Posted By
starfrog
on 2021-07-15
04:59:47
|  New user and what to do next
Hi I just recieved a plus 4 and tape drive with some games but would like to know if there is a SD cart available for me to do fast loading and try out older games ? also what is the best method to connect this to a modern monitor ? thank you in advance
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Posted By
Spektro
on 2021-07-15
21:46:02
 | Re: New user and what to do next
Hi starfrog,
You'll get the best video quality through S-Video. I recommend this adapter for Plus/4: http://c64os.com/buyersguide/multimedia_breakout
In addition to S-Video port, it will also give you a Composite video port and 3 audio ports.
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Posted By
starfrog
on 2021-07-16
08:02:14
| Re: New user and what to do next
thanks for feedback Ill take a look and see if worth the effort as the scart connector isn't that bad
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Posted By
Mad
on 2021-07-16
14:15:08
| Re: New user and what to do next
@starfrog: There is an sdcard solution (as far as I know) like on the C64. Several different types of the SD2IEC can be used with the plus/4.
However you also talked about fast loading, many software based fast loaders use a custom drive side code. So this is not emulatable by an SD2IEC. A fixed set of fast loaders is supported by the SD2IEC but you are limited to those. I think on plus/4 side only one specific software side fast loader is used and supported by it.
So in short:
- most of the games work with an SD2IEC but some of the newer productions and some demos will not work with an SD2IEC due to their custom drive code.
- If you also wanna use the software not supported by the SD2IEC you still have some more expensive options. I would have to search for em, but on C64 this full drive emulations (mostly 1541) are pretty common already. And on plus/4 there are also like 3 to 5 different options for full drive emulations as sdcard solutions to be found.
- So if you stick to all the classic software maybe an SD2IEC already would do the trick for you. Many of these programs are one filers anyways.
However I do not know much about this topic.. Maybe this post helped a bit..
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