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   Jim Brain to Frodo Baggins   
   Re: SD2IEC card drive recommendation   
   10 Dec 22 00:44:42   
   
   From: brain@jbrain.com   
      
   On 12/10/2022 12:00 AM, Frodo Baggins wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   You need to treat D64 images (and all image types) like a directory or   
   folder.  So, "cd" into the D64 image.   
      
   Jim   
      
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