Subj : Re: Making a .d71 out of two .d64 images
To   : Tristan Miller
From : Gary McCulloch
Date : Fri Jan 31 2020 05:49 pm

On Fri 31-Jan-2020 12:41p, Tristan Miller@3:770/3.0 wrote:
TM> Dear all,

TM> I'd like to play Ultima V in VICE.  This game came on four double-sided
TM> disks, which entailed a lot of disk-swapping.  But if memory serves, the
TM> C128 version of the game supported up to two drives, and if the drives
TM> were 1571s, the game would automatically read the correct side of the
TM> disk for you.  So with two 1571s, instead of one 1541, you could cut the
TM> number of disk swaps by factor of 4.

TM> The problem is that the only disk images of the game I have are .d64
TM> images of the eight individual sides.  Is there any way of combining two
TM> .d64 images into a single .d71 image?  Or is my only option to buy a
TM> floppy drive capable of reading double-sided disks and the requisite
TM> imaging software, and then manually re-image all the physical disks?

       Can you put them all on a .d4m image?  Use DirMaster and give it a try.

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