64HDD

[Devlin]

Hi,
I am using a 64HDD cable with my Vic 20.
I am able to write and load programs from my PC HD.
But I cannot list the directory. it says file not found when i type Load"$",10 is there something else that needs to be typed to view the directory using 64hdd?

[Schlowski]

Mmh, I'm using 64HDD too and have no problems with the directory...
And I can't remember doing any special switches or such things. Unfortunately I'm not at home for a few days, but if I remember this I will check next time at home.

Björg

[Boray]

Are you running it on pure dos? (Not under windows)

[Schlowski]

Good question! I had to get a pure DOS configuration to get it up and running reliable, but I mostly could get a directory but no longer files when using Win98/Win95.
So I got myself FreeDOS and wiped my notebook and installed this as only OS.
And thinking about this for some time now I remember that there was indeed a special switch on the commandline: Don't ask me for the exact name, but it is the switch for the processor speed. I had to play around with this for a while, and the final setting had nothing to do with my real processor, as far as I remember.
Sorry for beeing such inaccurate, but when I start 64HDD I only start a batch which cares about all this so I completely forgot about that...

Björg

[Alan]

Hi,
I am using a 64HDD cable with my Vic 20.
I am able to write and load programs from my PC HD.
But I cannot list the directory. it says file not found when i type Load"$",10 is there something else that needs to be typed to view the directory using 64hdd?

You may need to start 64hdd with the -vic setting to set 64HDD for VIC-20 timing.

I've been using 64HDD with my VIC setup for a while with no problems, though I did need to tweak the CPU speed settings to get it to work reliably.

[Devlin]

Figured it out.
Thanks

[Alan]

Figured it out.

So, what was the problem?