David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I have started again copy old Floppy Disks to D64 and see how meny i can do I hove about 200 to slowly go through. Star Commander X1541 cable and trusty 1541 drive I find more reliable the the 1541 II to use with Star Commander and Pentium 166 in Dos mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The XU1541 and CBMxfer have been great for me. Works in Windows, no separate older machine required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I have old stuff here it works ok i don't have the eyes to make a new cable up and yes there are good windows programs around that can do a better job. I going through my ham radio disks and looking for a dipole program and there are lots of disks thats gone rotten with mold and don't turn anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 does the 1571 work with it? Both my 1541s don't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 1571 i don't know i only have 1541s by the dozens you can try to clean the magnetic head with a creaner like methylated spirits and cotton buds or the head cleaning disk it works good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I have lots of ZL ham radio programs righten by ZL hams i wander if any of them are still around, i'm reading the sec files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Yes, Star Commander (as well as Windows based software) should work with a 1571 connected through an X*1541 cable, though perhaps it will behave like a 1541 w.r.t. speed and single sidedness. Are you running the parallel port in SPP mode to make the diode-less X1541 cable work on a Pentium 166? I thought that cable was best suited for 486 and earlier models, and the recommendation is at least an XE1541 cable but if it works for you, no reason to worry. In order to get it to work in e.g. Windows XP though, the very least you need is a XM1541 cable (which happens to be the same as XE1541 but with diodes shifted around). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 the x1541 works good any faster computer will kill it, i find its the 1541 II drive that plays up with the x1541 the drive will stop reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I've gone back to the 1451 II drive for transfering floppy's to D64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I've gone back to the 1451 II drive for transfering floppy's to D64 The 1541-II, 1571, and Indus GT have been my best tools for image reading and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 i found this youtube video about the commodore disk drives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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