It doesn't work, unfortunately. I get "device not present error" when I try the LOAD.
You need to mount the disk image first in the emulator, most likely.
Simply drag and drop the first file onto the emulator window. (Tested with CCS64)
I'm afraid that produces the same error. Mounting the image/attaching the disk/autostarting produces the same error. I guess it's a VICE thing, I'll try CCS64, thank you.
There may be an error about the drive hardware not being emulated because vice can't find the ROM for the disk drive hardware.
Several distros that package vice don't ship these images dumped from the hardware. You can download the vice upstream distribution and copy the ROM files.
You must have under (Linux) ~/.vice/DRIVES and ~/.vice/PRINTERS the correct firmware - then you'll be able to use the disk drives. You can get those files from the windows zip distribution of vice.