Trans64                         Version 1.25

Trans64 is a program to transfer files between the PC and a  C64 floppydrive.
The floppy is  connected with a simple  cable to the  parallelport of the PC.
You  can  transfer  files among  virtual disks,  virtual tapes,  dos and  the
floppydrive.  Also you  can  transfer  whole disks if a 1541, 1570 or 1571 is
connected.  You can  use fast transferroutines for  the filetransfer.  So you
can  read or write a whole disk in  2 1/2 minutes. With normal speed you will
need  9 minutes to read  the whole disk and  9 1/2 minutes to write the whole 
disk.  Also you can use a turbo routine to read a whole disk in 1:06 minutes.
The  cable used for the connection is either the cable used  by X1541  or the
cable used  by  Disk64E.  To build the cable read the section 'cable' of  the
online-help.
If you have already built a cable  connect the floppy to the PC and switch it
on before you start the program. So the program will automatically detect the
cable and floppydrive connected with the PC.  Otherwise select the  menupoint
'configuration' and select your setup.
Trans64 requires a 80286 and MS-DOS 3.3. As it runs in protected mode it
will use your XMS. If Trans64 fails to start please use the MS-DOS memory
manager instead of third party products.

If Trans64 doesn't recognice you parallel port start Trans64 either with
  trans64 lpt1    (lpt2  or   lpt3)
if you have connected your drive to printer port 1, 2 or 3, or with
  trans64 none
if you don't have connected any drive to your PC.
You should also try to start Trans64 with 
  trans64 -d120
if it doesn't detect your drive.

Then  you should read the  online help for  more information on how  to solve
your hardware problem.

                    Bernhard Schwall
e-mail:             schwall@informatik.uni-bonn.de