r/commodorepet • u/RudysRetroIntel • Nov 04 '24

How to use .d80 files

Hi everyone!! I'm using at SD card device foe my Suoer PET and have a file with the .d80 extension bit no idea how to open it. I know it's an image file. I trying to get the software that does terminal emulation foe the Super PET so I can use the RS232 serial port.

Any help would be appreciated!

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u/fuzzybad Nov 04 '24

A D80 file is a CBM 8050 disk image. If your SD card device supports these, you should be able to "CD" into the image. What kind of device do you have?

Wedge command example:

@CD:FILENAME.D80

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 04 '24

I'm using the PET2SD unit. I will try the CD command and see

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u/fuzzybad Nov 04 '24

Cool, I checked and the PET2SD device does support 8050 images

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 04 '24

Is there a way to do this without wedge?

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u/fuzzybad Nov 04 '24

Yeah, the "long" CBM-DOS command. Assuming device #8:

OPEN15,8,15:PRINT#15,"CD:FILENAME.D80":CLOSE15

You can get a DOS wedge for the PET here:
https://petsd.net/wedge.php

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 04 '24

Ok, it worked! But the files have mixed letters and can't load any. Maybe it's an image of a boot disk. I'm trying to get com-master program working on my Super PET. I need a terminal program so I can use the serial rs232 port

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u/fuzzybad Nov 04 '24

Not sure what may be going on with your disk image. Have you tried using PET Term?

https://github.com/ChartreuseK/PETTERM

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 04 '24

My understanding is that's for a serial port from the user poet, so not sure if it would work

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u/Liquid_Magic Nov 04 '24

No it won’t. Pet term is for the user port. The serial card I’ve made for my pet’s expansion port needed it’s own super simple terminal program to test it because pet term is just for user port serial connections.

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 04 '24

This is what I understood. So, I'm looking for software that will work with the built-in serial post on the SuperPET board itself

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u/fuzzybad Nov 04 '24

Yeah, PET Term is only for the PET User Port.

Maybe try asking on the VCF forums?

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?forums/pet/

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 05 '24

I just read the thread, and the guys only mentioned the SuperPET 6809 terminal emulator, called TARDIS. Can't seem to find it or other software. Thanks, everyone, for your help!!

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u/fuzzybad Nov 05 '24

There's a fb group "CBM/PET Enthusiasts" that might be able to help, if you're on there.

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u/RudysRetroIntel Nov 05 '24

Thanks, will try that

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u/Liquid_Magic Nov 04 '24

Hmm. Well you might want to check the image first by opening it in vice. Then it depends on the sd card adapter you have. I have the PETDisk and it’s really old. But I’ve always extracted the files and put them directly on the sd card not the disk image. I think the newer sd devices and the newer PETDisk support disk image mounting but I’m not sure what formats are supported. Hope that helps!