Spanner Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just bought one from ebay for my birthday,are they any good,can you load tape images as well as disk images with it..? It reminds me of The Tapuino on the C64 .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Just bought one from ebay for my birthday,are they any good,can you load tape images as well as disk images with it..? It reminds me of The Tapuino on the C64 .. s-l1600.jpg They are awesome! Everything in a package smaller than a pack of cigarettes. My favorite menu for the SIO2SD is v2.2 or v2.5 if you need all eight drives. sio2sd_v2.2.xex sio2sd_v2.5.xex Edited January 15, 2018 by ACML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanner Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Found the quick start guide.. http://www.retrofun.info/sio2sd-quick-start/ Can't wait to get it and use it on my Atari 130XE,... Edited January 15, 2018 by Spanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanner Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Do you know of anyone making a case for it at all..?? This case looks cool.. Edited January 15, 2018 by Spanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Lotharek sells SIO2SD with and without cases, I don't know if he sells cases separately or if your's would fit anyway, but you might look into it: http://www.lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3D-Printed-Case-for-SIO2SD-LOTHAREK-Atari-800XL-style-Beige-Brown/173084830315?hash=item284ca8ea6b:g:OwIAAOSwlzRaUFH5 There are some nice looking cases on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccorm Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Do you know of anyone making a case for it at all..?? Yes. See this thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/273604-nice-case-for-sio2sd/ The day I received the SIO2SD marked one of my best modern-day Atari 8-bit experiences. Outside of complete software emulators, it is one of the best companion pieces a collector can own. You asked about using the SIO2SD for tape images? Directly, no, it won't emulate a tape drive. You'll have to convert the software to disk format, but if it was even a remotely known piece of software, someone has probably already done this for you. Sometimes, the publishers themselves will surprise you. I never knew that one of my more heavily used commercial games that was programmed in BASIC but had its listing copy protected, Alien Hell, was also released by the publisher in disk format. That game is hard to appreciate in modern times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanner Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Thanks I like the case that fits mine (Retrofun) but it in the US and cost £10 for postage..wow. Thats just killed it. And a import charge too £6.42.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3D-Printed-Case-for-SIO2SD-RetroFun-Atari-800XL-style/173046805306?hash=item284a64b33a:g:~WoAAOSw~kJaT8bS I have mine in a black box at the moment,and cut a letterbox for the screen. I have a Tapuino for my C64,and it very similar but theTapuino loads tap files,Cassette files. I have as well a UK1541 for it too. The Tapuino I made myself and put into a C64 Datasstte. I was thinking of doing that with this but It a disk drive emulator not a Tape emulator so it don't suet been in it.It would look better in a 1050 disk drive. (Playing games like Star Raider II reminds me of school,We had a Atari 800XL in the games room on a black and white TV,we would have to take turns to play it for 5 or 10 minutes.yep the good old 1980s,Couldn't stop playing Pole position.. ) Edited January 19, 2018 by Spanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanner Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) One thing I did notice about the display,it not scrolling,so you can't see the whole name of the atr file,on the Tapuino for the c64,it does,so was wondering,can it be added to the firmware or is there a option to turn it on..?? Edited January 19, 2018 by Spanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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