Posted By
Gaia
on 2009-07-16
12:08:06
|  Re: Star Commander
Kirk, when not using SC with an X-anything-1541 cable the Commander does indeed lock up. There is a command line option somewhere that tells him not to wait on the user port or somesuch and then it'll work. To be honest I never had the nerves to try either but others are not complaining that much.
Note that there's the cbm4win package that is designed to transfer software from/to a real machine under multitask OS-s. Only that works from the command prompt of Windows (XP/Vista) but in general ideal for the task. At least there were plans to update SC to be able to utilize cbm4win in the background but I have no idea how far those plans materialized.
You need an XA or XM 1541 cable, not sure exactly which one but it's outlined on the SC page anyway. XE1541 is obsolete and will only work on older HW and DOS.
Currently only VICE supports using real hardware (disk drive) through the XA(M)1541 cable and it is not too reliable as far as I remember though your mileage may vary.
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