Hi,
I am about to take delivery of an Atari 800XL system and was wondering if there is a device that will allow me to load programs from a memory card? Something like Commodore's 1541U+ or SD2IEC.
Cheers,
Pete.
I have heard of one available for the ST series called "satandisk". Not a well thought out name as it will draw out the lunatic fringe but apparently it is available and works within the limits of the TOS and hard disk drivers available on the ST. All I can suggest is try a search engine for now. Asking anything on AtariAge seems to set off an entirely different freak show from what I have seen.
Quote from: Badders on April 26, 2009, 01:21:06 AMI am about to take delivery of an Atari 800XL system and was wondering if there is a device that will allow me to load programs from a memory card? Something like Commodore's 1541U+ or SD2IEC.
Yes, Pete. There is the SIO2SD from Hungary. Bill Kendrick, organizer of the Atari Party 2009, showed off his at the show. Contact Bill for more information on how he ordered his. You can reach him at
bill(at)newbreedsoftware.com
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 CommVEx v5 - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX
Hey RobertB,
Does Bill or someone else have a website up about it? or is it up on his own new breed software site?
Quote from: RobertB on April 27, 2009, 03:51:18 PM
Yes, Pete. There is the SIO2SD from Hungary. Bill Kendrick, organizer of the Atari Party 2009, showed off his at the show. Contact Bill for more information on how he ordered his. You can reach him at
bill(at)newbreedsoftware.com
Thanks Robert. I did a Google on this topic and also found another device from the Czech Republic that looked really good, but there were no prices or ordering information on the site.
I'll have more time this Thursday to look further into it.
Regards,
Pete.
I think the best bet is to e-mail Bill directly and ask him how he got his SIO2SD. He may have some pointers on the process.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX
I've emailed Bill, and also the makers of the device. Fingers crossed ;D
Thanks for the information, Robert!
Pete.
No problem, Pete. Let us know how you progress in this.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX
I've just ordered one from the guys in Poland. €29 delivered. Not bad at all ;D
I'll let you know how I get on with it.
Pete.
Pete, did you get the name of the people who produce this? Do they have a website?
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX
Sure did: http://sio2sd.gucio.pl/index_en.html
The email link is near the bottom of the page.
Pete.
Thanks for the link! Now if I can get the courage and the money to buy that card drive for the Tandy 100. :)
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX
Well, I now have the SIO2SD device, and it's a good little unit. Good build quality and easy to use.
Now for the Atari Noob question. How do I get OS A and OS B games to run on my 800XL with this device? Is there a DOS switcher available that I can use?
I really want to play Donkey Kong and Encounter on my XL but these are both OS A/B games.
Cheers,
Pete.
Well, it's a memory allocation problem, not an OS problem. Numb Nuts here just remembered about booting with Option pressed to disable BASIC ;D
All games so far fully working. I may be gone for some time ;)
Pete.
Quote from: Badders on May 08, 2009, 08:55:45 AM
Well, I now have the SIO2SD device, and it's a good little unit. Good build quality and easy to use.
Excellent news! Another satisfied customer. ;)
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
Quote from: RobertB on April 29, 2009, 03:00:52 PM
Thanks for the link! Now if I can get the courage and the money to buy that card drive for the Tandy 100. :)
Yeah, as you say elsewhere the NADSbox is a little expensive; there are cheaper internal flash expansions though if you can live with loading/saving the normal way:
http://www.istop.com/%7Esadolph/remem_products.html
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Quote from: MikeS on May 18, 2009, 11:02:15 AM...there are cheaper internal flash expansions though if you can live with loading/saving the normal way...
But none of them seem to be in stock.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 25-26 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
Send Steve an email. AFAIK he can still supply ReMem on request, and the REX is ready to go but waiting for the beta testers to give it a thumbs up.
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