Would love to see more of this.

Nice, would be nice if it could be bought somewhere

@RetroWK

6 ай бұрын

It would. I searched everywhere but no luck. Found that one on ebay.

Another good video! Did you think it was ID #2 like the GEOS Ram drive? But it’s been set to ID #10. Is that a software setting like on the SD2IEC has a command to change it from 8 to 9,10 or 11? Thank you

@bozimmerman

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered about that too. Device #2 is reserved for the user port in the C64.

I like this project. Although I don’t need it with my UltimateII+ cartridge but this is brilliant. And that from a dentist! Usually not the most technically inclined people :)

@Mr76Pontiac

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to post a message similar to this. I have the U2+ as well, but, I've been tinkering with VICE and the 9090 emulation, and it's pretty cool either way you slice it. I haven't really been able to dig too deep into it as I keep having some odd ball crashes with Vice when playing with it. But getting a hard drive hooked up to the 64 would at least alleviate the REQUIREMENT to use the U2+ and I could get a few of my machines going with something like this. You'd still probably run into issues with protected disks though.

@CallousCoder

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr76Pontiac I just I had the time or the detailed information how the serial drive communication works in the C64. It would be cool to develop a wireless version of this that basically just connects to an SMB share where all your images are.

How does this compare to the CMD HD in terms of functionality (commands), and speed?

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

As I see it the CMD HD offers parallel connection which increases the speed over floppy. My HD does not. I don't own a CMD HD, so that's only what I was able to dig up ;-)

does the program for browsing the SD2IEC not work on this device?

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

I did not test that. I try that in the next video about the HD.

could you tell me were to get the pcb so i can build one I would really appreciate it thanks

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

That PCB - as I understand it - was only available in some C64 user group here in Germany. There is a website of the guy who designed it. Check the Link in the description (NLQsomething). Maybe he can give it to you.

Eine kleine Frage: sind die Programme, die auf mehr als 1 Disk enthalten sind, unterstützt?

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

Das hängt davon ab, wie die Dateien des Programms geladen werden (Nur Dateiname oder auch Name der Disk). Im ersten Fall sollte das klappen, im zweiten Fall leider nicht. Allerdings gibt es ja auch viele Multidisk-Programme, die inzwischen als CRT oder Einzeldisk-Images für 1581 erhältlich sind.

@OSH0891

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroWK danke für die Antwort. Also es gibt leider keine Vollkompatibilität mit 1541. Aber trotzdem das ist ein sehr interessantes Gerät.

Great stuff! Thank you for the nice demonstration and review. 👍🎉👍 Super Demo! Vielen lieben Dank. Ich habe bis jetzt so eine SD2IEC-Lösung. Aber so eine große Lödung ist maturlich tausendmal besser! Die Frage ist nur, wie bekomme ich so ein Hammer-Teil?!

@HHHP0174

2 жыл бұрын

Ps: Auf der nlq-Seite habe ich leider nichts gefunden. Vielen Dank. Lg, Holger

Would love to see more. Does it have a Real Time Clock as well?

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. No real time clock. Part II coming soon!

The uiec firmware by Ingo Korb, which is the basis for sd2iec, was first built as a compact flash solution back in the early 00s, and still supports an at-ide bus. In fact, I'm curious if this hardware is actually running uiec.

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

I just saw your comment ... sorry for the late reply! How can I check that for you?

@bozimmerman

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroWK Hello. One way to check is to 1. turn on the computer, 2. turn on the hard drive, 3. before doing anything else at all, enter this program and run it: 10 OPEN 1,8,15:INPUT#1,A,A$,B,C:PRINT A,A$,B,C:CLOSE1 It will report the version of the CBM-DOS in the drive. If your hard drive is not drive 8, you can change the first '8' in the open statement above to the correct number.

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

Just gives me an illegal direct error. The drive is 10, so used that instead of 8.

Does this work in burst mode for C128s?

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

I don't think so ... but I also have no 128 at hand to test this.

That would be better in a smaller 3D printed case which would allow the Compact Flash to be easily changed. It would be possible to design the case to allow an easy transfer of the existing electronics into the new case.

@Mr76Pontiac

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct, but, how frequently would you be changing the media to make it worth while? Perhaps if you constantly keep updating images on the drive, I guess?

@CallousCoder

2 жыл бұрын

Well 64GB card would never require you to change it ever :)

Is there a kit form of this available?

@matthewmchugo6491

2 жыл бұрын

Kit or Kat? Mind you Kit Kats are good here

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

There some kind of kit available years ago, but as far as my research went, it was only available for members of a certain C64 user group. I am planing to come up with a kit, when there is enough interest. With all the other solutions out there, this is more like a curiosity.

Heck I never knew C64 recognised MB's of storage?! Was there ever a storage larger than the FDD Double Density that worked natively with C64?

@bozimmerman

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Paal. The C64 iec serial bus is a universal bus. It does not matter how big the storage is, so long as the serial bus rules are followed.

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

I guess the 1581 is a prime example here. Since the drive logic always resisted in the drive it's hard to define native.

Oh man I want one 😫

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

Go and build one :-) I think the material for that is out there.

@Mr_Meowingtons

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroWK I know, right now I'm building a 1581 FDD I just need 1 more IC and a 3D printed case. I got boned on 3 MOS 8520. I got 1 more coming in from a different guy today then I have to hope thr WD1770 works.

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Meowingtons Very cool! I have that on my todo list ;-)

Can I get one?

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

I don't have it anymore and they are very rare.

Who can build someone for me?

@RetroWK

Жыл бұрын

This thing is pretty rare. There is a website for the project somewhere, but the PCB was only given out in a german C64 club ... if I recall this correctly. It's a while since I made the video.

In deutsch wäre das auch klasse

@RetroWK

2 жыл бұрын

Leider nur als Untertitel. Als ich meine Videos in deutsch gemacht habe, hat die niemand geschaut. Seit ich sie in englisch mache schon. Das steigert die Motivation dramatisch! ;-)