Device works in two modes::
- Sio2PC-USB -connects the ATARI SIO port to PC/MAC computer equipped with a USB PORT, so PC acts as floppy disk drive for ATARI
- 10502PC - connects the Atari disk drive to PC computer equipped with a USB PORT, so PCcan read / backup orginal 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
STEP BY STEP:
- download ALIBPC sofware by Ray Ataergin - You rock MAN !
- unzip the file to Your hard drive
- install high-speed VCP drivers before you run AlibPC.exe
- The software can also run with FTDI default VCP drivers, in normal speed ONLY, if you choose to do so.
More info (i bet nobody reads that):
- The details of the driver installation is in the “ALibPC Installation Guide”.
- The documentation and installation guides are in the folder “docs”
- High-Speed custom FTDI drivers are in the folder “driver/Lotharek”
SIO2PC-USB mode manual:
- download and install one of below file servers:
- 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
WARNING:
- alibpc software switches device in 10502PC mode.
- to switch back to sio2pc mode (default) replug device to USB
- Revised version with USB C connector :-)
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