APE Trial and SIO2PC on Windows 10

[+Swami]

APE trial program hangs in background after closing and doesn't reopen unless I terminate in task manager, which then crashes Windows. It appears it goes to sleep when I close it, but won't re-open. And why is it like the only program that crashes my computer when I close it in task manager?


Hooked up the device to the PC by USB, installed the software into Program Files x86, restarted PC, replaced drivers with signed drivers with cat file, manually updated drivers in settings and device manager, set it to Windows 7 compatibility mode, opened APE and loaded ATR into drive, turned on 800XL and file loads okay.

Can anyone help me get this working? Thanks! No reply since Sunday at Atarimax.

[w1k]

lol.. welcome to atarimax

[+Swami]

lol.. welcome to atarimax

Well, there are installation instructions on the webpage, but they don't seem to match with what I am seeing, since the Windows 10 instructions basically say "follow Windows 7 instructions" and possibly you have to get signed drivers from the website. Although, now it seems it may have been complaining about finding no signed drivers because it is looking for a serial port driver before switching to USB mode and the drivers were actually okay, but just need to be manually linked to the device. Whether you have to do this before or after restart, or both, I am not sure. I wouldn't mind the fun of restarting Windows 10 and reinstalling APE except that Windows 10 sometimes decides to take a half-hour to power-cycle.

[+toddtmw]

Must. Not. Comment.

[+Swami]

Rolled it back to XP SP3 compatibility and it works better now. Win7 or Vista were apparently not enough.

[+Bikerbob]

I have been one to complain about the support from Steve as well, but as a device (I use SIO2PC serial) nothing has made enjoying my old atari hardware more than that. I am registered. I have the FTL breakout version and the old 1992 DIY version (I made myself in 1992)

ONE thing I did was make myself a FTL PC2FLOPPY which is USB - SO I have the ability to read Atari FLOPPIES on a USB com port and then play them back once copied to the PC on the Atari throught the Sio2PC serial port and not have to plug and unplug. and no com port conflicts on the PC>

 

Hope it works for you. The 8bit HW community is very cool.

 

James

[_The Doctor__]

Generally you will get answer once a week these day and normally Saturday 'ish.... it's the best he can do these days....