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The SIO2USB-

Interface

User Manual

Version 1.00, as of October 21

2007

for ATARI™ 400/800/XL/XE Computers

by ABBUC-RAF (ABBUC Regional Group Frankfurt)

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Page 1 The SIO2USB- Interface User Manual Version 1.00, as of October 21 2007 for ATARI™ 400/800/XL/XE Computers by ABBUC-RAF (ABBUC Regional Group Frankfurt)
Page 2 2.5! ✖ The sign means ATTENTION, WARNING! Pay special attention here. Examples, Inputs and Output on the screen of the SIO2USB are written in this font: Example Input You read this on the screen Important instructions are printed in bold.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
_________________________________ Connecting the Interface ............Connecting the SIO2USB to the Computer ______________ Connecting an USB-Stick to the SIO2USB ______________ Operation of the SIO2USB via Keys and Display ....Main Screen ______________________________________ Call the menu __________________________________ Activating disks / deactivating disks...
Page 4 Background ................. The Developers ___________________________________ The Stoy behind the SIO2USB _______________________ Notes .................... Advice, Contents SIO2USB User Manual...
Page 5: Welcome To The Sio2Usb
This memory should be used for copies only, the work media is the USB Flash drive. The SIO2USB can operate in High-Speed mode at a transfer rate of 56.000 baud - long load times are history! The SIO2USB-Interface is powered from the SIO-Bus - no external supply is needed.
Page 6: Information Sources
Web-Ressources On the website www.abbuc-raf.de you can ﬁnd the latest software for the SIO2USB interface, the Shell software for using the SIO2USB via the ATARI™ computer and the latest version of the printed materials (this manual, reference card). 1.3.3. Technical Support A technical support is available via email: sio2usb-support@abbuc-raf.de...
Page 7: The Sio2Usb Device
• SIO: the fourth LED from top ﬂashes yellow when data are transfered on the SIO bus. In the middle of the SIO2USB device is a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) with four lines installed (in the following named display). The menu or the installed virtual disks and the functionality of the keys are shown there.
Page 8: Warnings
USB port! This can distroy the SIO2USB-Interface and the ATARI(tm) computer. ✖ Don't disconnect the SIO2USB or switch off the computer as long as one of the yellow LEDs is on. This can lead to data loss. ✖ Disconnect the USB Flash drive only when no data are transfered visible when non of the yellow LEDs is on.
Page 9: Display Adjustment
2.6. Display Adjustment On the rear side of the SIO2USB-Interface two openings are installed. Behind them two potentiometers for adjustment of the display brightness and contrast can be found. The hole on the left side near the USB plug is for contrast ad- justment, the hole on the right side near the SIO cable is for brightness ad- justment.
Page 11: Connecting The Interface
Connecting the SIO2USB to the Computer 1. Switch off the computer. 2. Connect the SIO cable of the SIO2USB to the computer. It is possible to connect the SIO cable to any free SIO connector of a disk station which is connected to a computer.
Page 13: Operation Of The Sio2Usb Via Keys And Display
4. Operation of the SIO2USB via Keys and Display The main functions of the SIO2USB interface can be used by pressing the built in keys. To use all the functions of the SIO2USB the “Shell” utility program is needed, see chapter 5 and chapter 6. 4.1.
Page 14: Swap Disk Images
DOS and the program S2USHELL.COM. For a description of funti- ons see next chapter); then the SIO2USB jumps back to the main screen (see main screen in the previous chapter). If that does not work, please check if the ﬁle S2USHELL.ATR is present in the directory \INT and if it is not accidentially...
Page 15: Mount Screen
(“..”), pressing key three leads to the same screen but the contents of the chosen directory will be shown If the name is a ﬁle, the next screen (select screen) will show up. SIO2USB User Manual Chapter 4 Operation of the SIO2USB via Keys...
Page 16: Select Screen
Key 2: Unmount D1 - back to main screen thereafter Key 3: Unmount D2 - back to main screen thereafter Key 4: Unmount D3 - back to main screen thereafter 16 Chapter 4 Operation of the SIO2USB via Keys SIO2USB User Manual...
Page 17: Sio2Usb Operation Via Shell
5. SIO2USB Operation via Shell The following chapter is an introduction into the usage of the SIO2USB with the Shell program complete with examples of frequently used procedures. A detailed description of all commands can be found in chapter 6.
Page 18: Copy The Sio2Usb-Shell To A Disk
Copy Diskettes/Files to the SIO2USB To copy real diskettes to disk images do as follows: As described above, connect the SIO2USB and boot the computer. The Shell will be started. Create a new image with the command MAK <name>.ATR xD”. For xD please state SD, MD or DD as the density you want.
Page 19: Copy Disk Images To The Sio2Usb
Windows, Apple MacOS X or Linux. Another way would be to mount the images via SIO2PC, then create and mount a new image with the same size and density on the SIO2USB and then copy the ﬁles via DOS or diskcopy program.
Page 21: The Shell
“\”. Small characters will be capitalized. Some ﬁlenames from PC or Mac contain the tilde sign “~”, which is not part of the ATARI™-font. The SIO2USB as well as the Shell change the tilde “~” in the display into the roof sign “^”.
Page 22 USB-stick or of the built in memory CAT BRM*.COM shows all ﬁles in the current directory on the USB-stick or the built in memory starting with BRM and having .COM as extender 22 Chapter 6 The Shell SIO2USB Instructions...
Page 23 HH:MM:SS DD.MM.YY (hours:minutes:seconds day.month.year) Examples TIME Remark: if an image on the SIO2USB is altered using write access by the A- TARI™, time and date of the image will be refreshed. TIME hh:mm:ss dd.mm.yy Sets the current time and date.
Page 24 = ﬁlename means disk inserted and active # ﬁlename means disk inserted and not active Example MOUNT Output example: MOUNT STATUS D1: = INT\S2USHELL.ATR D2: # DEMOS.ATR D3: # 24 Chapter 6 The Shell SIO2USB Instructions...
Page 25 ENABLE x Aktivates the stated virtual disk station, provided there is a disk inserted (see MOUNT) Examples ENABLE D2: activates the virtual disk station D2: activates the virtual disk station D1: ENA 1 SIO2USB User Manual Chapter 6 The Shell 25...
Page 26 (empty!) directory LEER RMDIR LEER RMD REEL deletes the (empty!) directory REEL RMDIR ATR\EMPTY deletes the (empty!) subdirectory EMPTY in the directory ATR RMD ATR\YTPME deletes the (empty!) subdirectory YTPME in the directory ATR 26 Chapter 6 The Shell SIO2USB Instructions...
Page 27 Mac. Renaming a directory containing a mounted ﬁle is possible but is not recom- mended. The image will not be found according to the conﬁguration ﬁle SIO2USB.CFG after a reset or coldstart. SIO2USB User Manual Chapter 6 The Shell 27...
Page 28 Examples QUIT EXIT COLDSTART / BYE After a security request a coldstart is done to the computer. Examples COLDSTART HELP Shows a short overview of all the commands and their syntax. Examples HELP 28 Chapter 6 The Shell SIO2USB Instructions...
Page 29: Updating The Firmware
SIO2USB and the new ﬁrmware. Should the SIO2USB not be found by the software you will get an error mes- sage. Check the connections and if the power-LED is lit and if there can be something seen on the LC-display.
Page 30: Restore An Older Version Of The Firmware
All numbers (dates, versions) will be larger or newer with development of the software. Should the SIO2USB stop in this menu, you can only update the ﬁrmware via a real diskette or SIO2PC. If there is "Restore old FW=>" printed in the last line on the display, it is possible to restore the old ﬁrmware version, see next section.
Page 31: Error Codes And Glossary
If a FAT structure error was detected, the red LED lights up and the error will be shown in the Shell output. The red error-LED will stay lit. Remark: the error LED will only stop lighting after a SIO2USB reset. ✖...
Page 32 FAT sector at USB device is not readable or writeable $26 FAT ﬁle or directory is Read Only $27 Requested ATARI sector is not inside the image $28 Illegal Data frame length $29 Received PERCOM density does not match to the image length...
Page 33: Glossary
If there is no USB-stick plugged in the ﬁle from the internal memory is used. S2USHELL.ATR Diskette image with the SIO2USB shell as autorun.sys ﬁle Wildcards are the characters “*” and “?”, which are used as jokers for the speciﬁcation of ﬁlenames.
Page 34 USB Universal Serial Bus, a contemporary serial data bus for mice, keyboards, scanners, printers, memory-sticks S2USHELL The user interface to handle the functions of the SIO2USB Firmware The built in software which provides all the functions of the SIO2USB ATR-Datei A ﬁle containing the contents of a ATARI(tm) diskette as...
Page 35 After redesig- ning it and including an USB-controller we were able to present a well docu- mented and fully functional USB-cartridge for the ATARI™ 8-Bit computer line, complete with functional input devices: we connected a steering wheel and used a slightly patched version of Pole Position™©.
Page 36 The interfaces were complete with displays, SIO-connectors and casings. Harry wrote the ﬁrst drivers for the ATARI™, cleanly integrated into the ATA- RI™ operating system. Florian wrote tools like the “Flasher-Software” (no pun intended!) for the ﬁrmware upload. Thomas wrote the ﬁrmware, completly in machine code.
Page 37 Boxes were bought, stickers were ﬁxed to them, everything put togehter and ﬁnally packaged. The result of all the work lies in your hands, your SIO2USB interface. The developer team wishes all users many happy hours with the most...
Page 38 Notes 38 Chapter 9 The Story Behind The SIO2USB SIO2USB User Manual...