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On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 2:38:48 PM UTC-6, Sam wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2023 20:11:41 -0700 (PDT), Ariel Schnee333 
>  wrote: 
> 
> >How can I convert a .d64 disk image to a .d68 disk image? 
> > 
> >I need to convert some old games. 
> > 
> >Like " Pool of Radiance (USA) (Disk 1 Side A).D64 ", and other such ones.
> If you have Windows OS then you can use the program Dirmaster to open a 
> d64 and create/open a D81 disk and copy the files to the D81 image. If the 
> d64 has any type of copy protection the program might not load or run in 
> VICE. 
> 
> https://style64.org/dirmaster

There was Maverick V5.4 which had faster disk routines and the copying
routines were faster, so you can make a disk copy (I cant remember what
Maverick calls it) then see if Maverick has a parameter for it,  then just run
the parameter over the copy, but 
I think the proection is stil intact.  If you have a snapshot cartridge that
works the best, but I do know V-MAX scheme was smart enough to detect a
snapshot cartridge, so if it has V-Max and then you copy the game, the copy
will just crash, because the 
protection scheme  (V-Max) is smart enough to detect youre making a copy.  So
make the snapshot cartridge invisible to the system, from its menu, boot the
game normally, so when the game finishes loading, then do youre snaphot, then
you just save the 
memory (for the game) to disk, that does not have the protection anymore, of
course for youre own use for a backup copy.  I know this years ago in
Commodore World Magazine there was an article on snapshot cartridges, so I
tried this and yes its true and 
it does work.  I found V-MAX to my knowledge was the smartest toughest scheme
to copy, again just for youre own backups of course.  So these are just some
suggestions anyway, I assume youre still using a real C64.  Sorry for the book
here but the 
snapshot works the best.  Hope this helps.

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