How can I get text from my PC to 64 core?

[HerrBerzerk]

Hi,

maybe I'm blocked, but I can't figure out a convenient way to transfer a basic program I wrote in the editor on my mac to the c64 core...?

Thanks for a hint.

[FPGA64]

Write it on an emulator on the Mac. Save as d64 and then load the D64 on the C64

[docbobo]

Not sure if it's the best way, but you could probably create a D64 image. There seem to be a few tools out there for MacOS to do so without an Emulator, e.g. Droid64. Have I tried any of those? nope.

[thera34]

I don't know about MacOS (and most probably is the same scenario), but for Win/DOS you can fast create/format/manipulate files on floppy images with VICE emulator:

-get VICE C64 emulator (bonus point for being portable as well)
-create and format an empty D64 image using c1541 utility from VICE:

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c1541.exe -format DISKNAME,01 d64 whatever_name.d64

-copy over each needed files you need transferred:

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c1541.exe -attach whatever_name.d64 -write filename.ext

Hope it helps.

[HerrBerzerk]

Thanks, vice does also exist on mac. Probably this is the easiest way. save a "disk" with the text on vice and copy it over.

Thanks y'all!

[auk]

BASIC programs are tokenized, so if you're using a text editor to write them then VICE's petcat utility may be in order, e.g:

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petcat -2 -o outputfile.prg -- inputfile.txt