D64COPY(1)

💾 D64COPY(1) — like, the manual page for d64copy 💾

okay bestie, welcome to the User Commands corner of the internet 🌸 this is the d64copy page, and yes it's literally about copying .d64 disk images to and from a real CBM-1541 (or compatible) drive. vintage floppy realness. let's go ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

d64copy — the manual page for d64copy version 0.4.99.103 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

d64copy [OPTION]... [SOURCE] [TARGET]

like, options first, then source, then target. that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Copies .d64 disk images to a CBM-1541 or compatible drive — and it does the reverse too, so drive → image as well 🔥 both directions, no cap.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — shows you this help text and then dips out. exit stage left 🚪
• -V, --version — prints the version info and bounces. iconic.
• -@, --adapter=plugin:bus — tells OpenCBM which backend plugin and which bus to use 🫶
• -q, --quiet — quiet output. shhh 🤫
• -v, --verbose — controls verbosity. and the way that it stacks?? you can repeat it, up to 3 times. main character energy 📈
• -n, --no-progress — don't show progress info. no little bar going brrr 🙈
• -s, --start-track=TRACK — sets the start track 🎯
• -e, --end-track=TRACK — sets the end track. constraint check bestie: start <= end <= 42/70 ✅
• -t, --transfer=TRANSFER — sets the transfer mode 🔥 valid modes are: auto (the default), original (the slowest one 😭), serial1 or s1, serial2 or s2, parallel (the fastest one ⚡)

and yeah, these can be abbreviated, if it's unambiguous. so type less, slay more 💅

ngl here's the tea on the modes:

• original and serial1 should work in any case — always safe, besties 🫶
• serial2 won't work if more than one device is connected to the IEC bus 😬 like, one at a time please
• parallel needs a XP1541/XP1571 cable in addition to the serial one. extra hardware, extra fabulous 🎀
• auto tries to determine the best option for you. it's giving personal assistant ✨

• -i, --interleave=VALUE — sets the interleave value. heads up: it's ignored when reading with warp mode 🙈 here are the default values:
  • original → 16
  • turbo r/w / warp write:
    • serial1 → 4 / 6
    • serial2 → 13 / 12
    • parallel → 7 / 4

oh and also: INTERLEAVE is ignored when reading with warp mode (yes, said it twice, it's that important 💀). if data transfer is very slow, increasing this value may help 🐌➡️🐇

• -w, --warp — enables warp mode 🌀 this is not possible if TRANSFER is set to original. it's the default if transfer is not original.
• --no-warp — disables warp mode. this is the default if TRANSFER is set to original. (so like, they're opposites, obviously 💅)
• -b, --bam-only — BAM-only copy 👀 only the allocated blocks get copied; for extended tracks (36-40), SpeedDOS BAM format is assumed. use with caution — fr fr, this one's a little spicy 🌶️
• -B, --bam-save — save BAM-only copy. this is like the -b option but it copies always the entire directory track 🎀
• -d, --drive-type=TYPE — specifies the drive type, pick your fighter:
  • 0 or 1541 = 1541
  • 1 or 1571 = 1570/1571
• -r, --retry-count=COUNT — sets the retry count 🔁 try, try again
• -E, --error-map=WHEN — controls whether the error map gets appended. possible values for WHEN are (abbreviations available 👀):
  • always
  • on_errors
  • never (this one's the default)
• -2, --two-sided — two-sided disk transfer (.d71) 🦋 requires a 1571. and important: warp mode is not available for .d71 images 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the full documentation for d64copy is maintained as a Texinfo manual 📚 if the info and d64copy programs are properly installed at your site (iykyk), the command

info d64copy

should give you access to the complete manual. go read it, it's giving lore 👑

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially a d64copy expert now 💜

🫶 signed, sealed, delivered: d64copy 0.4.99.103, dated July 2020 — catch you on the flip side, D64COPY(1) out ✌️✨