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  • Re: SD2IEC card drive recommendation

    From Frodo Baggins@3:770/3 to Bucko on Friday, December 09, 2022 22:00:35
    On Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:20:22 PM UTC-4, Bucko wrote:
    On Fri 7-Oct-2022 12:37a, Robert Bernardo@3:770/3.0 said to Fred Beans:
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 8:39:42 PM UTC-4, Fred Beans wrote:

    Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that power
    can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge connector. However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette port connector, and so for the Plus/4, you'd have to buy/build
    an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female cassette port edge socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that don't draw power from the cassette port. Such SD2IEC's, which draw their power from the Commodore

    I don't use the cassette port on my uIEC/SD, I picked up a USB power cord and plug that into the uIEC/sd and get power from that, the unit just sits on the table behind my Ultimate 64..


    Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain - I have not been able to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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  • From Jim Brain@3:770/3 to Frodo Baggins on Saturday, December 10, 2022 00:44:42
    On 12/10/2022 12:00 AM, Frodo Baggins wrote:
    On Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:20:22 PM UTC-4, Bucko wrote:
    On Fri 7-Oct-2022 12:37a, Robert Bernardo@3:770/3.0 said to Fred Beans:
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 8:39:42 PM UTC-4, Fred Beans wrote:

    Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that power
    can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge connector.
    However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette port connector, and so
    for the Plus/4, you'd have to buy/build
    an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female cassette port edge
    socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that don't draw power from the
    cassette port. Such SD2IEC's, which draw their power from the Commodore >>
    I don't use the cassette port on my uIEC/SD, I picked up a USB power cord and
    plug that into the uIEC/sd and get power from that, the unit just sits on the
    table behind my Ultimate 64..


    Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain - I have not been able to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

    You need to treat D64 images (and all image types) like a directory or
    folder. So, "cd" into the D64 image.

    Jim

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  • From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to Frodo Baggins on Saturday, December 10, 2022 07:39:17
    On 09 Dec 2022, Frodo Baggins said the following...


    Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain - I have not been able to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?


    You need to mount the image, if you have JiffyDOS installed it is very easy,

    @cd:image.d64

    Without JiffyDOS
    open1,8,15,"cd:image.d64":close1

    That will mount the image and allow you to treat is just like a real 1541 directory..

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  • From Robert Roland@3:770/3 to frodob20222022@gmail.com on Saturday, December 10, 2022 15:22:29
    On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 22:00:35 -0800 (PST), Frodo Baggins <frodob20222022@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain - I have not been able to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

    There are programs designed specifically for browsing and running
    programs from the SD2IEC and similar devices.

    The most common one is simply named FB64 (for FileBrowser).

    If you don't have any of the fastloaders supported by the SD2IEC, you
    may want to take look at "FB1K". It has a built-in fastloader.

    TheRetroChannel shows how to use both here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BqYrQi859s

    He also does some performance comparisons, as well as showing a method
    for transferring a D64 or single file between the SD2IEC and a real
    floppy.
    --
    RoRo

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Robert Roland on Sunday, December 11, 2022 10:04:08
    On Sat 10-Dec-2022 3:22p, Robert Roland@3:770/3.0 said to Frodob20222022@gmail.com:
    The most common one is simply named FB64 (for FileBrowser).

    This works awesome for me. FB64 and FB128.

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  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Frodo Baggins on Saturday, December 10, 2022 20:41:42
    Hello Frodo,

    09 Dec 22 22:00, you wrote to Bucko:

    On Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:20:22 PM UTC-4, Bucko wrote:
    On Fri 7-Oct-2022 12:37a, Robert Bernardo@3:770/3.0 said to Fred
    Beans:
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 8:39:42 PM UTC-4, Fred Beans
    wrote:

    Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that
    power can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge
    connector. However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette
    port connector, and so for the Plus/4, you'd have to
    buy/build an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female
    cassette port edge socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that
    don't draw power from the cassette port. Such SD2IEC's, which
    draw their power from the Commodore

    I don't use the cassette port on my uIEC/SD, I picked up a USB power
    cord and plug that into the uIEC/sd and get power from that, the
    unit just sits on the table behind my Ultimate 64..


    Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain - I have not been able
    to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

    d64/d81/etc are disc image files, like an .iso
    you have to 'mount' it.

    the best way to download FB and copy it into the root of your SD card,
    so you can just load"fb",8 as you turn on your computer.

    https://www.nightfallcrew.com/21/08/2013/cbm-filebrowser-v1-6-by-nbla000/

    Regards,
    --
    dp

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  • From Frodo Baggins@3:770/3 to Gary McCulloch on Sunday, December 18, 2022 17:26:27
    On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 11:20:08 AM UTC-5, Gary McCulloch wrote:
    On Sat 10-Dec-2022 3:22p, Robert Roland@3:770/3.0 said to Frodob2...@gmail.com:
    The most common one is simply named FB64 (for FileBrowser).

    This works awesome for me. FB64 and FB128.
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    Thank you - one and all for the information - I was able to access th D64 files with your assistance - I have yet to download and try the FB64 program, but will give that a try also - thanks again !!

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