I did Star Commander, in 2002. It was so funny to see my Dell Inspiron 600MHz laptop slaved by parallel port to my 1980s floppy disc. Memories don't have to die, yes you can go home again.
Great easy video to follow, was ideal as I had a couple of old originals where the disk is now knackered, so I've been able to write a d64 to a real disk to leave in the box, just nice to know I have a working version of the game in the case!
I built the original X1541 cable back in the late mid to late 90's to connect a real 1541 drive to the PC parallel port. That was when PC's still had "real" parallel ports on them. I eventually upgraded it to the XE1541 by adding the diodes which took it to the next generation of parallel and "virtual" parallel ports. I could never get either of the cables to work in Windows so I booted into true DOS and used a program called Star Commander to transfer back and forth. With the introduction of modern motherboards and the USB protocol the only reliable way of transferring files across nowadays is to use a Compact Flash or SD device like the one that you are showing here which connects to both the C64 and the PC to allow the files to be transferred. I am still tempted to try to connect a real 1541 to a modern PC USB port using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi to oversee the data transfer, that is when I get a lot of spare time, I love playing with retro electronics ;) Great video, thanks for sharing ;)
Who keeps posting auto comments? Great video without any input to the creator or feedback. I had that floppy drive. It's a beast inside. Bunch of MOS custom chips and a massive power supply inside the drive. It can run custom code - the floppy drive as it has a similar CPU as the main machine. So it's fully programmable. To the point where the floppy drive can be a malicious floppy disk shredder. Great for security. BTW. These drives are not repairable. I don't have the pictures that I took. I'm talking about 500 or more discrete chips and components inside. Not a SoC like today.
I haven't seen that floppy drive in 35 years. Mine had a broken floppy latch on the front - the plastic manual lock, so it did not lock the disk inside. I tried pushing in it and holding with my fingers. It kind of worked, but I switched to version II the smaller one. That one the heads banged themselves to death - failure code lookup.
You can change the device number on the SD2IEC, I've got mine set for #9 for use with my C128D. OPEN1,current address,15,"U0>"+CHR$(new address):CLOSE1 change sd2iec device number to new address OPEN1,device address,15,"XW":CLOSE1 this will save settings to eeprom (to set new device address as default)
I had one of the original SD2IEC. There is a switch on the back but it doesn't do anything. This is the way I had to do it. But inside there's only one microntroller and mine was not software flashable.
I got this one on eBay maybe 10 years ago. There are many different models out there. Keep in mind the SD2IEC is not a true drive emulation. Copy protected disks (like games) won't likely backup properly to it properly. if they are just data, will work fine.
@@redrumloa Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to work with copy protected disks. I mainly just wanted to convert my data disks. As for the actual games and such, I figure I can download those images from someplace. Thanks for the info.
may I add if you're buying a SD2IEC get one of those latest ones that have Epyx Fastload built into its ROM. It makes all the difference, as you can't use an 1980s Fastload with it. Good luck.
I did Star Commander, in 2002. It was so funny to see my Dell Inspiron 600MHz laptop slaved by parallel port to my 1980s floppy disc. Memories don't have to die, yes you can go home again.
Great easy video to follow, was ideal as I had a couple of old originals where the disk is now knackered, so I've been able to write a d64 to a real disk to leave in the box, just nice to know I have a working version of the game in the case!
Glad it worked for you. Thank you for the feedback.
I built the original X1541 cable back in the late mid to late 90's to connect a real 1541 drive to the PC parallel port. That was when PC's still had "real" parallel ports on them. I eventually upgraded it to the XE1541 by adding the diodes which took it to the next generation of parallel and "virtual" parallel ports.
I could never get either of the cables to work in Windows so I booted into true DOS and used a program called Star Commander to transfer back and forth. With the introduction of modern motherboards and the USB protocol the only reliable way of transferring files across nowadays is to use a Compact Flash or SD device like the one that you are showing here which connects to both the C64 and the PC to allow the files to be transferred.
I am still tempted to try to connect a real 1541 to a modern PC USB port using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi to oversee the data transfer, that is when I get a lot of spare time, I love playing with retro electronics ;)
Great video, thanks for sharing ;)
cool love it olds are here again
great video :) keep up the good work
Who keeps posting auto comments? Great video without any input to the creator or feedback. I had that floppy drive. It's a beast inside. Bunch of MOS custom chips and a massive power supply inside the drive. It can run custom code - the floppy drive as it has a similar CPU as the main machine. So it's fully programmable. To the point where the floppy drive can be a malicious floppy disk shredder. Great for security. BTW. These drives are not repairable. I don't have the pictures that I took. I'm talking about 500 or more discrete chips and components inside. Not a SoC like today.
I haven't seen that floppy drive in 35 years. Mine had a broken floppy latch on the front - the plastic manual lock, so it did not lock the disk inside. I tried pushing in it and holding with my fingers. It kind of worked, but I switched to version II the smaller one. That one the heads banged themselves to death - failure code lookup.
You can change the device number on the SD2IEC, I've got mine set for #9 for use with my C128D.
OPEN1,current address,15,"U0>"+CHR$(new address):CLOSE1
change sd2iec device number to new address
OPEN1,device address,15,"XW":CLOSE1
this will save settings to eeprom (to set new device address as default)
I had one of the original SD2IEC. There is a switch on the back but it doesn't do anything. This is the way I had to do it. But inside there's only one microntroller and mine was not software flashable.
Where did ;you get your SD2IEC? I have several physical disks I would love to convert to D64
I got this one on eBay maybe 10 years ago. There are many different models out there. Keep in mind the SD2IEC is not a true drive emulation. Copy protected disks (like games) won't likely backup properly to it properly. if they are just data, will work fine.
@@redrumloa Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to work with copy protected disks. I mainly just wanted to convert my data disks. As for the actual games and such, I figure I can download those images from someplace. Thanks for the info.
may I add if you're buying a SD2IEC get one of those latest ones that have Epyx Fastload built into its ROM. It makes all the difference, as you can't use an 1980s Fastload with it. Good luck.