Subj : SD2IEC card drive recommendation
To   : Frodo Baggins
From : Daniel Path
Date : Sat Dec 10 2022 08:41 pm

Hello Frodo,

09 Dec 22 22:00, you wrote to Bucko:

 FB> On Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:20:22 PM UTC-4, Bucko wrote:
 >> On Fri 7-Oct-2022 12:37a, Robert Bernardo@3:770/3.0 said to Fred
 >> Beans:
 >> RB> On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 8:39:42 PM UTC-4, Fred Beans
 >> RB> wrote:
 >>
 >> RB> Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that
 >> RB> power can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge
 >> RB> connector. However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette
 >> RB> port connector, and so for the Plus/4, you'd have to
 >> RB> buy/build an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female
 >> RB> cassette port edge socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that
 >> RB> don't draw power from the cassette port. Such SD2IEC's, which
 >> RB> draw their power from the Commodore
 >>
 >> I don't use the cassette port on my uIEC/SD, I picked up a USB power
 >> cord and plug that into the uIEC/sd and get power from that, the
 >> unit just sits on the table behind my Ultimate 64..


 FB> Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain  -  I have not been able
 FB> to run a .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

d64/d81/etc are disc image files, like an .iso
you have to 'mount' it.

the best way to download FB and copy it into the root of your SD card,
so you can just load"fb",8 as you turn on your computer.

https://www.nightfallcrew.com/21/08/2013/cbm-filebrowser-v1-6-by-nbla000/

Regards,
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