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C64 SD Card Reader
« on: May 26, 2010, 10:34:49 AM »
I have something like this for my Atari 130XE and now need one for my C64, that DOES NOT use up the Cartridge port.

I have MSSIAH, but realized I've no way of saving my work and I don't want an actually Floppy Drive. I need an SD card reader that will load and write to disk images.

Anyone know where to buy these or if any are currently in production anywhere?
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 06:28:20 AM »
uIEC/SD sounds good, but is Jiffy DOS mandatory? My main use (for now) is so I can save things I create with MSSIAH.

As for the learning curb, I'm sure you guys would be more than willing to help out. :)
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 05:52:04 AM »
So if I order a UIEC/SD, what options do I want to select?

# Daughtercard
# 1x13 Edge Connector
# None
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 10:02:56 PM »
Which port is the user port, and why do you stray away from getting power from it?
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2010, 12:42:45 AM »
Yep, so long as it ain't the cart port I'm a happy camper! I don't even have to modify my already delicately modified C64, so DOUBLE PLUS GOOD! ;)

EDIT: Problem though, I can only select Daughter Board or 1x13 Edge Connector in the options, not both. Now I'm confused again!!!
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2010, 01:33:34 AM »
That's the thing, I can't make sense of those pictures. I mean the Daughter card has a port for your Floppy Drive connector, but the other piece doesn't look like it connects to anything on the outside of a C64.

Which one do I choose since I want to power externally off the cassette  Port?
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2010, 07:34:19 PM »
I finally got it! Now to test it out! :)
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2010, 09:05:47 AM »
Hmm, how do I use the uIECSD anyhow? It didn't come with any docs. I got it plugged in, but now what?
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 08:25:39 PM »
Thankx, I'll experiment when I get home.

What's a DOS Wedge?

Also where did you get this info, are their firmware updates, etc? I looked things up on the Wiki's but wasn't sure which one had the correct info for my hardware because the WIKI's make it sound like they stopped building my hardware 2 years ago and yet here I have one in my hands.

EDIT: Just saw your link. So would Jiffy Dos make navigating this easier? I was hoping for a menu driven system no unlike I use with my SDrive NUXX for the Atari 8-bit.
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2010, 07:25:49 AM »
Thankx you!!! Thus  I've loaded a PRG , but still trying to work out loading disk images.

What are the three buttons on the side of the device for?

How do I use multi sided disks?

Oh, and it works perfectly with MSSIAH!!! :)
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Re: C64 SD Card Reader
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2010, 01:32:05 AM »
Nice nice!

Yes I figured they were still making it considering mine just arrived in the mail.

I was a bit scared at first as some posts I read in some other forums made it sound like it was not going to work with MSSIAH, but low and behold it did without an issue. It's also cool that MSSIAH just treats my SD card like a hard drive.

Now to figure out how to make that list file as well as how to load floppy images.

I think I shall order Jiffy DOS after all as I've heard that it really speeds up loading times as well.

OH, BTW, is there a GUI I could use in place of GEOS? And where do I download DOSWedge?

Thankx for all the help!
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