SDrive-Max, sdrive.atr question

[eegad]

My wife got me an SDrive-Max for Christmas this year. Really nice little device. I wish I could send it back through time to my 1985-self.

 

I've got a technical question - if you look at the contents of the sdrive.atr file, what is the difference between the files SDRIVE.COM, SDRIVEN.COM and SDRIVENH.COM? They all seem to be the "menu" that boots up on drive 0. 

 

The reason I ask is because there is one thing about the sdrive menu that annoys me.....the fact that the Option key also acts as an arrow key to navigate through file lists. I load atr's into drive(s)....then I need to hold Option and then Reset in order to reboot with Basic disabled (800xl). But of course when I touch Option, it starts going click-click-click through the file list. Very minor gripe to be sure, but it kinda annoys me.  So I want to run the menu through a disassembler / hex editor and NOP out the check for console key presses (and also maybe change the background color to normal Atari blue). I guess I could just hack all 3 files, but I figured I'd ask before I dig in.  Thanks for any input.

 

 

 

[Gavin1968]

The source is available on Github so no need to hack the assembled code. You might also consider using the touch screen to set the image and still use option on the computer to boot without basic. That is the cool thing about the SDrive over the other SIO2SD solutions, the touch screen. 
 

[E474]

Hi,

 

   I think the different sdrive.com files can be selected if you hold down SHIFT when booting. You can also reboot with the Atari/inverse video key.

[JR>]

from:

https://atari8bit.net/wp-content/uploads/SDrive_en.pdf

 

Note: While booting the SDRIVE.ATR you can choose between loading the SDRIVE.COM control program (default), SDRIVEN.COM („NoAutoload“ version), SDRIVENH.COM („NoAutoload“ + built-in help), DOS II+ or S/XEGS RAMcart feeder of control program (SDRIVENH.COM) by holding Atari Shift and pressing keys 1 to 5.