adamcon Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I would like to be added to the list. Thanks. Got you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Someone who is not on AtariAge asked me if rom images can be stored on the drive and loaded...or does it just load disks? And how about ddp images? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Someone who is not on AtariAge asked me if rom images can be stored on the drive and loaded...or does it just load disks? And how about ddp images? thanks It will not load rom images in the manner that the AtariMax Multi-Carts do. You will have to create CopyCart disk image volumes and then boot the disk image to bring up the CopyCart menu to choose the rom that you want to play. As far as DDP images, they should work just fine, but they will be mounted to Disk Drive #1 or Disk Drive #2, not to a Data Drive. At worst you might have to rename the file from *.DDP to *.DSK depending on how the menu software recognizes file extensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 It will not load rom images in the manner that the AtariMax Multi-Carts do. You will have to create CopyCart disk image volumes and then boot the disk image to bring up the CopyCart menu to choose the rom that you want to play. As far as DDP images, they should work just fine, but they will be mounted to Disk Drive #1 or Disk Drive #2, not to a Data Drive. At worst you might have to rename the file from *.DDP to *.DSK depending on how the menu software recognizes file extensions. Correct Jim, roms have to be in ADAMem .dsk format to run. DDP software in ADAMem format will work with the extension .ds?. First 2 letters have to be ds and 3rd can be anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Correct Jim, roms have to be in ADAMem .dsk format to run. DDP software in ADAMem format will work with the extension .ds?. First 2 letters have to be ds and 3rd can be anything So how long before someone releases a ".dsk" collection of Ikrananka's legacy ROM dumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 So how long before someone releases a ".dsk" collection of Ikrananka's legacy ROM dumps? There are numerous CopyCart disk image volumes in the Adam archive on Joe B's website, but those are not from Ikrananka's clean set. To make such a disk image would take some work as each PC rom image would have to be converted individually to Adam format with The Adam Connection, then those disks with the rom files taken to an Adam and the files copied to the disk image on the SD Card. It would probably take 2 1.44Mb disk images I could easily do it, just need the necessary time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Or...you use CopyCart on ADAMem and "dump" the carts to a 1.44mb disk image...it works just like doing it on a real ADAM. Too bad you can't do this on Virtual ADAM as it does not have the ability to mount disks and cartridges at the same time. There are numerous CopyCart disk image volumes in the Adam archive on Joe B's website, but those are not from Ikrananka's clean set. To make such a disk image would take some work as each PC rom image would have to be converted individually to Adam format with The Adam Connection, then those disks with the rom files taken to an Adam and the files copied to the disk image on the SD Card. It would probably take 2 1.44Mb disk imagesI could easily do it, just need the necessary time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foster Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Please find room on the list for me too. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Please find room on the list for me too. Thanks! You're on it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 please add me to the waiting list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 please add me to the waiting list. Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 If my Adams hadn't gone up in smoke this would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) If my Adams hadn't gone up in smoke this would be awesome! OUCH ! The very first thing the repairman will tell is to follow rule # 1; that is, DON"T LET THE SMOKE OUT ! Can always buy another one though. Edited November 5, 2016 by adamcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 OUCH ! The very first thing the repairman will tell is to follow rule # 1; that is, DON"T LET THE SMOKE OUT ! Can always buy another one though. Not that kind of smoke. The house burned down kind of smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTV1080P Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Where is the link to purchase this item? Has it been released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telengard Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Please add me to the waiting list. Any chance of supporting diectories on the SD card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Where is the link to purchase this item? Has it been released? Really? It's in the first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Please add me to the waiting list. Any chance of supporting diectories on the SD card? Not owning one yet, I can't be 100% sure, but.... It sounds to me like the disk images are placed in the root directory of the SD Card and that the menu software displayed on the LCD screen for browsing the contents of the SD Card does not support directories otherwise there wouldn't be the stated max number of 100 disk images. Will have to wait for adamcon to chime in with a definitive answer. Edited November 7, 2016 by NIAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph_DIY Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I want one, add me to the list please. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Not owning one yet, I can't be 100% sure, but.... It sounds to me like the disk images are placed in the root directory of the SD Card and that the menu software displayed on the LCD screen for browsing the contents of the SD Card does not support directories otherwise there wouldn't be the stated max number of 100 disk images. Will have to wait for adamcon to chime in with a definitive answer. Yes, they are placed in a directory of sorts. The unit places them in alphabetical order as independent disks, thus you can run supergames from the unit. Uppn startup, the unit starts as at the last position before shutdown and starts unmounted (or disk out). The unit is capable of 100 disks up to 1.44m each in size; depends on what ADAMem disks you put on the miniSD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I want one, add me to the list please. Thanks. Done, added to list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattyboombatty Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 So, how will this work with the IDE boot/CF card solution? Independent of that? Is there any advantage to using them together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 So, how will this work with the IDE boot/CF card solution? Independent of that? Is there any advantage to using them together? It will work totally independent, as it is an ADAMnet device disk drive only with internal disks rather than external disk/data pack. An ADAMem copy of the IDE boot media can be easily put onto the microSD card and then by selecting it and pulling reset, the IDE drive would be booted. Not the fastest solution as you may be at another disk area of the Virtual Drive and it would take more time and effort ot go get the IDE boot disk than it would to pu in the actual boot media and pull reset. Say you are at Powerpaint (3/4 - about 75 disks from start and the IDE boot is only 1/8 of the way into the 100 disks set (about 8 disks in); it would take way to much time to count down to the IDE boot disk on the Virtual Drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) The IDE CF Card Package is still a very viable option even with the release of the Adamnet SD Drive and it really shines in T-DOS where you have four readily available partitions up to 8Mb in size to store all your files instead of them being split up over numerous floppy disks that have to be kept track of and inserted/removed from an actual drive. IE: try running WordStar from floppy disk or data pack and then run it from the IDE CF Card... case closed. Just think of the SD Drive as an actaul disk drive where you have to look thru your disk case of 100 disks to find the one you want and then insert it in the drive... including the Adam Super Games. Edited November 8, 2016 by NIAD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Adamcon... does the menu software of the SD Drive allow one to skip ahead multiple disk images (say 10 at a time) to speed things up or does one have to browse thru each individual disk image one at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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