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Dear customers,

Here is new firmware for SD Smart Drive.

Changes,

1) Fixed error FDD unmount, now works fine(Keep press EXIT + SELECT PUSH)

2) FDD assign way changed, it asking where to assign the selected image.

D1? or D2? have to select.

3) Dial reading noise reduced

How to update

1) Copy SDSmart.ROM file into SD Memory card on Root

2) Press EXIT+SELECT together while POWER ON the APPLE II

If you have any issue, please let me know.

Thanks a lot

Ian Kim

SDSmart.ROM

Hi friends,

It took long time to have new version of firmware.

This version having new features as under.

1) It supports Read Only function. Read Only Floppy with FDD image file. 

To do this, you need to set as Read Only (*) on your image file then It works as write protected on FDD.

Each FDD works as followed the FDD image R/W status.

it works only *.NIB file.

Please test it and let me know your feed back. :)

2) Support image file Write protect by Dial

Long press EXIT will toggle loaded image R/W <> R/O

3) *.PO FDD image file support. *.PO image file have prodos sector order on sector. it has different sector order compare to *.DSK file. I didn't test it much.. just checked it can read and can run with my file.

How to updates? please refer this. 

http://quick09.tistory.com/1320

If you have any question, please email me.

Thank you very much.

Dear Friends,

If you have difficulty to use Smartport HDD on your APPLE IIGS,

Please try it after Unload D1: or 'Your card' of SLOT6 on IIGS control panel.

If some image file in D1 for autoboot, some cases failed to detect Smart devices.

I'm working on it.

* Tested *

My connector got faulty not the firmware.

Anyway, you can use the latest firmware.

Thank you.

Ian Kim

Dear customers,

I updated firmware for SD Smart Drive.

New version is V1.18R and fixed some minor bugs and enhanced to detect Smart device on APPLE IIGS.

Please download it and update for your Smart Drive.

Version 1.18S

SDSmart.ROM

How to update

History of V1.18S

-'No file' error message shows the reason.

-Smartport detection method changed for APPLE IIGS.

Before some of cases, failed to detected on IIGS. 

It was happened when power ON FDD boot and Smartport drive status requests.

It doesn't affect on IIc and not works good.

History of V1.18R

- Enhanced the SD Smart Drive detection on APPLE IIGS.

- Locked FDD file showing on the Terminal when Loading it.

History of V1.18Q

- RAM test method changed and it doesn't destroy present data in buffer.

- Serial recovery changed for better recovery to 115200bps.

- Status message little changed.

- Smart Drive detection improved.

Any other bug or request are welcome.

Thank you

Ian Kim

Due to some reasons, I've planned to develop faster Newer Smart Drive for APPLE II system.

The AVR(Atmega128) isn't fast compare to these days MPU and lack of memory.

Even AtXmega series are only 32Mhz.

For better performance for Smartport Drive and more function for DISK][,

I'm going to new design for new Smartport Drive and FDD emulator.

I have lots of choice but, I want to use one of not well known MPU.

It is Korean made one and good features has.

It is what I want to use.

And more USB and even RTC(Real time clock) there.

It has dedicate SD card controller so, it handle SD memory card with superb speed.

And this processor isn't exactly ARM processor but as followed the maker engineer, It based on the ARM technologies.

I've tested SD card Reading speed, It has more than 2MB/S.

I will update what I'm going to do.

This time. I can show testing board.

APPLE II를 켜시면 SD Smart Drive의 LCD에 불이들어오고, 무언가 나와야 정상입니다.

GSOS support 2GB HFS format and SD Smart Drive support it now.

I made one 2GB DISK image and initialized then can use it.

You can find free space is 2,043.7MB and used 4.2MB.

Also You can find 9 HDDs and 2 more 5.25" FDD.

You can access simultaneously FDDs and HDDs.

Thank you

Ian Kim

I received final PCB and doing test as below.

It is 2nd FDD on SD Smart Drive and  Read,Write and rebooting.

The couting is over the 3800 it's above 12 hours running test.

R/W rebooting test on APPLE //e platinum.

R/W rebooting test on APPLE IIGS

Catalog test, 2647 times testing. No error counted 

I'm selling for Local Korea users first,

Please wait around 7days for international APPLE II users.

Thank you very much.

Ian Kim

Hi everyone,

I am testing serial connection on APPLE IIc for SD Smart Drive.

Finally, I can see serial data from SD Smart Drive.

But, 300bpsis working properly.

I tried higher baud rate but fail to get proper data maybe need more study about it.

I will try to make simple terminal S/W then SD Smart drive user can use it insead of terminal by PC.

SD Smart Drive supports FDD FORMAT and WRITE function. It makes users to feel much comfort as similar as using real Floopy Drive with Diskette.

This is a photo of copying one image to NIB side.

You can copy from Real FDD DISKETTE to SD Smart Drive NIB side.

It works very well with the NIBBLE AWAY ][ and get copyed image file on SD Memroy card.

Due to 2 FDD Support, you can use it for several 2 FDD games without much changing DISKETTEs.

I'm still thinking What I want and need for APPLE II, it would be similar what APPLE2 owners want these days.

It will start to sell local(Korean)Users first. It would be a week later and I want to listen what really they want and any issues while using it.

Thank you

Ian Kim

SD Smart drive is working fine with APPLE IIc plus as the picture.

APPLE IIc recognize two 5.25" FDDs and several smartport HDD.

APPLE IIc plus has no drive slot #6 issue unlike APPLE IIc. APPLE IIc plus has Internal 3.5" FDD and it is assigned to Slot #5.

so two 5.25" FDD emulation could use on APPLE IIc plus.

it looks very nice adjusted cause lots of Games are only run with SLOT#6 and 1st drive.

I will keep testing all of other functions before to finalize PCB.

Thanks

Ian Kim

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

Storage stability is important and I'm running test program when I have changed Hardware.

Testing program have writing and reading function to detect error.

Mostly, I run it before to go to bed and it runs for overnight.
This picture is testing of FDD mode,

HDD mode testing.

It writes 33KB files until to full.

No error and no free block too. it used all of HDD blocks.

So, I can say External version of SD DISK][ emulator is stable.

Thanks for watching.

Ian Kim

SD DISKII external version can emulate the Smartport hard disk mode and successfully can read 32MB HDV image

Now, It can emulate FDD and HDD. but not yet write mode completed on HDD mode. 

Now, It boot with HDD on your APPLE IIc.

CATALOG files. as you can see lots of blocks.

Loaded 800KB floppy image too.

I still need some more task as below.

Need some more reseach for Write on HDD.

Need to improve speed.

And need to integrate R/W smart cache.

Need to test on APPLE IIgs.

Thanks

Ian

** ADDED **

Now, Read and Write are start working fine.

I saved basic file and can save load without any problem also tested several files too.