--- Frodo4/Docs/files.html 2003/07/01 15:44:24 1.1 +++ Frodo4/Docs/files.html 2010/04/25 11:52:11 1.2 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Frodo offers four possibilities for the 1541 emulation: -

1. Host system directory, setting "Dir"

+

1. Host system directory (Directory Mode)

In this mode, the C64 programs and files are stored in a directory on your hard disk and can be LOADed and SAVEd as usual from @@ -28,27 +28,27 @@ unless the '/' translation setting is tu For the opening of files, the file types "P" and "S" and the access modes "R", "W" and "A" are supported. Wildcards (*,?) can be used, but you have -to remember that files in BeOS/Unix/AmigaOS directories have no determined order -and the result of LOAD"*",8 is rather random. Files are always -overwritten even if they are not opened with "@:". Floppy commands other -than "I" and "UJ", relative files and direct block access are not +to remember that files in BeOS/Unix/AmigaOS directories have no determined +order and the result of LOAD"*",8 is rather random. Files are +always overwritten even if they are not opened with "@:". Floppy commands +other than "I" and "UJ", relative files and direct block access are not implemented. You can however read the error channel.

-

2. .d64/x64 disk image file, setting "D64"

+

2. .d64/x64 disk image file (Disk Image Mode)

-Most C64 programs available on the Internet and on CD-ROMs, expecially -demos and games, are stored in files with the ending ".d64". Such a file -holds all 683 blocks of a complete side of a 1541 disk, so that direct -block accesses are possible from within the emulation. However, Frodo only -supports read accesses. The path name of the disk image file must be given -in the settings window in the path entry fields of the "Drives" box.

+Most C64 programs available on the Internet and on CD-ROMs, expecially demos +and games, are stored in files with the ending ".d64". Such a file holds all +683 blocks of a complete side of a 1541 disk, so that direct block accesses +are possible from within the emulation. The path name of the disk image file +must be given in the settings window in the path entry fields of the +"Drives" box.

-Apart from .d64 files, Frodo can also use image files of the "x64" -emulator, automatically detecting the file type.

+Apart from .d64 files, Frodo can also use image files of the "x64" emulator, +automatically detecting the file type.

-

3. .t64/LYNX archive file, setting "T64"

+

3. .t64/LYNX archive file (Tape/Archive Mode)

.t64 and LYNX (.lnx) files are archive files like "tar". .t64 files are also often found on the Internet and on CD-ROMs; LYNX is a native C64 @@ -71,15 +71,9 @@ able to emulate a 1541 on this level, bu emulation notably, the 1541 processor emulation can be turned on and off from the settings.

-If the 1541 processor emulation is turned on, the "Dir"/"D64" drives 8..11 -are no longer available. They are replaced by a single drive with number 8 -that operates in "D64" mode (regardless of the state of the type setting -for drive 8). The path name of the .d64/x64 file to be used must be given -in the path entry field of drive 8.

- -In contrast to the standard "D64" mode, the 1541 processor emulation is -able to write to the disk. There is no way to "virtually write-protect" the -disk image file, so be careful. +If the 1541 processor emulation is turned on, only drive number 8 in Disk +Image Mode is available. The path name of the .d64/x64 file to be used must +be given in the path entry field of drive 8.