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Here is the review of the TapeCart SD for Commodore 64, which was given to me by Vincenzo Santoro of www.winmar.it. Let's see how to quickly load files in PRG and TCRT format. In addition, this TapeCart SD specification can also read TAP files.
All the passages of this review are rewritten on this page:
www.valoroso.it/en/tapecart-s...
Compared to Tapuino, which emulates the datassette and loads files with the TAP extension, while also maintaining the timing of a normal Commodore datassette, the TapeCart SD loads files in multiple formats and loading is much faster.
Unlike the TapeCart (without SD), which only had an internal memory, as the name implies, the TapeCart SD is equipped with a connector for SD memory cards.
Also, the TapeCart SD that Vincenzo Santoro gave me is different from the open source project of Kim Jorgensen, the creator of Kung Fu Flash. In fact, it also allows the loading of TAP files, which Kim Jorgensen's TapeCart SD, to date, does not have. I made a video about Kim Jorgensen's Kung Fu Flash: the interface that connects to the Commodore 64 expansion port.
Here is the link: www.valoroso.it/en/kung-fu-fl...
In this video tutorial, we see how to use the www.winmar.it TapeCart SD, starting from the choice of files to put on MicroSD.
Let's see how to format the MicroSD and how to load games and programs on the Commodore 64, using this TapeCart SD.
I tried the TapeCart SD with several MicroSD memory cards: 8GB, 16GB and even 32GB, without any problems.
0:00 TapeCart SD for Commodore 64, here's the review! How to load TAP PRG TCRT games.
1:34 Ideas on where to download PRG, TAP and TCRT files to put on the MicroSD, via a normal Windows PC.
4:06 Preparing files to be copied to the MicroSD, MicroSD to SD adapter, formatting the SD memory card, transferring games and programs.
7:04 Insert the MicroSD into the TapeCart SD. Insert the TapeCart SD into the C64 tape port (datassette).
8:05 Test loading PRG, TAP and TCRT files on Commodore 64 via TapeCart SD. PRG and TCRT files load very fast! How to navigate the TapeCart SD menu: the TapeCart SD browser. Examples: how to load Diagstic.PRG, Activision's GhostBusters, Pac Land, Ace 2, Turrican II, CCGMS 2017 (in TapeDavil 2 TCRT) and OutRun (in War64 TCRT).
We can see how the loading of PRG and TCRT files is much faster than TAP files.
A caveat regarding TAP files: even though I loaded Turrican II as an example, the TapeCart SD is only recommended for single load TAP games, as it does not have tape control buttons. In fact, if you lose the game, the computer prompts you to bring the tape to 0 and then forward to number 28 on the counter, but there are no keys on the TapeCart SD to do this. For loading TAP files, other types of adapters are recommended such as, for example, the Tapuino.
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Credits: in the video tutorial, SID music is the music of the OutRun game.
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