--- 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.