10502PC Sio2PC USB R2

Description

Enables file transfers between the vintage Atari 8-bit computer with modern computers.

The device works in two modes::

• Sio2PC-USB –connects the ATARI SIO port to a PC/MAC computer equipped with a USB PORT, so the PC acts like a floppy disk drive for ATARI
• 10502PC – connects the Atari disk drive to a PC computer equipped with a USB PORT, so the PC can read / backup original 5.25″ floppies.

Requirments

• PC with a free USB port (works on other platforms like MAC/LINUX)
• Any 8bit ATARI with a free SIO PORT

SIO2PC-USB mode manual: 

• download and install one of the below:
  • ASPEQT from http://sourceforge.net/projects/aspeqt/
  • RESPEQT from https://github.com/jzatarski/RespeQt/releases/tag/r4
• Download VIRTUAL COM PORT drivers from FTDI PAGE and install them;
• If You use stock Windows 10 drivers, You must force to load VCP drivers in the device manager.
• connect 10502PC/SIO2PC to PC; Windows shall install drivers automatically
• new COM port will appear in the device manager
• Start ASPEQT / RESPEQT –> TOOLS –> OPTIONS: select a proper COM number and CTS MODE –> SAVE
• Press button START SIO PERIPHERAL EMULATION in the ASPEQT / RESPEQT  window (blue plug icon at bottom right)
• Power ON ATARI with Sio2PC-USB connected and ATR/XEX file loaded in SLOT 1

10502PC mode manual: 

• download KAFAR software (still in development) and extract to Your hard drive

 

 

• Before starting KAFAR software,  close any ASPEQT process running in the background
• Run KAFAR software  (Windows 10 – RUN AS ADMIN)
• You shall see a screen as follows:

 

 

• 10502PC device was set in the proper mode
• Connect 1050 to your ATARI disk drive
• Power on the floppy disk drive, Insert the floppy disk and put the handle down
• START KAFAR

 

• If your disk drive is set to D1 number, press 1 on the keyboard to read from this drive.
• The program will prompt about the name and location of the new ATR file.

Files:

• FTDI driver page
• Windows drivers
• KAFAR software

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