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awesome! great work man!

well are you sure you've installed the CDM20814_Setup.exe ? I mean, it 's strange (at least at the win7 device manager pic) not to show the Ports (COM & LPT) tree! hmmm, run again the exe SIO2USB not connected). reboot. connect usb, reboot again...!

As I said you should always reboot to win having the cable connected. I don't know why though, win just don't recognize it unless you reboot. hmmm strange. give it a try again, before sending back etc

do you connect it via usb hub? if so, try to connect it directly to a PC usb.

nothing similar to that?

Oh! It should have the COM/LPT tree in device manager. It can't be! COM ports are always available! hmm ok give it a try using winXP. Use exactly the same file (it works on XP too, tested already)

any luck?

No no need to show up to USB devices tree! Check the Ports (COM & LPT) tree! go to control panel device manager open Ports (COM & LPT) tree and you should see "USB Serial Port (COMxxx)" alternatively, if you go to AspeQt under Options you can test which COM port is set to the SIO2USB (say type COM1 if not, type COM2, then COM3 etc) then pressing ok (I assume you also change to DSR and 19200 as prviously said)

how did you installed the drivers? Did you download and run the CDM20814_Setup.exe ? This is the ONLY way that works (I've spent too much time to find out that) If you did so (hope you did), then note the followng: Always reboot the system having the SIO2USB attached Both XP and 7 for some reason do not see the cable when you're in the OS and plugging the cable. need to rboot WITH the cable (at least for my case, but give it a try)

I've got Win7 too. So, Download the CDM20814_Setup.exe file (this is the FTDI 232R DRIVERS XP-Vista-7) and run it. from here http://www.mediafire.com/?14c462x4kz4dz3y or wherever you find better. Then all u need to find out on which COM port your USB device is being set (i.e. COM,COM2,COM3 etc). Having the SIO2USB connected (without being attached to Atari), open AspeQt Go to Options Write the appropriate COM port (on your right) Select the DSR as Handshake method (on your right) Select a low speed for the baud rate, say 19200 (1x) Press Ok Now the console at the bottom should print the following: Serial port speed set to 19200. Emulation started through standard serial port backend on 'COM3' with DSR handshaking. That's it! Hope it helps. Had the same issue before, and people helped me too!

wishing the best for your son mate. hope nothing serious :-)

found! ok now, had to make the ATR by selecting (when creating an atr) the SpartaDOS... so simple that is!

I have edit my previous post a lot here, sorry

question... I have successuly made a rom file with a few (xex) games via sicgen. Now, when trying to create an .ATR that will contain this .ROM file and the sicflash.com using the MakeATR, the program throws an error saying "Disk Full, cannot allocate space for xxx.rom. It need 2065 sec" Any idea what what I do wrong here? note that in the MakeATR, when creating the ATR i'm choosing the Density DD (720 sectors, 256bytes/sec) and Format SpartaDos X (as is in the SicCart)

worked! oh yes it was this DSR handshaking method needed! I've used 1x speed also. thanks sloopy!

yes rdea6, I have done this also (I was aware of it) I've checked in which COM port the virtualized USB was installed (under device manager) and then select it in AspeQt (but probably there is more to do I guess). though I'll be more clear when I get back home (working now), and I'll post exactly what I do with AspeQt. i.e. does anyone know whuich of the 3 supported handshaking methods (RI, DSR and CTS) should I use here? anyway, I don't want to mess sloopy's thread anymore, with my AspeQt problems... Again I thank Sloopy for this great piece of hardware and his fast response which is much appreciated

Hey my pictured SIO2USB dev sample fellas are quite popular then! Thanks sloopy, for the info. But, the driver for Win XP (version 2.08.14 for x86 (32-bit)) I've found at the http://tinyurl.com/445llkc (as kindly skr noted above) did not worked for me. Using this driver, the SIO2USB was recognized and installed on XP, but when running i.e. the newer version of AspeQt, then mount an ATR etc, the Atari did not found to have a disk mounted (looked like there is no communication between PC and Atari). Can you please send me the driver that worked for you under XP? This may probably be the proper driver while the one I've found is wrong, who knows!

sorry also need the driver for win 7 too!

Hi guys. Received the sio2usb from sloopy recently but i have not managed to find a proper driver for win xp yet! So the device is not being recocgnized :-( does anyone knows where to find this fd232r usb driver? Or does the dvd provided by sloopy (shipped with it) contains somewhere this driver? Any help would be appreciated.

excellent stuff! a very neat collection! wish I had that space for my 35+ retro toys too!

Excellent toys man. I like your Sega Mega CD I/II and Multi Mega toys! (those i do not own for the moment...) Though why a C64 only? Don't you liked playing games on home micros?

Well thanks mimo, though I've found two from Sloopy, awaiting to receive in the next days. A friend might be interested though! I'll let you know man.Cheers!

it is business mate, it is obvious but, who cares? I do know what you mean by suffering to get the retro-toys. I suffered a lot till now! Of course I was kidding with the "wiki" thing! but still liked to watch everybody's else collections either as business or individual

@TTuser well done man. I'm always supporting people that keep the classic/retro computer/console memories alive, as long as long as the service is not related to "commercial instincts"... Anyway I have my own retro game reviews site, so again I'm always supporting people's ideas based on retro-system gene... It's not a competition guys, is just another brick on our retro-computer loving home(s)

being a newbie here and I had the luck to watch this.... this is the meaning of the "retro sys collector". wiki should have your name and info listed! keep it going man!