Awesome video.. love the bit about making the autoswap files. We often get asked about that. Great production and nice tunes in the background. Glad you liked the little extras I threw in the Jiffybag!
A pleasant visit to Maddi's retro corner, as always. I enjoyed your review and explanation of the SD2IEC, very clear and concise. And your child-like enthusiasm is infectious to watch. Well done.
Thank you for making this video! I just bought my first C64 yesterday from craigslist and there is a lot to learn :) Your channel has been really helpful!
Ms Mad Lemon: I truly miss your Action Replay content, I loved the old content, also the Ultimate 64 content. Any potential updates would be appreciated, I keep checking your channel. Keep up the great work nevertheless.
I just got it...the Pond logo looks similar to the Ocean logo, but being a much smaller software company they went with Pond. Clever! I totally agree with you in loving that people are still making games, demos, and other software, plus hardware mods, for these computers that came out over 30 years ago, and continuing to push the limits of what they can do.
Keep up the great work! The C64 was the best selling computer in the 80s. I am also devoted to this amazing computer on my channel. You have so much passion for the system as well as other 8-bit computers according to your video list.
Nice tutorial, thank you. My SD2IEC should be in my mailbox tomorrow or so, and this was very helpful. I only recently got myself a real C64 (after just playing on emulators since like forever) and now I'm founding these small but wonderful channels like this on youtube. Subbed and fast. :)
Only just discovered your channel! It's not often I make comments, but good videos. You captivate your audience, really refreshing, informative and funny. Yet to set up my SD2IEC after a house move, so I will use this video as my aid. "Die you freakin' freak" got to like that commentary! :-)
Whoa, they made the fastload reloaded TINY! I have one from a couple of years ago that's a full size cart with a giant switch sticking out the end. Might have to pick up one of the new ones, those look sweet.
It is my understanding that C64 has its own control codes for characters but those for the lowercase characters match those on the ASCII chart that we all are used to. This would certainly explain the problem with the uppercase characters. Code 77 is for '\' and 71 is for '|' (the vertical pipe).
Purchased the SD21IEC a few days ago and was a little out of my depth. very helpful, just waiting on the sd card and typically my pc doesn't have a card reader slot, so ordered that also, can't wait to get playing some of the games I played as a kid
Great video, nice to see the good ol' 64 again. :) It's "\ADDI |AMES" because your M and G are uppercase and the file browser is using the "uppercase and graphics" display mode (known as PETSCII) instead of "uppercase and lowercase".
\ADDI |AMES issue just occured to me when editing haha. Thanks for the explanation though, I dont quite know the C64 as well as I know my beloved Amiga
your games directory title had characters for the first letters of both words because you capitalized them. Back to the pc and rename all in small. I'm sure you've figured this out by now. This info is for your subscribers who may not know. Great video!
Nice video, How are you connecting your C64 to TV? I think your C64's video output could possibly use a 330 ohm resistor on the Chrominance input to fix the checkerboard effect, failing that the Lumafix might sort it and also deal with the issue of vertical lines, also notice some scrolling "interference" which could be possibly coming from your PSU.
Great video! I think it sold me on the SD2IEC. Does it give you any feedback on what disc in the swap list you're using if you lose track of it while playing, say, Ultima V with its 5 discs?
As far as I know it doesnt give you feedback besides the LEDs but this is just my guess. i've only tried it once with multiple disks and it's just as it is in the video. it might be an idea contacting The future was 8 bit and asking them.
Thought I would add to what Maddi said. The format command on Windows 10 *no longer supports FAT16 or FAT32*. You will need to find a 3rd party program to prepare your USBs or CF cards. After failing to prep my GOTEK for my A1200 I didn't see Winblows had sneakily created an exFAT volume.
"Ok, you saw it working. You don't have to see me... NO, I HAVE TO PLAY! I HAVE TO FRIGGIN' BEAT THIS STUPID... PURPLE DUDE." Haha, that was too funny XD A gamer's pride cannot be repressed so easily! We are all the same :3 Anothe great video!
Just thinking of buying one of these SD card readers so this instruction video is very useful, Thank you. Is the user port the best option for the power?
nice to see you cover the C64 as well (I've seen you cover some Amiga) - the reason why some of your folders/games look 'weird' (like \ADDI AMES), is because the folder was created using a different OS than the C64 and the person typing used capital letters, which on the C64 translates to PETSCII, which is the reason some games and such have PETSCII-characters rather than text; simply type the entire folder-name/program-name in small letters and all will be fine
Nice video :) I have a device like your SD2IEC for myself and I really like it, because I don't have to care about old and maybe broken floppy disks with it. A 1541 drive is here as well, but rarely used to be honest. :o
Thank you! SD2IEC is great and convenient. But I still use floppies (and cassettes) every now and then, because it's nice to relive how we used to live back in the day. You get that itch to use the older media sometimes ;o)
Yes, it did, pretty often actually :o I have a lot of broken old dusty floppy disks lying around here... both my drives 1541 (original version) and 1541-II can't read these disks even after cleaning the mechanism and read/write heads in them serveral times, so defenitely the disks are to blame and not the drives :o
When you spoke about the lack of new Amiga games, I couldn't help but to think about GUNLORD. It's not an Amiga game per se, but it's a love letter to the Turrican series, so in spirit it's pretty close to being an Amiga game ^_^ Have you played it? It's a really kickass new game, I think you might like it. It is available for the Dreamcast and Neo Geo.
hi, I have a question for you, I would like to know what is the difference between a cartdrige and a sd cards...memorywise I suppose the sd card is huge compare to a cartridge ( which is 3 times a normal floppy disk? or there are different version?) but what about the speed?....is the speed the same?....please correct me if I'm wrong, with a sd card you could create a c64 game that has a huge ammount of content...thank you...oh, last question, do you know which is the bigger game in terms of memory ever produced?..cheers!
Thanks for making this video! I've been trying to get John Madden Football to work on my Commodore 64 + SD2IEC and now I can finally get it to work. EDIT: Well I can at least get to the loading screen where it says "John Madden Football." Still having trouble actually playing the game. Maybe I need to load the second disk even though it hasn't prompted me to do so?
The text glitches in fb64.prg are petscii. In other words they are capitalized. If you chuck your sd back in you PC and rename everything lowercase? Then you are gold. Just make sure all your files are lower-case on the PC side.
It seems to me that the CD-RW drive would be the replacement for the datassette. Imagine burning a sequence of programs on a track and IDK how many tracks you can burn on a CD but that would be like disk/cassette swapping. You could just flip thru tracks, then type LOAD and press play on the CD-player. I guess by today's standards even 70 minutes of audio would not be much thsese days. I believe there DVD-Audio discs hold ~511 minutes but in mono it may be much more. The only reason I've bringing up discs is because I find flash memory media quite unstable in the past.
I have a question, is there a way to play T64 files using the SD2IEC? If not can i convert the T64 to D64 or PRG? I'm new to this, just got a C64 with floppy.
I'd like to have one of these. I still my C-64, 128, disc drives and several boxes of discs that I want to backup to SD card. But it's in been in storage for 20+ years so I dont know if it still works.
Great video. I have the same device but the autoswap file is not working for me on any game with 2 or more disks. I hit Q to get to blue screen then I get an error message after I enter $. Any ideas?
Too much hassle to change disks with the SD2IEC. What I did was find D81 versions of most (if not all) D64 multidisk games. So only one D81 instead of multiple D64s. Anyway, mostly stopped using my SD2IEC after I got my Turbo Chameleon 64V2s. I know Ms Mad Lemon has a 1541 Ultimate II+ now, so I assume she is mostly using that one now.
Agggghhhh, tearing out my hair, getting the internal fit version of this running (Keep getting device not present errors), and not being able to find simple setup instructions for the device from TFW8b (Same place you got your external unit from). Prepping the SD card as we speak, following word for word what you have done. I just hope I have not screwed up with the internal wiring job I have done.
no it is not. I've done this idea before i knew about him, actually I noticed he altered his intro after I did mine. so I can very easily accuse him of the same.. but i'm not.
Doesnt all have to be computer related :o) .. I drink my own version of Arabic mint tea ( loose green tea (sometimes loose black) with honey (not fond of sugar) and fresh spearmint leaves :o)
That would be the Ultimate II+ ;o) .. though it's quite pricey, it is well worth it for the c64 lover :oD I will pass on your 'hint hint nudge' to the SD2IEC creator ;o)
Yes indeed and it's been working great too :o) I always wanted a mechanical keyboard but could never justify paying the high prices of the Corsair, Razer etc.
I was lucky to get my Cherry G80 for about 50 Euro. I bought it before mechanical keyboards became really popular. Now they go for almost 100 which is silly. I still have my '87 model M and I just found it when I moved to my new apartment, but it needs some serious cleaning.
They really are dust collectors! I need to clean mine already. I saw a Razer Blackwidow go for 170, i'm sure it's great but really too freakin much for a keyboard. But once you go mechanical, you cannot go back, not hearing/feeling the sounds now just wouldn't feel right at all.
Very nice video! Amiga is great, but it's cool to see you do C64 stuff! I've long known about the SD2IEC, and knew that it was a device that would "run most things". But I've never seen an in depth explanation of how it works, so this was very interesting. Seems quite capable! And I love trying to figure out the background music before you "give it away" at the end, hehe.. :o) I got most, except for "Golden Axe". Plus, I forgot what your own piece in the beginning was called. The CD32 music from Fire and Ice (from your last video) made my iTunes collection. I love that bass-y beginning. Groovy as f.. hell.. :o) Oh, my favorite mix of "The Great Bath", is this. Maybe you'd like it as well. :o) www.remix64.com/track/x-formz/the-great-bath-turrican-2/ .. blah blah blah, I'm done, lol.. :o)
Thank you! I think me and C64 stuff is way overdue, I got stuff piling up which need to be done haha, It is more capable than I thought because I searched forums and saw in a couple of places that its not possible to load multi disk games on the SD2IEC. I realise now that you can. When i first heard the Golden Axe one, I liked it but had no idea it was from Golden Axe. I think i've only played that twice lol The CD32 underwater Fire and ice is excellent, that bass sounds so 80s, in fact the entire track does.It's the bass which I really like on it too. That is a nice version of The Great Bath, i've come across it before. This song must have been remixed the most, there are a ton of remixes of it on the site lol... My favourite one is by D.A Wilson the blue sky remix: www.remix64.com/track/d-a-wilson/the-great-bath-blue-sky-remix-hq-encoded/
I always thought SD2IECs limitations lied with the occasional weird disk structures, and not multi disks. But then again, I haven't been reading up on it too much. :o) Btw, if the SD2IEC can load up the title screen in this one..: csdb.dk/release/?id=29649 ..then I'm jealous. That is the only one I've encountered, not working on my 1541U-II. Loads fine on a real drive. Yes, right up until you requested PP Hammer, I had the illusion, that my 1541U ate everything, lol.. :o) It seems not. That's a great version of The Great Bath. The harp (I think?) and flute makes it sound very dreamy.
I've just downloaded the PP Hammer disk, i'll give it a go because i've not actually tried the SD2IEC extensively with many images yet. I will let you know how it works out. Which image were you using on the PP Hammer video? turrican 2 and 3 I cannot get working on the SD2IEC, they just lock up somewhere, i'll give them another try too but. Your shattered illusion about the 1541UII lol there's always freakin one disk isnt there! Turrican 2 and 3 disks have a weird disk structure which I just dont get, there's lots of files on there and I never know which one to select, just assuming its the first one. Yes the remix is dreamy, that synthetic harp type instrument, flute and the warm synth pad in the background really work well together.
In the video, I used the Bonzai crack: csdb.dk/release/?id=121825. I hope the Enigma crack works with the SD2IEC, but I'd be surprised if it does. Happily surprised, that is. ;o) Yes, you friggin' ruined my perfect view on the Ultimate, lol..!! Hey, maybe try the C1581 versions of T2 and T3 from here: members.optusnet.com.au/spacetaxi64/MAIN/1581-GAMES.htm They may work, if you can't get the normal ones to work. And I think it's possible to find versions of popular C64 games, that have been fixed to work on the SD2IEC, as it's such a popular device.
Thanks Brian! I just tested 3 versions of Turrican and they all work! and the good thing is, they seemed to be put into a single disk so no multi disk stuff going on :o) ... PP Hammer, it loads the first intro segment where you select if you want infinite lives, however after that part it just makes a croaking sound and a border screen comes up and everything freezes, so I guess that's a no... it croaked :op lol i'm figuring it works off a real floppy drive.
i brought a one of these: www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/commodore/iec-y-cable-splitter-daisy-chain-disk-drive-printer-port.html Its great especially when u want to write d64s to your real 1541 through say CBMcommand. Slight annoyance when u want to use them together u have to write in a command to tell the c64 to load ya progs off a different drive (say 9). Highly recommend it though. Just wished they made a splitter with a switch? Great video as always.
13:34 /Wizard of Wor/ is probably the patriarch of these overhead on-foot maze shooters ua-cam.com/video/vkr3VvTlnqM/v-deo.html , and it does have the PvP element ua-cam.com/video/vkr3VvTlnqM/v-deo.html .
Sorry but I did everything you said to load multi Disks and when I quit and type load"*",8,1 it just brings me back to where I starter back to the CMB this thing SUCKS for multitasks I'll just buy the f..........ing floppys and play them the old fashioned way that or take this sd2ie crap and stomp a mud hole in it this thing works great for single disk games but more then one image popo sorry but it's frustrating
To be honest, It is a good device for single disk games but after using it a while, I have to agree about multi disk games on it and I ended up going with the Ultimate II+. It handles them much better.
Set mine up today, after heat-sinking my C64c. Absent mindedly, I plugged the power plug in to the user port upside down... The garbled mess that appears on my screen now, would appear to indicate a CIA chip has been well and truly killed! My wallet will be taking another hit. :(
Awesome video.. love the bit about making the autoswap files. We often get asked about that. Great production and nice tunes in the background. Glad you liked the little extras I threw in the Jiffybag!
Yes I was wondering about it once myself, it had to be cleared up on how to do it. And indeed, I appreciate the little extras ;o)
Thanks again Tim!
great video! just this moment purchased the SD2IEC :D can't wait to get it setup :D
A pleasant visit to Maddi's retro corner, as always. I enjoyed your review and explanation of the SD2IEC, very clear and concise. And your child-like enthusiasm is infectious to watch. Well done.
Thank you for making this video! I just bought my first C64 yesterday from craigslist and there is a lot to learn :) Your channel has been really helpful!
Great video! I love that there are so many new things for old machines.
Same here!
Ms Mad Lemon: I truly miss your Action Replay content, I loved the old content, also the Ultimate 64 content. Any potential updates would be appreciated, I keep checking your channel. Keep up the great work nevertheless.
I just got it...the Pond logo looks similar to the Ocean logo, but being a much smaller software company they went with Pond. Clever! I totally agree with you in loving that people are still making games, demos, and other software, plus hardware mods, for these computers that came out over 30 years ago, and continuing to push the limits of what they can do.
Keep up the great work! The C64 was the best selling computer in the 80s. I am also devoted to this amazing computer on my channel. You have so much passion for the system as well as other 8-bit computers according to your video list.
Thank you for the video! I've had difficulties getting the multi disk games to load, now I haven't had an issue yet!
Nice tutorial, thank you. My SD2IEC should be in my mailbox tomorrow or so, and this was very helpful. I only recently got myself a real C64 (after just playing on emulators since like forever) and now I'm founding these small but wonderful channels like this on youtube. Subbed and fast. :)
Only just discovered your channel! It's not often I make comments, but good videos. You captivate your audience, really refreshing, informative and funny. Yet to set up my SD2IEC after a house move, so I will use this video as my aid. "Die you freakin' freak" got to like that commentary! :-)
Whoa, they made the fastload reloaded TINY! I have one from a couple of years ago that's a full size cart with a giant switch sticking out the end. Might have to pick up one of the new ones, those look sweet.
It is my understanding that C64 has its own control codes for characters but those for the lowercase characters match those on the ASCII chart that we all are used to. This would certainly explain the problem with the uppercase characters. Code 77 is for '\' and 71 is for '|' (the vertical pipe).
Helpful video! I am very much enjoying my SD2IEC adapter!
Purchased the SD21IEC a few days ago and was a little out of my depth. very helpful, just waiting on the sd card and typically my pc doesn't have a card reader slot, so ordered that also, can't wait to get playing some of the games I played as a kid
Yes, having the sd2iec and fast loader cartridge running is the bomb! People have certainly given you qualify stuff, you lucky woman!
Some have, most i've bought myself, i've also given them quality overviews/reviews ;o)
Great video, nice to see the good ol' 64 again. :) It's "\ADDI |AMES" because your M and G are uppercase and the file browser is using the "uppercase and graphics" display mode (known as PETSCII) instead of "uppercase and lowercase".
\ADDI |AMES issue just occured to me when editing haha. Thanks for the explanation though, I dont quite know the C64 as well as I know my beloved Amiga
your games directory title had characters for the first letters of both words because you capitalized them. Back to the pc and rename all in small. I'm sure you've figured this out by now. This info is for your subscribers who may not know. Great video!
Nice video, How are you connecting your C64 to TV? I think your C64's video output could possibly use a 330 ohm resistor on the Chrominance input to fix the checkerboard effect, failing that the Lumafix might sort it and also deal with the issue of vertical lines, also notice some scrolling "interference" which could be possibly coming from your PSU.
Thanks for the tip and info on this! My C64 does have some quirks unfortunately, certain things aren't entirely working as nicely as they should.
Great video! I think it sold me on the SD2IEC. Does it give you any feedback on what disc in the swap list you're using if you lose track of it while playing, say, Ultima V with its 5 discs?
As far as I know it doesnt give you feedback besides the LEDs but this is just my guess. i've only tried it once with multiple disks and it's just as it is in the video. it might be an idea contacting The future was 8 bit and asking them.
Thought I would add to what Maddi said. The format command on Windows 10 *no longer supports FAT16 or FAT32*. You will need to find a 3rd party program to prepare your USBs or CF cards. After failing to prep my GOTEK for my A1200 I didn't see Winblows had sneakily created an exFAT volume.
"Ok, you saw it working. You don't have to see me...
NO, I HAVE TO PLAY! I HAVE TO FRIGGIN' BEAT THIS STUPID... PURPLE DUDE."
Haha, that was too funny XD A gamer's pride cannot be repressed so easily! We are all the same :3
Anothe great video!
Just thinking of buying one of these SD card readers so this instruction video is very useful, Thank you.
Is the user port the best option for the power?
nice to see you cover the C64 as well (I've seen you cover some Amiga) - the reason why some of your folders/games look 'weird' (like \ADDI AMES), is because the folder was created using a different OS than the C64 and the person typing used capital letters, which on the C64 translates to PETSCII, which is the reason some games and such have PETSCII-characters rather than text; simply type the entire folder-name/program-name in small letters and all will be fine
Nice video :)
I have a device like your SD2IEC for myself and I really like it, because I don't have to care about old and maybe broken floppy disks with it. A 1541 drive is here as well, but rarely used to be honest. :o
Thank you! SD2IEC is great and convenient. But I still use floppies (and cassettes) every now and then, because it's nice to relive how we used to live back in the day. You get that itch to use the older media sometimes ;o)
Yes, it did, pretty often actually :o I have a lot of broken old dusty floppy disks lying around here... both my drives 1541 (original version) and 1541-II can't read these disks even after cleaning the mechanism and read/write heads in them serveral times, so defenitely the disks are to blame and not the drives :o
When you spoke about the lack of new Amiga games, I couldn't help but to think about GUNLORD. It's not an Amiga game per se, but it's a love letter to the Turrican series, so in spirit it's pretty close to being an Amiga game ^_^
Have you played it? It's a really kickass new game, I think you might like it. It is available for the Dreamcast and Neo Geo.
One more thing, you can download and use d81 files, those are without fastloaders and works with sd2iec...
hi, I have a question for you, I would like to know what is the difference between a cartdrige and a sd cards...memorywise I suppose the sd card is huge compare to a cartridge ( which is 3 times a normal floppy disk? or there are different version?) but what about the speed?....is the speed the same?....please correct me if I'm wrong, with a sd card you could create a c64 game that has a huge ammount of content...thank you...oh, last question, do you know which is the bigger game in terms of memory ever produced?..cheers!
Thanks for making this video! I've been trying to get John Madden Football to work on my Commodore 64 + SD2IEC and now I can finally get it to work.
EDIT: Well I can at least get to the loading screen where it says "John Madden Football." Still having trouble actually playing the game. Maybe I need to load the second disk even though it hasn't prompted me to do so?
Had to giggle “no I have to play!!” 😅
The text glitches in fb64.prg are petscii. In other words they are capitalized. If you chuck your sd back in you PC and rename everything lowercase? Then you are gold. Just make sure all your files are lower-case on the PC side.
You need a JiffyDos on that C64. You'll see that your SD2IEC will take off !!
Have you looked into M2I for those hard to get working multi side/disk games?
It seems to me that the CD-RW drive would be the replacement for the datassette. Imagine burning a sequence of programs on a track and IDK how many tracks you can burn on a CD but that would be like disk/cassette swapping. You could just flip thru tracks, then type LOAD and press play on the CD-player. I guess by today's standards even 70 minutes of audio would not be much thsese days. I believe there DVD-Audio discs hold ~511 minutes but in mono it may be much more. The only reason I've bringing up discs is because I find flash memory media quite unstable in the past.
...and then I just found out about the MP32C64 device, LOL!
Absolute brilliant video - thanks!
What a great video. New subscriber and soaking up the knowledge.
I have a question, is there a way to play T64 files using the SD2IEC? If not can i convert the T64 to D64 or PRG? I'm new to this, just got a C64 with floppy.
I'd like to have one of these. I still my C-64, 128, disc drives and several boxes of discs that I want to backup to SD card. But it's in been in storage for 20+ years so I dont know if it still works.
If you get it working, it's definitely well worth having one of these :o)
Great video. I have the same device but the autoswap file is not working for me on any game with 2 or more disks. I hit Q to get to blue screen then I get an error message after I enter $. Any ideas?
Too much hassle to change disks with the SD2IEC. What I did was find D81 versions of most (if not all) D64 multidisk games. So only one D81 instead of multiple D64s. Anyway, mostly stopped using my SD2IEC after I got my Turbo Chameleon 64V2s. I know Ms Mad Lemon has a 1541 Ultimate II+ now, so I assume she is mostly using that one now.
I have an sd2iec arriving soon for my 64
Great Thanks for a better show on autoswap! I like the User port better for C128
Agggghhhh, tearing out my hair, getting the internal fit version of this running (Keep getting device not present errors), and not being able to find simple setup instructions for the device from TFW8b (Same place you got your external unit from). Prepping the SD card as we speak, following word for word what you have done. I just hope I have not screwed up with the internal wiring job I have done.
Love the new/C64 intro :)
Thank you! Actually i've had that intro for ages, I just need to do more C64 videos haha, i'm glad you liked :o)
@@MsMadLemon Sorry, didn't mean to hurt, but i think it's a ripoff of "The 8-Bit Guy" Intro
no it is not. I've done this idea before i knew about him, actually I noticed he altered his intro after I did mine. so I can very easily accuse him of the same.. but i'm not.
MEGA..very good movie, thank you very much:)
15:27 if you write M on c64 you get \ and G |. there is no big caps all small caps are shown big font
Well, I got one but not any goodies you got, anyway, satified with the device witch is a very good quality one.
Aren't some of those games PAL only and wont run on an NTSC machine?
Remind me, from what game is the music playing at around 7:00 ?
Thats from Turrican 3 on the commodore 64, I did an entire video on this piece of music ua-cam.com/video/sXSUlwu4yFo/v-deo.html
Damn. Yes and I played it recently but couldn't remember lol :)
Awesome vid! Thank you!
received and tested my sd2iec yesterday. many games do not work. Is this a known problem?
Edit: Just download a sd2iec compatibel list with games.
I can get the main menu of frogs and flies working, but once I press "start game," the screen turns black and nothing happens? What's going on here?
Is there a way to exit the game back to the browser without turning off the system?
Thanks. now i got it!
When I make the autoswap.lst file I always get the .txt ending like: autoswap.lst.txt How do I remove the .txt ending? I am using a PC.
Excellent Video, Thanks :o)
Not computer related, but what kind of tea are you drinking? I usually drink much more tea than coffee, great video by the way :)
Doesnt all have to be computer related :o) .. I drink my own version of Arabic mint tea ( loose green tea (sometimes loose black) with honey (not fond of sugar) and fresh spearmint leaves :o)
nice video, thanks.
does it load the tape images also? or just disk?
No not tape images, it just loads Disks.
good to know, thanks. I have one on its way!
love your videos I have an zx next pcb coming so will have. a spear zx pcb can send it to you its pal
Hi how do you get the software to run it I have the games lol
I'm waiting for an upgrade where that cute little drive plays a kerchunk kerchunk noise when games start to load. ;-)
That would be the Ultimate II+ ;o) .. though it's quite pricey, it is well worth it for the c64 lover :oD
I will pass on your 'hint hint nudge' to the SD2IEC creator ;o)
Yeah its weird when there is No loading sounds
I try the $ and return and I always get error, why do you think that is.
great video !!
Thanks!
8:39 is that a model M you're typing on?
No it's a modern mechanical keyboard, an ET-KG011 (EagleTec)
I've looked it up and it looks like it's very good value for a mechanical keyboard.
And it sounds great :-)
Yes indeed and it's been working great too :o)
I always wanted a mechanical keyboard but could never justify paying the high prices of the Corsair, Razer etc.
I was lucky to get my Cherry G80 for about 50 Euro.
I bought it before mechanical keyboards became really popular.
Now they go for almost 100 which is silly.
I still have my '87 model M and I just found it when I moved to my new apartment, but it needs some serious cleaning.
They really are dust collectors! I need to clean mine already. I saw a Razer Blackwidow go for 170, i'm sure it's great but really too freakin much for a keyboard.
But once you go mechanical, you cannot go back, not hearing/feeling the sounds now just wouldn't feel right at all.
love hearing you lol
Maddi: you need LumaFix64
Very nice video! Amiga is great, but it's cool to see you do C64 stuff! I've long known about the SD2IEC, and knew that it was a device that would "run most things". But I've never seen an in depth explanation of how it works, so this was very interesting. Seems quite capable!
And I love trying to figure out the background music before you "give it away" at the end, hehe.. :o) I got most, except for "Golden Axe". Plus, I forgot what your own piece in the beginning was called. The CD32 music from Fire and Ice (from your last video) made my iTunes collection. I love that bass-y beginning. Groovy as f.. hell.. :o) Oh, my favorite mix of "The Great Bath", is this. Maybe you'd like it as well. :o) www.remix64.com/track/x-formz/the-great-bath-turrican-2/ .. blah blah blah, I'm done, lol.. :o)
Thank you! I think me and C64 stuff is way overdue, I got stuff piling up which need to be done haha, It is more capable than I thought because I searched forums and saw in a couple of places that its not possible to load multi disk games on the SD2IEC. I realise now that you can.
When i first heard the Golden Axe one, I liked it but had no idea it was from Golden Axe. I think i've only played that twice lol
The CD32 underwater Fire and ice is excellent, that bass sounds so 80s, in fact the entire track does.It's the bass which I really like on it too.
That is a nice version of The Great Bath, i've come across it before. This song must have been remixed the most, there are a ton of remixes of it on the site lol... My favourite one is by D.A Wilson the blue sky remix: www.remix64.com/track/d-a-wilson/the-great-bath-blue-sky-remix-hq-encoded/
I always thought SD2IECs limitations lied with the occasional weird disk structures, and not multi disks. But then again, I haven't been reading up on it too much. :o) Btw, if the SD2IEC can load up the title screen in this one..: csdb.dk/release/?id=29649 ..then I'm jealous. That is the only one I've encountered, not working on my 1541U-II. Loads fine on a real drive. Yes, right up until you requested PP Hammer, I had the illusion, that my 1541U ate everything, lol.. :o) It seems not.
That's a great version of The Great Bath. The harp (I think?) and flute makes it sound very dreamy.
I've just downloaded the PP Hammer disk, i'll give it a go because i've not actually tried the SD2IEC extensively with many images yet. I will let you know how it works out. Which image were you using on the PP Hammer video?
turrican 2 and 3 I cannot get working on the SD2IEC, they just lock up somewhere, i'll give them another try too but. Your shattered illusion about the 1541UII lol there's always freakin one disk isnt there!
Turrican 2 and 3 disks have a weird disk structure which I just dont get, there's lots of files on there and I never know which one to select, just assuming its the first one.
Yes the remix is dreamy, that synthetic harp type instrument, flute and the warm synth pad in the background really work well together.
In the video, I used the Bonzai crack: csdb.dk/release/?id=121825. I hope the Enigma crack works with the SD2IEC, but I'd be surprised if it does. Happily surprised, that is. ;o) Yes, you friggin' ruined my perfect view on the Ultimate, lol..!!
Hey, maybe try the C1581 versions of T2 and T3 from here: members.optusnet.com.au/spacetaxi64/MAIN/1581-GAMES.htm They may work, if you can't get the normal ones to work. And I think it's possible to find versions of popular C64 games, that have been fixed to work on the SD2IEC, as it's such a popular device.
Thanks Brian! I just tested 3 versions of Turrican and they all work! and the good thing is, they seemed to be put into a single disk so no multi disk stuff going on :o) ... PP Hammer, it loads the first intro segment where you select if you want infinite lives, however after that part it just makes a croaking sound and a border screen comes up and everything freezes, so I guess that's a no... it croaked :op lol
i'm figuring it works off a real floppy drive.
i brought a one of these: www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/commodore/iec-y-cable-splitter-daisy-chain-disk-drive-printer-port.html Its great especially when u want to write d64s to your real 1541 through say CBMcommand. Slight annoyance when u want to use them together u have to write in a command to tell the c64 to load ya progs off a different drive (say 9). Highly recommend it though. Just wished they made a splitter with a switch? Great video as always.
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Imagine playing that on an Intellivision controller. Sorry for ruining your day.
Ha! if they're anything like the original Colecovision controllers, which they look like they are, then yeah, they're bad.
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Hey MsMadLemon! You should merry me! Because then, we will rule te 8 Bit World together! :-)
i need to get a c64 I am in Australia anyone know a good place to get one
any one got one they don't want ?
Sorry but I did everything you said to load multi Disks and when I quit and type load"*",8,1 it just brings me back to where I starter back to the CMB this thing SUCKS for multitasks I'll just buy the f..........ing floppys and play them the old fashioned way that or take this sd2ie crap and stomp a mud hole in it this thing works great for single disk games but more then one image popo sorry but it's frustrating
To be honest, It is a good device for single disk games but after using it a while, I have to agree about multi disk games on it and I ended up going with the Ultimate II+. It handles them much better.
Set mine up today, after heat-sinking my C64c. Absent mindedly, I plugged the power plug in to the user port upside down... The garbled mess that appears on my screen now, would appear to indicate a CIA chip has been well and truly killed!
My wallet will be taking another hit. :(
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Dos it only load floppy disk ROMs or dos it do Tap ROMs & Cartridges ROMs to ??? :)
The SD2IEC only loads floppy disk images.
ty :) is ther a Chip on that load all ROMs ?
Yes it's called the Ultimate II+, and i've jsut recently reviewed it :o)
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