Thanks.. I've been wating to do a video on this for a while. It's easy peasy-lemon-squeezy (when you know how). Let the Multiload madness commence! :)

Thanks for the kind words :)

Why thank you person with hand up Emu's bum.. oh wait.. YOU ARE HE!

i know Im kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released series online?

@Juelz Finley Try flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

@Nikolai Aarav Definitely, have been using flixzone for months myself :)

@Nikolai Aarav thanks, signed up and it seems to work :D Appreciate it!!

@Juelz Finley You are welcome :D

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video, do you have anm SD2IEC or looking at getting one?

@@thefuturewas8bitchannel841 : I received mine yesterday. It works flawlessly. Many thanks

@@LoveDoctorNL That is excellent news. Enjoy ☺️

Everyone loves the Pens..!!

Thats correct, thanks for your comment and information.

Hey. Ideally you need a Y-Splitter cable for your IEC port. They are available on the TFW8B website

Huddison Hi there. Nope the Q to quit is just quitting the FB64 program. That just takes you back to BASIC

Many thanks

@@thefuturewas8bitchannel841 I received my SD2IEC and have been having a blast with it! I'm having problems loading any version of Rocket Ranger though (my Fav C64 game) - all versions seem to have some kind of fastload code in them; will the fastload cart help to load this game properly?

Huddison Hey there. It’s unlikely. Games that have custom FastLoaders can cause issues. They use tricks and weird timings. The SD2IEC is not Cycle Exact to the 1541 so can cause issues. The majority of games will work.

You need to create a blank d64 file and is Autoswap..

I Will, sorry taken a while to get to the comment on this. Generally muiti load issues are down to the timing of the swap when you hit the button. Also you can try to configure an AUTOSWAP.lst yourself, pop the d64 files in a folder and name them D1.D64, D2.D64 etc.. and then create the autoswap with the names of the files in them. Assuming that you have the file browser 64 on the SD card, load up the menu, go in to that games folder, quit out to Basic from the Browser by pressing Q, do a LOAD"$",8 and LIST, it should list the files in your folder, press the Next button on the SD2IEC and then do another directory listing, that will show you the content of D1.D64, just like if you had put the disk in the drive. The load up the first disk, when you get to the part of the game that requires Disk 2, press the next button again and Disk 2 should be ready to go, the tricky bit comes in when you have to go back and forward between disks. You could also look for .D81 files of games you want to play as these are mult disk games put in to a single file ready to use on devices like the SD2IEC. Thanks for your comment and feedback :)

Okay ignore that, I'm an idiot. Thanks a lot for making this!!

Mike Hill Hi Mike.. yes you just need to put all the file names in the Autoswap file or when you create it as per the video

Thanks for that! Can I ask how you go about saving a game to the SD then reloading the save?

Mike Hill That’s a great question. The SD2IEC is a loading device and you can save back to the SD card. If a game allows you to save progress it will just write a file back to the D64 image you are currently in. If you are thinking about Freeze options then you will need a Final Cart III or similar. The Action Replay is not 100% compatible but you can use it with some things as the AR is very complex to hide itself from the computer during loading

M D thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video 😁

@@Sanxion01 I love the C64!

Justin Thomas Hi.. sounds like your using upper case in the names of the files. Try renaming the files to the name but with lower case and no special characters

Amigaman Hi there. Nope this is a C64 product and will boot the C128 in to C64 mode when plugged in 😁

Hey... yes the SD2IEC will work great with the FC3. The Epyx FastLoad Reloaded will do a great job as well. See how you go with the FC3 and maybe in the future when you have a few quid buring a hole in your pocket, get a FastLoad too! Thanks for watching :)

Thank you for the fast answer. Then I'm going to get a SD2IEC and a Epyx later, if I am running into problems with the FC3. :D

Thanks for your reply. SD card type are not really the issue. As long as you use genuine good quality cards there are no issues up to 32Gb. TFW8B can ship an optional 8Gb SD card and there are very very few issues with it. If you do get issues with an SD card, it's normally down to the format on the card. Format using the SD format tool (Available on the tfw8b.com website) and you can aslo press the reset device button (top button) after switching on your C64 if it flashes and does not read the card from switch on. Thank you for your comment however. As you say most people will only ever need 2Gb as you can fit most of the entire C64 games ever made on to that!

Ryan Ashford Hi Ryan. Thanks for your question. This is quite easy to do. On a PC or a Mac. Open a new text file. In that text file type in the name of the D64 files in your multiload game. Then save the file out with the name “autosawp.lst” then simply copy this file in to the folder with the D64 files. Or you can simply rename the .gen file to .lst and it will use that file forever!

@@thefuturewas8bitchannel841 So do that and then select that file from the menu?

Ryan Ashford Sort of. Use the file browser to get to the folder with the D64 files in it and press q to exit to basic. Press the next disk button and that will take you to the first file in the txt file then LOAD”*”’,8,1

@@thefuturewas8bitchannel841 Ah. OK. Thanks for the help!!

The instructions are provided with every SD2IEC that is shipped out. It also shows clearly the buttons on the instruction sheets and also on the video. I put up the configuration of the buttons in the video when showing the buttons on the device. Also this is one of the reasons why we made the video for our SD2IEC device to show how to work with multi disk programs and games. We mention this on our website lisitings, in the instructions that come with it and now we have made a video on it to be totally clear. It can be a bit confusing to do the first time you try to do disk swapping, this is why we made the video so you can see how it's done.

Buttons need labels....took me 3 days to figure out how to save a single disk txt adventure game using autoswap

@@1962underdog worked for philips european support center. we would ask customer to read the instructions twice and then call back. never got a phone call back ever.

It does sound strange if you don't understand the supply chain but you need to look at it from a higher vantage point than a single package. The majority of the packages were likely west coast bound so went to the western distribution center first as port of entry. Once there it was sorted in with packages in the western distribution center heading east. To a courier company every bit of savings impacts the bottom line. The other variable that dictates when and where is the shipping time.

I once had a package leave the U.S, touch down in Australia (where I am from) then come all the way to Japan (where I live). Its crazy

ActRaiser Sounds like you have purchased the internal fitting SD2IEC not the external as shown in the video

@@Sanxion01 I have it plugged into the back, the same as the one in the video.. it just doesn't have a case.. and only one button / switch thats on the end of a cable attached to the tiny board. The seller says you can definitely run multiple disk games using it, but I am not having any luck.

Hi mate, how do you settle the drive 9 # on the SD2IEC?

@@apollomasta It's been a while, and my 1541 broke, so I only use the SD2IEC at the moment. Mine included software on an SD-card. One program called "ID8-9" sorted the numbering permanently. If you don't have that software, check out post 3 in this link: www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58812&sid=dda7c3de0aeaa331c37985c5f39a7fd0

Are you using keys on the keyboard or with Joystick. Use your joystick in port 2 and move up and down, use fire button to select

@@thefuturewas8bitchannel841 thanks for the reply :) I tried both and nothing works. And yes I made sure to use port 2

Hi there.. please can you contact us for support issues through our website contact page as it sounds like we need to talk a bit more. Thanks :) www.thefuturewas8bit.com/contacts/

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