VICE_IDE64_HOWTO

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Revision 2010/08/29 by <josef@ide64.org>

VICE website: http://www.viceteam.org/

IDE64 website: http://www.ide64.org

This quick HOW-TO should help to setup emulated IDE64 in VICE C64 emulator.
For comprehensive info how to use IDE64, please read "IDE64 user's guide" which
is available to download from: http://www.ide64.org

1 DOWNLOAD IDE64 FIRMWARE

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Go to: http://idedos.ide64.org
Click: Custom IDEDOS download web page

# Target system: C64 or C128

# Cartridge version: V3.x
# Disk drive speeder system: None
# PCLink: keep the default
# Second SID base address: keep the default
# Misc options: keep the default

Click: Download PEROM

Unzip the idedosxxxxxxxx.zip file
Optionaly rename the idedosxxx.rom to idedos.bin

2 SET UP THE IDE64 IN VICE

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Start VICE C64 Emulator

(Left mouse click menu)

(File->) Attach cartridge image -> Attach IDE64 interface image...
Select the idedos.bin file

You should see:

**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****

64K RAM SYSTEM IDEDOS V0.9X PATCH XX

To save the settings select:

Attach cartridge image -> Set cartridge as default
(Right mouse click menu)
(Settings->) Save settings

Now IDE64 is enabled and the default IDE64 hard disk drive image (ide.hdd)
is created. The default size of the ide.hdd is 8MB.
The file is by default located in the current working directory path.

3 FORMATTING THE IDE64 HARD DISK DRIVE

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Go to: http://idedos.ide64.org
Download the format tool clicking: IDEDOS 0.90 utils only
Unzip idedos_utilsxxxxxxxx.zip
Rename cfsfdiskxx,prg to cfsfdisk

To load cfsfdisk onto VICE

You can use Smart-attach from the menu to load it (Linux).
Or Options->True drive emulation (disable) and load it from filesystem (Win).
(*)

Enable direct write in Setup (details in IDE64 user's guide)

"<-" and "RESTORE" ("~" and "Pg Up")
STANDARD SETUP -> Direct write -> Enabled
SAVE & EXIT

RUN
Drive number: 12
Press Enter for defaults
n - add new partition
Partition number: 1
Start: 3
End: 16383
Partition name:
w - Write partition to disk
Y to write

(Left mouse click menu)

(File->) Reset -> Soft

IDE64 IN VICE IS READY

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NOTES
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For the quick start, you can also use "pre-made" ide.hdd image.
Or use the copy of your existing real IDE64 disk (CF).
(Use P.D.Image Creator, Winimage or "dd" command to create it)
Or even use the real IDE64 hard disk drive (use /dev/hdx instead of ide.hdd)
(VICE Linux version only)

You are free to edit .vice/vicerc (Linux) or vice.ini (Win) configuration file
I recommend to use full path in both variables.

(Linux)
IDE64Image="/data/ide.hdd"
CartridgeFile="/data/idedos.bin"

(Win)
IDE64Image="D:\data\ide.hdd"
CartridgeFile="D:\data\idedos.bin"

Command line option:

x64.exe -IDE64image D:\Data\ide.hdd -cartide D:\Data\idedos.bin

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(*)
If you have (for some reasons) problems loading from a directory on your
harddrive, you can copy the utils programs onto a d64 image using
e.g. c1541.
Here's a quick guide:

1. c1541 -format "utils,01" d64 utils.d64

2. c1541 -attach utils.d64 -write filename [new-filename (if needed)]