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Evening All.

I've just finished fixing up an old C64 out of a pile of boards, cases etc, to be added into my personal collection.

So I have a tape drive emulator and am now looking at getting a disk drive emulator. Can you guys please let me know your opinions of what's good to get.

PhilC wrote: 19 Apr 2021 21:52 Evening All.

I've just finished fixing up an old C64 out of a pile of boards, cases etc, to be added into my personal collection.

So I have a tape drive emulator and am now looking at getting a disk drive emulator. Can you guys please let me know your opinions of what's good to get.

Also interested as once I get my workshop and retro area set up in the new house, I'm looking too.

I am aware of uDRIVE and SD2IEC, but are there more?

@rubber_jonnie there is also a pihat for pi v3b and up but I have no idea which is the best or easiest to use.

PhilC wrote: 20 Apr 2021 09:10 @rubber_jonnie there is also a pihat for pi v3b and up but I have no idea which is the best or easiest to use.

There seems to be a lot of Pi based stuff lately, but as you say, what is the ease of use like? If it was like a CosmosEx I'd definitely be in.

There are some useful cartridges too, the Easyflash looks like a pretty good solution overall.

I dont bother with disk emulators nowadays.
Kung Fu Flash is fast and simple and less than half the price of similar carts.

Or you could just build your own.
https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

PaulJ_2.0 wrote: 20 Apr 2021 09:32 I dont bother with disk emulators nowadays.
Kung Fu Flash is fast and simple and less than half the price of similar carts.

Or you could just build your own.
https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Oh yes, that rings a bell now you mention it.

@PaulJ_2.0 that's not a bad suggestion, I'll take a look at that too since it's able to use disk files etc.

I‘d recommend the Ultimate 1541II+ - apart from the drive emulation it also allows you to change the OS ROM, use fastloader ROMs, use cartridges, emulate REU and Easyflash, network, tape etc. etc. It copes with (afaik) everything out there regarding fastloaders/media, and you can even upload your own cross-assembled binaries via network. Oh and it even emulates a dual SID if needed.

I played alot with other solutions and they are often either a) not that compatible or b) miss features like ROM switching. So the U1541II+ is well worth the price imho, as it really emulates the whole 1541 including it‘s CPU (which is used by fastloaders and some demos/games).

Here‘s an overview: http://c64os.com/buyersguide/1541UltimateII

Thank you @tin I'll have a read about that as well but may be a little on the expensive side for a bit of retro gaming.

Yeah those Ultimate carts are the gold standard and I would love one.
Maybe when I'm feeling frivolous and flush.