Converting from my old 1571s to the uiecsd deluxe was one of the best things i could do to bring new life into the beast. All other file operations are performed with the original kernal routines. It is not necessary to know which hardware device you have, nor which firmware version you currently have installed. Sd2iec is a hardware mass storage device using an sdmmc card and interfacing with the iec bus. Password system to play previously unlocked levels. Works only with jiffydosenabled drives including the sd2iec.
Epyx fastload reloaded for the commodore 64 and 128 in 64 mode includes reset button worldwide tracked shipping from. In this guide well talk about what is adb and fastboot. It is not completely compatible with the commodore 64 1541 disk drive. While sleep mode is active, the red led will be on and the green led will be off.
Exos 14x turbo loader is a small 10 block program that makes loading large programs a lot faster. Take device, plug to your commodore and put sd card inside device. Sd2iec manual how to use the sd2iec on the c64 the geek pub. While loading a program it will blank the screen to squeeze out a little more performance. Supposedly you should just download the latest firmware, unzip the contents to the root directory of the sd card, insert the card in the sd2iec and it will automatically detect which bin file matches the hardware and update itself. Hello,sorry for writing in english, unfortunately i dont speakor write german. Coupled with some sort of fast loader cart and your tape loading times will cut down. A few weeks ago i ordered a sd2iec from tfw8b, thats a great item too.
This makes it handy for people who have a jiffyenabled drive also new hardware such as sd2iec but do not want to make the hardware changes necessary for exchanging the c64 kernal. Ran across this fast loader but not sure if its anything unique. I still use the sd2iec also primarily just because it is so much faster than a disk drive well unless you cound dolphindos or other boutique setups. But now that is done, and mw ultra work can continue. If you do this on a mac, download the official sd card formatter, rather than. Shadowolf has published a web page where you can download the beta version of sd2iec firmware. While the epyx product was first, and sold very well, it didnt have the market to itself for long. I have had a look at the fastloaders for sd2iec, as i understand there are a few supported fastloaders in the sd2iec.
The fast loader for sd2iec uiec works only with sd2iec firmware 0. Of all the methods of loading stuff into your commodore, tfw8bs sd2iec sd card interfaces are the business. Next, the fast loader would transfer the necessary code into the drive ram and order its execution, then receive the file sent by the altered transfer code. Tap files in order to load them into a commodore machine belonging to the. We also take a look at how to manage disk swapping with multi load disk games using the sd2iec and fastload cart together. Flasherstm32 stm32 flash loader demonstrator um0462. Just a really short video, a very kind amibayer sent me one of her spare epyx fast loader carts for my c64 to use with my new sd2iec and im absolutely delighted with it, it really speeds up the. Yes it is not 100% compatible, or even 90%, but its fast and you can usually find a version of something that works. Awesome, thank you for the quick and easy going help. This will save a basic programme as prg just like your commodore would save it to floppy disk. Likely the next firmware release will add the fast loader support.
A simple lookup in a 256 byte table on either side would do the job, but storing the table in the fast loader would increase its size significantly and therefore the time to load the fast loader with the original commodore serial code. Support for turbo disk aka fast load aka speeddisk fastloader. How to use epyx fast load cartridge for commodore 7 cities. Fast loader loading from sd2iec or uiec devices is accelerated with the eload1 fast loader, resulting in about 10x faster loading than the original kernal routines. To get an example of how to execute the device bootloader, refer to the stm32 microcontroller system memory boot mode application. The sd card is treated like a floppy disk library and disk images are mounted to behave as a normal floppy in an ordinary 1541 drive. The leds will flash, and once they have stopped, youre done. Tap files version 1 and version 2 to a commodore machine. The its module is a interface that enables sd2iec to play. Contribute to fuxiisd2iec development by creating an account on github. The source code can be found in the git repository. May 12, 2017 the epyx fast load cartridge, released in 1984, was the first commercially successful commodore 64 fast load product. C64c style sd2iec commodore 1541 disk drive emulator sd card. Another issue with the sd2iec is that its slow as slow as a 1541 drive.
Mar 29, 2018 how to add more c64 games to a c64 mini download more games to commodore 64 mini duration. My commodore 64 with sd2iec and epyx fast loader youtube. Please add ok only to the boot loader column if you could update your firmware from this card. It is contained in a case that is about cartridge size and can take any sd card to load in d64 images. The thing is, most of the fast loader and most of the copy protection schemes were specific to the way the 1541 drive worked, and many of those things failed on the 1571 or even the 1541ii drive. Unfortunately the fast loader is not compatible with the latest 0. Over a dozen bonus and hazard tile types to hit or avoid. I had a c16, c64 and amiga 500 back in the 80s and early 90s. As a consequence only a small amount of popular fast loaders are supported.
However if you download images of original floppy disks, or even more commonly demos, those are the ones that tend to try to reprogram the drive for an unique fastloader and there is where the sd2iec units struggle. The sd2iec firmware provides access to an sd card with a commodore doscompatible interface on the sd2iec adapter. This is a ram based version of the fast loader that is built into the mach5 cartridge. This is currently the only uptodate release version of sd2iec, if you find any version named 0. A 256 byte autostart fast loader for the commodore 64. Sd2iec provides much of the functionally a 1541 disk drive, supports fast loaders like jiffydos, final cartridge iii and epyx fastload. When booting from sd2iec, add option to mount a disk image or change directories.
No onscreen menus for this unless you run a file browser program but it is cheap and capable, although the same speed as a stock 1541 drive unless you use a fast loader cartridge or jiffydos replacement roms. Easyprog has a fast loader implemented for 1541, 1571 in 1541 mode, 1581 and sd2iec uiec. Epyx fastload reloaded based on the epyx fastload cartridge. Sd2iec sd card reader for commodore 64,1541 disk drive. Commodores 1541 disk drive was much slower than competing disk drives, so fast load cartridges became popular. Dec, 2015 if you download d64 images that contain socalled single filed programs, you can load them perfectly fine off a sd2iec type unit. The epyx fast load is a floppy disk fast loader cartridge made by american software company epyx in 1984 for the commodore 64 home computer. Epyx fastload reloaded disk and sd2iec turbo loader cartridge c64 and c128 case colour required fields.
This hybrid also includes an led backlit reset button and a custom rom. Both of two products are the best features at the moment, represents great functionality, stability and everything which the company promised. Many times almost 1 out of 3, a game will have its own bootloader that wont work with sjload. If the fast loader does not work with your drive, you can disable it by entering o options. The sd2iec is a mass storage device using an sdmmc card and interfacing with the iec bus. The slightly different fastloader, used for files freezed with the final cartridge iii, is also supported.
You can create, switch into and remove directories on the sd card with your sd2iec or your contemporary computer of course. Only normal loading is accelerated from both the browser as well as in direct mode. Since easyflash also has the fast loader functionality, i dont need to unplug it to plug in my turbo cartridge anymore which is also good for the c64 cartridge connector in the long run. Most compatible fast loader for sd2iec i have been playing games from my sd2iec, using sjload. Sleep mode allows you to keep sd2iec connected to the serial bus even when you load something from a different drive that uses a fast loader that doesnt work with more than one device on the bus. It is based on the atmega644 or atmega1284p microcontroller from the atmel avr microcontroller family the most prominent use of sd2iec is emulationreplacement of a commodore1541 disk drive for a c64. Soldering is no problem at all, just wanted to make sure that i get the best fast loader and that im ordering the correct items. It was programmed by epyx employee scott nelson, who was originally a programmer for starpath and later designed the epyx vorpal fastloading system for the companys games. Normal users will only need the sd2iec currentbinaries. You can control the sd2iec with an encoder, who is also connectet to the second avr. With an sd2iec, sjload is about 15% faster than a normal jiffy kernal.
Fast loader with max file length supported of 202 blocks. Write a crt image with easyprog using a disk drive easyflash. The its module was designed to fit into the passthrough tape connector of c64sd infinity and to be connected to the c64sd by a four wires. To update the firmware on your sd2iec, download sd2iec currentbinaries. The hardware and the microcontroller sd2iec firmware are available as open. This can for example be used to store a small file browser or fast loader so it can be used independent of the storage medium that is currently. Unfortunately, the original firmware does not have a direct lcd support. It also supports many fast loaders, but it is not a commodore 1541 disk drive emulation. It is based on the atmega644 microcontroller from the atmel avr microcontroller family.
The device is reportedly fully compatible with the jiffydos fast loader rom along with a number of cartridgebased fast loader solutions see the website for more details. Hi again just a quick update i have disconnected the sd2iec drive so i only have the 1541ii drive connected and i have loaded the disc again now this time nav96 loads and works i was hoping to use nav96 with my sd2iec oppose to using cbm file browser. How to install adb drivers and finally how to setup and use adb and fastboot for android on your windows and mac os x operating systems. Here is a pack of files that you can directly put into your sd2iec devices sd card and youre off with the above mentioned things. Load program before going into 64 mode much faster on drives that support fast serial, but will need to. Head on over and download the cbm file browser the cbm file browser is a set of commodore programs designed for specific machines that will allow the commodore computer to browse the disk images called d64 files that you place on the sd2iec s sd card. The epyx fast load cartridge, released in 1984, was the first commercially successful commodore 64 fast load product. I dont have any other fast loaders with the same name so i thought id publish it just for the heck of it. Dec 26, 2011 unseen has finally released a new version of the sd2iec firmware. I really like this product, its simple, it does one thing and it does it well. Shadowolf has published a web page where you can download the beta version of sd2iec firmware sd2iec is a hardware mass storage device using an sdmmc card and interfacing with the iec bus.
Is there any reason as to why nav96 wont work with the sd2iec sd card reader. Both the fastloader and the fast saver of final cartridge iii are supported. While the sd2iec only supports a limited set of fast loaders by attempting to guess the fast loader from the code that is sent to it, the pi1541 can execute code on its emulated 6502 core and therefore supports a vast range of fast loaders games and demos even copy protected originals should run on the pi1541 device. It is based on the atmega644 or atmega1284p microcontroller from the atmel avr microcontroller family. The sd2iec a c64 disk drive companion rf generation. Once martin galway left ocean i wrote a new music driver for jon and matt with a more compact data format and faster playback. When doing a directory load, the program will automatically do a list when its finished loading the directory. This was needed as some software, particularly games, were incompatible with fast loaders. Load program before going into 64 mode much faster on drives that support fast serial, but will need to handle differences in memory layout.
Using the cbm file browser select the file to load from disk. Sd2iec will not, and cannot, execute the code, it just simulates the communication protocoles. Sd2iec manual how to use the sd2iec on the c64 the. Are there any opensource c64 dos wedges and fast loaders. Once the card is formatted its now ready to be prepared for use. Each time that the device is powered up, the boot loader scans the root directory of the sd card, looking for a copy of the binary file for the application. However, it does work with just about every fast loader cartridge. Its main difference from normal fastloaders is that it only works with jiffyenabled drives and uses the jiffydos protocol. I think that works with sd2iec boxes you in to the jiffy protocol, since that is the only fast serial protocol builtin to the sd2iec drive firmware, and the sd2iec does not support custom code on the drive as is done with the 1541 for other fastloaders. The sd2iec works out of the box with standard disk commands such as load and save. If you download d64 images that contain socalled single filed programs, you can load them perfectly fine off a sd2iec type unit. Dec 28, 2019 if you need 100% compatibility to a 1541, get a pi1541. Tool to automatically and correctly install boot loader to existing disksdiskimages.
Dec 08, 2009 how to use epyx fast load cartridge for commodore 7 cities of gold. I wanted to make a little comparison of the now supported fastloaders performance using uiec. If you want to unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, root your android device or flash a custom rom on your device, youre bound to encounter the terms such as adb, adb drivers and fastboot. Some freeload titles didnt actually jump into the game code at the end, the loader actually loaded the start address directly into the stack, fudged the stack pointer and just executed a rts to start the game. The most prominent use of sd2iec is replacement of a commodore1541 disk drive for a c64.
Below lists the various media options known not to work with the sd2iec. Sd2iec sd drive the sd2iec allows you to save disk images to and sd card. Games with copy protection and no fast loader code may work if you can find cracked copy. I think that works with sd2iec boxes you in to the jiffy protocol, since that is the only fast serial protocol builtin to the sd2iec drive firmware, and the sd2iec does not support custom code on the drive as is done with the 1541 for other fast loaders. To update the firmware on your sd2iec, download sd2ieccurrentbinaries. To exit this loader, hold down the sd2iec s next button until the. Sd2iec supports a limited set of fast loaders by attempting to guess the fast loader from the code sent to it. The game will come out in 2020 as a joint release by psytronik software disk version and protovision cartridge and download versions. I have to thank my friend damiano for sending me the its module with a low serial number, which like the previous one i really appreciate it.