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   Frodo Baggins to Bucko   
   Re: SD2IEC card drive recommendation   
   09 Dec 22 22:00:35   
   
   From: frodob20222022@gmail.com   
      
   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 wrote:   
   >   
   > RB> Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that power   
   > RB> can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge connector.   
   > RB> However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette port connector, and so   
   > RB> for the Plus/4, you'd have to buy/build   
   > RB> an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female cassette port edge   
   > RB> socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that don't draw power from the   
   > RB> cassette port. Such SD2IEC's, which 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..   
      
      
   Hi all - I bought the SD2IEC from Jim Brain  -  I have not been able to run a   
   .d64 file - any ideas what I am doing wrong?   
      
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