where can I get a good deal on SIO2PC
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spend like the ones I find on ebay cost.
And silly question, but can I download games thru the internet and
save onto the Atari Disk Drive and later play them thru my atari
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Steven Hirsch
> Where can I get a good deal on an SIO2PC, I dont have 50 bucks to
> spend like the ones I find on ebay cost.
Simple: Avoid eBay and buy it from Steven Tucker:
http://www.atarimax.com/sio2pc/documentation/
If you want to sacrifice an SIO cable by cutting the end off, an SIO2PC with
screw terminals is $24.95. Otherwise, figure on $29.99 with onboard SIO jack.
Shipping on top of that, too, but they're very lightweight.
Works great. Just bought one myself last month.
Steve
Russg
"s18" <> wrote in message news:
> Where can I get a good deal on an SIO2PC, I dont have 50 bucks to
> spend like the ones I find on ebay cost.
>
a really good SIO2PC/APE/PRO interface.
The PRO interface will allow you to load and
run PRO images, but you can do with that feature.
There are instructions online to make your own
SIO2PC interface with a 1482 chip a diode
and a couple resistors, and of course the
PC serial cable and SIO cable you would have
to sacrifice/cut in half.
So, there you have a few choices. I think the
instructions or link to them are on atarimax as well.
> And silly question, but can I download games thru the internet and
> save onto the Atari Disk Drive and later play them thru my atari
>
Yes, you can download from internet and
use on your Atari. That would require some
software to run your SIO2PC. Again, atarimax
has free software, called APE, to do that. APE
comes as trial, somewhat disabled, Windows and
DOS versions. I think writing to Atari disk drive
from PC is one of the disabled features. You
can get the original SIO2PC/Nick Kennedy
software, I haven't used that, it is free.
If you have an APE interface and APE software,
you can pretty much retire your Atari 1050/etc.
It can be faster and more convenient.
Steven Hirsch
> Yes, you can download from internet and
> use on your Atari. That would require some
> software to run your SIO2PC. Again, atarimax
> has free software, called APE, to do that. APE
> comes as trial, somewhat disabled, Windows and
> DOS versions. I think writing to Atari disk drive
> from PC is one of the disabled features. You
> can get the original SIO2PC/Nick Kennedy
> software, I haven't used that, it is free.
Just to mention: The Linux port, "atarisio", is fully functional and free.
Perhaps a bit more difficult to use (since it lacks the pointy-clicky GUI
front end) but can support operation in both directions.
The 'atarixfer' utility lets you transfer data to and from an Atari diskette
drive. 'atariserver' lets the Linux box offer up Atari diskette images (in
several popular formats) as if they were physical drives.
The author is engaged, willing to answer questions and has already fixed a bug
I reported. Can't ask for more!
Steve
William Kendrick
> Just to mention: The Linux port, "atarisio", is fully functional and free.
> Perhaps a bit more difficult to use (since it lacks the pointy-clicky GUI
> front end) but can support operation in both directions.
> The 'atarixfer' utility lets you transfer data to and from an Atari diskette
> drive. 'atariserver' lets the Linux box offer up Atari diskette images (in
> several popular formats) as if they were physical drives.
> The author is engaged, willing to answer questions and has already fixed a bug
> I reported. Can't ask for more!
I have an SIO2PC from Steve Tucker (AtariMax). I ... can't use that
with 'atarixfer', can I ???
(And yes, Hias is very responsive, and his code has been easy to tweak,
when I need to (i.e., major Linux Kernel updates incompatible with an
older version of atarisio :^) ))
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Steven Hirsch
> Steven Hirsch <snhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just to mention: The Linux port, "atarisio", is fully functional and free.
>> Perhaps a bit more difficult to use (since it lacks the pointy-clicky GUI
>> front end) but can support operation in both directions.
>
>> The 'atarixfer' utility lets you transfer data to and from an Atari diskette
>> drive. 'atariserver' lets the Linux box offer up Atari diskette images (in
>> several popular formats) as if they were physical drives.
>
>> The author is engaged, willing to answer questions and has already fixed a bug
>> I reported. Can't ask for more!
>
> I have an SIO2PC from Steve Tucker (AtariMax). I ... can't use that
> with 'atarixfer', can I ???
Why not? That's how I'm setup here and it's just fine. Not sure the USB
version would be compatible, but the serial port adapter is ok.
Steve
William Kendrick
> > I have an SIO2PC from Steve Tucker (AtariMax). I ... can't use that
> > with 'atarixfer', can I ???
> Why not? That's how I'm setup here and it's just fine. Not sure the USB
> version would be compatible, but the serial port adapter is ok.
Well shoot! I didn't realize! :^P I'll need to try it out!
That'd probably be a lot easier way of backing up all my old floppies!
Steven Hirsch
> Steven Hirsch <snhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have an SIO2PC from Steve Tucker (AtariMax). I ... can't use that
>>> with 'atarixfer', can I ???
>
>> Why not? That's how I'm setup here and it's just fine. Not sure the USB
>> version would be compatible, but the serial port adapter is ok.
>
> Well shoot! I didn't realize! :^P I'll need to try it out!
> That'd probably be a lot easier way of backing up all my old floppies!
Just pay close attention to the atarixfer docs: There's a special command
line switch (-p) required when using the Tucker SIO2PC.
Mauricio Manterola
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I'm using sio2linux. This program is an "executable" just compile and
run. It is usb-serial friendly, because it just needs to pass the
'device' in the command line, in my case /dev/ttyUSB0 o something like
that. I really recommended.
Regards
MM