PC-Commodore Cross-Platform Utilities

These utilities are designed for working with Commodore files from within a PC environment. Since more utilities of this type are appearing all the time, check back here occasionally to see what else we can dig up. If you have any suggestions for (or links to) new PC-Commodore programs or have written a new program yourself, please contact us.

CONGO

ConGo is a converter for GoDot, the C64 image processor. It displays and edits a range of C64 file formats and saves them to GIF, JPG, PCX, BMP, Koala and C64-Bitmaps, as well as a special 4bit-format used by GoDot. It runs under Win95/98 and was written by Matthias Matting. Freeware.

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congov22.zip512.59 KB

CONGOPIX

This is a selection of Commodore-generated pictures that can be viewed with ConGo. Freeware.

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congopix.zip81.36 KB

1581-COPY

1581-COPY is a CBM 1581 floppy disk copy utility that runs under DOS (there's a Linux version included also). It can import or export a 1581 disk within 39 seconds on a PC-based 3.5" floppy drive and disk controller. Written by Wolfgang Moser. Freeware.

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1581cp51.zip84.72 KB

64COPY

64COPY is an all-in-one file converter and DOS maintenance package. Its intended use is to convert the various files that exist for the C64 emulators. Files like D64, D71, D81, T64, X64, LNX, ARK, ARC, SDA, LBR, SPY, CPK and all the ZipCodes (Diskpacked, Sixpacked and Filepacked) can be converted to whatever format you need for your favorite C-64 emulator, or for use on a real C-64. It runs under DOS. Written by Peter Schepers. Free to use, but registration (and maybe a money order) are appreciated.

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64cp32b2.zip519.62 KB

ASCCONV

There are two DOS executables, one to convert ASCII to PETASCII, one to convert the reverse. Copy these to the root directory of C:\ (and make sure COMMAND.COM is there too) and run them as any other DOS executable. Written by Steve Conroy. Freeware.

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ascconv.zip12.75 KB

D64 Disk Image Viewer

D64 Disk Image Viewer V1.4 will display the contents of a D64 Image file in a format as close to the C-64 as is possible. Written by Mike Paull. Freeware.

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Ddir114.zip64.45 KB

List64

List64 v0.67 is a C64 disk file image viewer that supports D64, X64, T64, Lynx, Arkive, PC64, Net64, Lbr, and File/4/5-packed Zipcode. It lists the contents as the C-64 would, with inverse colors, etc. It runs under DOS. Written by Stefan Weber. Freeware.

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list64.zip15.92 KB

CBM2ASC

A Commodore ASCII to standard ASCII converter program, CBM2ASC converts Commodore SEQ text files to ASCII text. This utility runs under DOS and also includes a switch to convert SpeedScript (screencode PRG) files to ASCII (which means it may also work on files produced by The Write Stuff). Written by Reed D. Meyer. Freeware.

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cbm2asc_11.zip21.76 KB

IMAGE 64

IMAGE 64 can convert a PC .BMP file (with 2, 16 or 256 colours) to Advanced ArtStudio, Koala Paint, FLI graphics and Hires. This version is Freeware, but there is an upgraded version available for $15.00 from the author, Adrian Schlama. The upgraded version can convert any of the aforementioned files to a PC .BMP format.

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image64s.zip180.12 KB

CBM-IBM

CBM-IBM converts C-64 Basic programs to QBasic-MS/DOS programs (with a little work on your end and a good working knowledge of both Commodore Basic 2.0 and Microsoft's QBasic). Written by Peter Weighill. Freeware.

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cbm-ibm.zip62.76 KB

MLXPC

MLXPC is a program used to convert listings in Compute!'s Gazette MLX format (and Ahoy!'s Flankspeed format) into binaries. Using a scanner and OCR software, you can scan the MLX text, OCR it and convert it directly to a Commodore binary file. No author is listed. Freeware.

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mlxpc11.zip33.27 KB

TOK64

TOK64 tokenizes ASCII text file representations of Commodore Basic program listings into program images that are suitable to run on a C-64. It also converts Commodore Basic programs back into ASCII text listings. Written by Cris Berneburg. Freeware.

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