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USB for kyboard/pen drive

  ice00

   I just test around the Usb of the mini and goes into troubles:

   1) I take a my C64 disk game and save to a 2GB pen drive with the given
   fixed name
   2) I insert it into the mini and select the Basic program.
   3) With joystick LOAD "$",8 but LIST gives empty disk image (maybe the pen
   drive was not read?)
   4) I change the joystick with an external usb keyboard for typing again
   the commands, but keyboard did not works (the screen was with the virtual
   keyboard opened during this phase)
   5) I swap again keyboard with joystick but joystick did not work (maybe it
   not reload it?)
   6) I turn off the mini (it turn off correctly) as it was the only action I
   can do.
   7) I turn on with joystick and keyboard in
   8) I go into BASIC and keyboard works, so I write LOAD "$",8 with it
   9) I remove joystick and put the USB pen, then execute the command and do
   a LIST (but image was still empty!)
   10) I remove usb keyboard and add joystick again, but it not works (still
   not reloaded?)
   11) Turn off again the mini.

   Maybe a screen popup information when you insert a usb peripheral could be
   a good help:
   - D64 image detected on pen drive
   - Joystick #1/2 detected
   - keyboard detected

   Need to experiment again tomorrow.

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  RetroBiker

   [2]ice00 If you check the manual, it says you need to add and remove USB
   devices only while in the carousel app for the change to be recognised.

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  RetroGamesLtd

   Hi,

   Just to check, is your USB memory stick formatted to FAT32? As others have
   said, you also need to insert the stick whilst on the HOME screen (which
   shows the Carousel) before you select BASIC.

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  ice00

   Hi,

   I try another usb pen and now it goes.

   Thanks

   p.s
   the previous even if it was as FAT32 and Linux mount and use it anyway has
   some errors while opened in Windows!

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  spannernick1

   Is that the only file you can have on the USB stick,case aD64 image is
   only 171kb and just to use it just for that is a waste,can I put other
   D64s on the USB stick and rename them when I want to load one of them..?

   Can you get c64 basic to read like its reading a SD2IEC,if you type the
   load"$",8 then list it can read the sd cards root and directories,and you
   can mount d64 files and if you want you can load a prg file from one of
   the sd cards folders like a folder called Games and if it have a prg file
   in it called Beatch Head.prg then you can load it.

   I have mine connected to a USB hub and the joystick and my wireless
   keyboard to it and is working fine.its a remote with a keyboard
   underneath,I used it with a MXQ box that I don't use no more(there are
   crap,DONT GET ONE) but like the remote ,it's a Air Mouse cause you can use
   it as a mouse too here...
   [3]https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/183000753018?chn=ps&dispItem=1&adgroupid=57477945728
   .works fine with The Mini(That's a good nick name for it,like the Classic
   Britsh Mini,I like the old version of the car,not the new ones its way to
   big to be a Mini now.. [4]:) ),so glad I don't need to use a big
   keyboard.. [5]:)

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