From: wn0612@d81.de.invalid   
      
   dohboy schrieb:   
   > I have been trying different ways to tranfer some .prg and c64 .d81   
   > disk images from my PC to a Commodore floppy. The x1541 cables seem   
   > rather convoluted and methods to write directly to a 3.5 floppy have   
   > failed. The 1581copy program is an old command line program and   
   > doesn't ever seem to work. Does anyone know of a windows based   
   > program that will format the floppy in the PC and transfer the files   
   > with as few headaches as possible? Thanks -doh   
      
   1581-Copy was constructed for and does work only under   
   true plain old DOS. It requires true (no virtualization)   
   and direct (no interception layer or API) access to the   
   floppy controller hardware. Modern OSes like Linux or   
   Windows prevent such techniques for important reasons,   
   security being one of them.   
      
   To get direct access to the controller hardware again   
   you need to write a kernel mode device driver which is   
   a difficult, painful and very time consuming work. Simon   
   Owen did this with fdrawcmd.sys as well as Jason Watton   
   with Omniflop.   
      
   To accomplish the requested task get and install either   
   fdrawcmd.sys along with the accompanying 1581disk   
   utility or Omniflop. Both tools as well as the latest   
   version of my 1581-Copy (for DOS) series are referenced   
   or hosted at http://d81.de.   
      
      
   Womo   
      
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