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VICE supports the most popular Commodore file formats:
X64
or D64
disk image files; Used by the 1541, 2031, 3040, 4040 drives.
G64
GCR-encoded 1541 disk image files
P64
lowlevel NRZI flux pulse disk image files
D67
CBM2040 (DOS1) disk image format
D71
VC1571 disk image format
D81
VC1581 disk image format
D80
CBM8050 disk image format
D82
CBM8250/1001 disk image format
D90
CBM D9090/60 disk image format
D1M
FD2000/FD4000 DD disk image format
D2M
FD2000/FD4000 HD disk image format
D4M
FD4000 ED disk image format
DHD
CMD HD disk image format
T64
tape container files (read-only)
TAP
lowlevel tape image files
P00
program files
CRT
C64 cartridge image files
TCRT
tapecart image files
A utility (c1541
, see c1541) is provided to allow transfers
and conversions between these formats.
Notice that the use of the X64
file format is deprecated now.
You can convert an X64
file back into a D64
file with the
UNIX dd
command:
dd bs=64 skip=1 if=IMAGE.X64 of=IMAGE.D64
See The emulator file formats. for a technical description of the supported file formats.