dzzy1982 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Can any current emulators support SIO peripherals? Altirra seems to have some SIO options in the menu, but I can't find much information on it. Do any current emulators support a 10502pc or sio2pc? This seems like it would be very useful for creating physical floppies directly from the emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 SIO2PC can do that anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzy1982 Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 What I meant was is there a way to mount a physical drive from within the emulator? Like set an ATR image as D1 and a physical 1050 as D2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) No, as far as I know there's no Atari emulator that can do that. Easier to do on the Atari with the same device.. I think someone asked Avery if he could do it a while back and the short answer was no but I don't remember if he said if was or wasn't possible, I seem to recall his saying it was to do with the way the emulation was done (but don't quote me on that). To be honest it would be novel but it's way more impressive that the 40yr old Atari can interface with brand new tech (SD-Max etc) with the storage of hundred of thousands of 1050s (if not way more, too lazy to do the maths). (based on a 32gid SD and 90K files, 90K being the average commercial software sized disk alone) OK did the maths, 355,555 disks.. Edited January 15, 2022 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzy1982 Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 I'm actually working on an SDrive-Max. I thought it would be useful to be able connect that and a physical drive and be able backup and restore ATR images right from within the emulator. I'm surprised this has not been implemented yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 As you have an SD-MAX you must have an Atari (?) and it's so simple on that, unlike a CD-Rom for say PSX emulation, the 40yr old SIO has no direct interface and then you have to worry about latency, therefore timing etc etc etc I dare say it can be done but why bother when it's already out there the other way around. In the end it's for Avery to really comment on but with the work he already puts in to Altirra plus his very demanding daily job, I doubt it's something he's going to run towards He's the boss though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Atari++ supports this using atarisio. On Linux. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) I think the Xformer cable can do it with Darek Mihocka's emulator. Its toward the bottom of the page... http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm Edited January 18, 2022 by bbking67 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Why not use Ape? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Or just chain the Sdrive with a physical drive and create physical disks by copying between the two on real h/w? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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