Question on the lost Atari models.... So I created a virtual 1450XLD for the first time, even though it has been available for a few months now. Too many other projects going on. Anyhow... WHen I use the 1450 TONG controller it gives me a message "Please Insert Disk, and close drive latch Or if you do not want disks, press return". OK, so the obvious question, is there a switch, or key combination to close the latch? I was thinking it might be under console switches, but nothing there.
2nd question....This is going WAAAAAY back... I vaguely remember reading that the disk controller in the 1450XLD was a lot faster than a 1050 drive. Trying the other 1450 disc controller, I really do not notice a speed difference. Sure, I could click on the SIO handler, and get the near instant load times, but I want to play with a system close to the original. I also noticed the regular controller does not have the loading beeps. Is this normal??