SCCAN member, Joe M., has been putting the SD2IEC through its paces, and below are some of the problems and triumphs that he has had with the device (edited for clarity) --
From: Joe M.
Date: Thu, February 12, 2009 12:47 am
Robert,
I soldered your daughter board but how does it mate with the main board?
There is a clear pin 1 on the main board, but the daughter board does not have a pinout. Usually circuit board manufacturers will make the via at pin 1 square, or at least label pin one on the header.
So-
Does it go with the IEC's facing the same direction you insert SD card?
Or
Does it go with the IEC's facing out the back?
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Tony Kim of NKCElectronics.com answered and said, "...I need to make it more clear, as a reverse connection can damage the main board. It must be connected like PICTURE 2, with the IEC jacks facing out the back. I will add some pictures to the product page.
You can install it 2 ways, with the main board below / db top or the daughter board below and main board top."
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From: Joe M.
Date: Sun, February 15, 2009 1:44 am
Robert,
The sd2iec is pretty fun to play with!
Took me a while to figure out how to mount a .d64, once I did it was even more fun...
The directions (what exist) are horrible... you may know this but in case you don't, to mount a .d64 in the current directory it would be:
open1,8,15,"CD:nameofd64.d64":close1
The example they gave did not include the colon and assumed the .d64's were in a sub-directory.
Also after looking for some instructions on how to use the sd2iec, I saw that the daughterboard is supposed to come with a 90 degree, 10 pin female plug. That is why when you see it in the picture, it is underneath... yours came with a straight one.
After using it, it is still easy to use this way though.
[snip]
Joe
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From: Joe M.
Date: Sun, February 15, 2009 5:21 pm
One thing I was impressed with was mounting an INFOCOM .d64 image. Infocom games have an unorthodox directory structure and it worked fine with the sd2iec. I remember being with Josh and trying his 1541 Ultimate and it didn't work the first time. As a matter of fact I dont think we got it to work 100%. So it looks like it will be a handy little tool to add to your collection.
I used a Sandisk micro 512meg in a Sandisk micro to sd adapter; it worked perfect out the gate.
Joe
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
videocam.net.au/fcugCommVEx v5 info -
www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX