File-Selector in my SIO2SD device... after 10+ years discovered today

[Heaven/TQA]

Man... how many hours I scrolled through folders on the SD display and today I stumbled over that video and realised (proofed on my device) that there is a built in A8 onscreen file selector???

maybe I am not the only one who does not know that  

 

 

 

[flashjazzcat]

3 minutes ago, Heaven/TQA said:

maybe I am not the only one who does not know that  

I didn't know for the longest time, years ago. It's easily missed when one uses SDX, etc.

[+CharlieChaplin]

Yep,

there are even several file selector versions for SIO2SD available. Me, I am using the newest firmware but very old (and simple!) file selector 2x. There are newer ones, like 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, etc. which you can also install and load as an ATR image or as SIO2SD.xex file.

 

In the SIO2SD setup I have configured the loader as always/everytime or something like that, if you configure it to never, you will simply never see it...

 

 

[Heaven/TQA]

So how to config that and where to get newer versions? And firmware is compatible?

[+CharlieChaplin]

You can find the SIO2SD configurator versions for download here:

http://www.sio2sd.org/software_atari/index.html

the SIO2SD firmware is there:

http://www.sio2sd.org/software_avr/index.html

 

Newest firmware is V3.3, newest configurator is V3.5. But as said before, I am using the newest firmware 3.3 with an old configurator 2x. The firmware must be flashed, the configurator can simply be copied onto the SD-card, into the root dir and MUST BE named SIO2SD.XEX (the root dir must contain a folder named ATARI, this Atari folder should contain more folders and/or ATR images).

 

Find attached some firmware (BIN), some configurators (rename one of the XEX files into SIO2SD.XEX) and my config file. One can also put the configurators onto an ATR image (that boots the XEX files with a gamedos) and boot this ATR image, so one can always choose between different configurators. With my crt tv the menu letters (A-Z) of the configurators 2.5 and 3.5 did not fully appear on the screen (too far on the left, thus only half of the letter was there), thats why I am using version 2x, which does not show this problem on my old tv.

 

Sio2SD_35.xex SIO2SD.BIN SIO2SD.CFG sio2sd_2x.xex

[+CharlieChaplin]

SIO2SD setup instructions by philsan...

 

ENGLISH
SETUP (firmware v3.1)
Format an SD card (FAT 12, 16 or 32 file system)
Copy into it sio2sdv35.xex that you find into SIO2SD website inside Configurator_3.5.zip and rename it sio2sd.xex
Make a folder named Atari
Put into that folder your ATR or XEX files
Insert SD card into SIO2SD
Turn on computer
On SIO2SD double press SHIFT button (grey button on SIO2SD Micro/PC Combo)
"CFG TOOL mode" will appear on the LCD display
Press K1 button (Drive button on SIO2SD Micro) to enter "cfgtool mode:"
With K2 button (File button on SIO2SD Micro) select "every startup"
Press K3 button (ESC button on SIO2SD Micro)
Press K1 button (Drive button on SIO2SD Micro) to go to "topdrive mode"
With K2 button (File button on SIO2SD Micro) set it to "off"
Turn off computer
Turn on computer
In this way every time you turn on your Atari the on-screen menu will be loaded.
To have SD card files sorted, use DriveSort, a nice Windows application.

ON-SCREEN LOADER INSTRUCTIONS (v3.5)
ARROWS/JOYSTICK select file .xex or disk image .atr
KEYS 1-8 mount selected file/image into drives 1-8
CTRL+T lets you toggle between real drives / virtual drives
ESC climb directory tree
X (long press) restart computer with selected images
RETURN/FIRE enter directory/load file/disk image
While loading programs that don't need Basic, keep pressed OPTION key for a few seconds
When you leave on-screen loader, you can swap disk images from real drives to virtual drives pressing SIO2SD's SHIFT button + K3 button (grey button + Esc button on SIO2SD Micro).

Those are basic instructions only. SIO2SD on-screen loader has many other features.
Moreover, thanks to LCD display and buttons, all those operations can be done without on-screen loader (you can even create disk images).