SD Smart Drive beta testing

Hi, everyone,

For long weeks I had hard time to build firmware and PCB jobs.

Now, I set it in the case and testing.

 

SD Smart drive is virtual FDD and HDD for APPLE II computer.

and works as maximum 9HDD and 2FDD on APPLE IIc, APPLE IIGS also can use 2FDD on APPLE //e and ][+(][and ][+ can't use HDD cause it's lack of smart drive support).

In general, 4 HDD are good enough but, 2FDD are important one, it is make easy to play bigger game such as Ultima 4 even Ultima 5. This amounts of Drive support are Maximum support for APPLE II.

Disk Image are NIB(R/W), DSK(R/W(buffer only))

HDD image supported with *.HDV, 800K image are working.

I'm working on 2MG now.

It has buliten serial connection(115200bps) for Command mode.

If you experianced with Slot type SD DISK][ Emualtor, you may familiar this rich functions.

It is designed for user conviniences and setup purpose.

It has external LCD&Dial for easy file selection and monitoring of drive status.

It has small speaker in it to make some sound while Drive accessing. it makes feel as real mechanical one.

SD Smart drive can use with FAT16/32 SD/SDHC memory card. (tested 16GB and may work on 32GB too)

Smartport protocol support up to 2GB(it's FAT32 limits)by block and will test later.

All HDD and FDD images are can replace while standby time,

and frist HDD1 and FDD1 is for auto start boot.

APPLE IIc and //e and ][+ are working fine with it but, APPLE IIGS some reply issue there required restart by keyboard.

I'm testing this new PCB board now I'm still working to improve firmwrae and debuging.

Please keep tune and see what Ian doing now! :)

<Smart Port testing 32MB HDV iamge<                                             <Ultima 4 testing with 2nd DISK inseted>

    

 

<Connections>                                                        <Terminal commands>

Thank you

Ian Kim