you use a modified 5.25 floppy drive it will not read the 2nd side of the disk. For that I use a Zoomfloppy and a real 1541. 

I know you said no new hardware, and no .d64 images, but the reason I mention this is because you can manipulate these images very easily with a program called DirMaster on the PC Side, plus you can copy ALL of the .d64 images to a SDIEC card for safe keeping. Then if you want to play with one of the disks just mount it from the SDIEC card and your SDIEC turns into a 1541.. I just downloaded a .iso from archive.org which has just about every C64 game ever written. I copied the contents to a USB Stick and attached it to my Ultimate 64 and now anytime I want to play a game from it I just mount it and go. 

When I go on vacation this year I intend to take a few days and archive my C64 library (approximately 3-400 disks) into .d64's and put them on a SD card..

Sorry for babbling...

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