ctirad Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hello, I have a couple of tested SDrive boards for sale. It's my SMD recreation of the original SDrive http://raster.infos.cz/atari/hw/sdrive/sdriveen.htm The only change is that is lacks DIP switch so the drive ID is hardwired to D1 and the write protect is directly connected to the SD slot. I believe most people don't need it anyway. The price is 25 EUR plus 5 EUR worldwide shipping. There are only limited number of the boards and I'm not going to make another ones. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajero_pn Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Whether it is the box (cover)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellraiser Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 hmm price seems a bit off, its only 36 Eur shipping included for a FULL functional SIO2SD....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctirad Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Why do you think that being 20% CHEAPER than functionally equal device is a "bit off"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellraiser Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Doensnt this "drive ID is hardwired to D1" mean that you can not use 4 SDrives simultaneous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) hmm price seems a bit off, its only 36 Eur shipping included for a FULL functional SIO2SD....... I think what equates to 20 GBP + P&P looks pretty fair. And what's not FULLY functional about this unit? As for casing: I think this is one instance where it won't be missed. Surely the vast majority of these will end up sitting above the SIO port inside the machine. Edited January 11, 2014 by flashjazzcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctirad Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Doensnt this "drive ID is hardwired to D1" mean that you can not use 4 SDrives simultaneous? Why would you want to use 4 SDrives simultaneously? The SDrive can emulate up to 4 drives at once (+ boot floppy). While the SDrive SMD has the basic ID hardwired to D1, it means it is fixed to D1, D2, D3 and D4 and not, say, D4,D5,D6 and D7. Edited January 11, 2014 by ctirad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellraiser Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 While the SDrive SMD has the basic ID hardwired to D1, it means it is fixed to D1, D2, D3 and D4 and not, say, D4,D5,D6 and D7. My mistake, I thought it meant you could only use one drive (D1) and not 4 drives at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I want one. Fits perfect in my 1-MB-600XL-with-5000-built-in-games. I want to hide it in my machine without access to buttons and sd card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 1-MB-600XL-with-5000-built-in-games Well, 1-MB-Stereo-600XL-with-5000-built-in-games 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Looks pretty good! But today I concluded I already have far far far too much atari 8bit stuff. I can't believe I wrote that line... my motto was always so far: there isn't such a thing as too much atari 8bit stuff! But seriously.... There is at this moment enough space for me to sit on a fixed place in my atari room, and there are a few spots where 2 feet can stand together, and where I have to jump to to leave the room without breaking anything.... so no, even this is a very small pcb, I think I'll pass this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctirad Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I want one. Fits perfect in my 1-MB-600XL-with-5000-built-in-games. I want to hide it in my machine without access to buttons and sd card. Well, without access to the buttons you will need to power cycle atari every time you will want to boot from another floppy. That is not practical at all. I can imagine that you can make a couple of picodos 16MB ATRs filled with most existing atari stuff, name the first one SDRIVE.ATR and boot it directly as a harddrive partition, but you still not be able to run multidisk games and demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hello ctirad, I received the sdrive and I have been emailing you with a question about the board for a few days. I would like to drill 2 small holes in it for 4-40 screws to mount the sdrive inside of an 800XL. The attached picture shows where I would like to drill the holes. I'm not sure if the pc board has multiple layers so I don't want to ruin it. Thanks a lot. redman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctirad Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hello, I replied to your email. Maybe it ended somewhere in the spam folder? Anyway, the places are OK. You can drill there safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks for responding. Comcast is my ISP and they must have blocked your email. When I get the sdrive running, I'll post a picture of my sloppy work I'm making a few more changes to the 800XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Here are some pictures of the Sdrive mounted inside of my 800XL. I had trouble lining up the push button switches with the holes that I drilled. I said that I was sloppy. I also installed a 27C512 with 4 OS's, did the SuperVideo 2.1 video mod and installed the Freezer reset system that allows a cold boot with the power still on. I put a 9 pin dsub socket on the back and used 2 dpdt toggle switches so I can use the Sdrive externally with another Atari. I made an adaptor that plugs into the 9 pin and also an Atari SIO cable. I want to also be able to use the Sdrive with an 800XL that has the Ultimate 1MB board. I put 2 leds on the side to visually show which OS is currently selected. The Sdrive works perfectly. Thanks a lot citrad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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