APE & SIO2USB on a Win 8.1 Surface table

[WIZZARD77]

I was thinking of purchasing a Surface tablet with Win8.1 and was wondering if anyone has had any experience running APE and an Atarimax SIO2USB on one of these. It has a full size usb 3.0 port so I don't see why it won't work, but I might be overlooking something.

[Rybags]

SIO2USB might mean the battery life isn't as long but shouldn't affect it too much. Though with such use you'd probably just hang it off the AC adaptor anyway.

[+Larry]

The closest I can come to giving you an answer is that I've used registered APE with the Atarimax USB adapter with a Win 7-64 laptop and it works fine. I'd look at the Atarimax forum and see if there is anything posted about Win 8.x. I believe it should work, but Win 8.x has a few quirks. I've actually upgraded to Win 10, but haven't tried that with APE. Considered going to Win 10 with the Surface? (I presume you can if you wish?)

 

-Larry

[WIZZARD77]

Thanks for the replies I might pick it up. It would make things easier than having to have a laptop or pc chained to my Atari all the time.

[WIZZARD77]

Just an update I received my Surface Pro and with the 64bit drivers off the forum I have tested APE in Win 8, WIn 8.1, and Win 10 and it works great. The Surfaces USB port powers the Sio2usb device perfectly.

[MEtalGuy66]

sio2usb is a german made device that lets you plug usb sticks into your atari.

 

What you are referring to is the USB version of SIO2PC..

[kogden]

I have an Asus Vivotab Note 8 tablet running Win 8.1. With a USB OTG adapter w/ power input I can use an SIO2PC interface just fine. Just make sure it's not one of the mutant ARM-based WinRT tablets. The real Surface has a real USB port I believe.