{"id":66,"date":"2025-12-08T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.28\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:43:39","slug":"smartdisk-ii-documentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/smartdisk-ii-documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartDisk II &#8211; Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-31ec1971-f5cc-45fa-8fdf-ccc879989d03\">1 &#8211; <strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4aeaa96c-c5bd-48c0-8378-f3f7329720b0\">Below, user will find the documentation on using the SmartDisk II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-14f8199f-c00f-420f-8f0d-69c524e055c9\">2 &#8211; <strong>Usage precautions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2d866ed6-944c-4231-b957-557b1966c0a6\">For best usage experience and to keep your SmartDisk II functioning, some precautions need to be followed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-36abbe07-aeb4-46dd-becf-93e7c1132e0e\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Never plug in\/out your SmartDisk II while your Apple II is powered on, it may damage the SmartDisk II circuit,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never insert or eject the SDCard while the SmartDisk II is powered,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not plug in USB with your SmartDisk II connected to the Apple II,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always check the IDC connection on the Apple Disk controller before turning the Apple II power on,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SmartDisk II before rev 3 is not compatible with IIc &amp; IIGS, a modification is needed on the PCB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-73b7e5af-806c-472b-b690-714c2a02da33\"><strong>3 &#8211; SmartDisk Hardware description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-e641749c-f516-4a6c-beac-5b39a5df7ec0\"><strong>A\/ Apple II + \/ Apple IIe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-e4a06d6d-4971-422f-8293-8fea6ae76baa\">You will need a Disk II controller that should be connected to your DISK II drive. It is very important to check the side of the 20 pins ribbon before connecting the SmartDisk II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-8da57104-3700-4aca-bc1a-5b2de76ac96b\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.29\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Picture.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c28237fe-98fa-43af-8c00-52b712aacf28\"><strong>B\/ IIc &amp; IIGS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d57a3ff2-94b7-4f4d-bc34-1cdb2cdf6f17\">To connect the SmartDisk II to your IIc and IIGS, and adapter will be needed to convert SmartPort (SUB-D19) to IDC20. It is very hard to find a SUB-D19 as no-one is now using it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5376f970-1b0c-40ef-99a0-281440cbcb0f\">This online shop have SUB-D19:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/iec.net\/product\/d-style-male-solder-type-connector\/\">http:\/\/iec.net\/product\/d-style-male-solder-type-connector\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-acafd254-81eb-4954-93a7-96fda6f34650\">An adapter to convert SUB-D19 and IDC20 is available on github:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vibr77\/SmartPortAdapter\">https:\/\/github.com\/vibr77\/SmartPortAdapter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-278c96fc-8cd9-484b-b3b6-87a64b0f638f\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.29\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Picture3.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5aadc1ee-2146-4f1e-908e-701025aefbac\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-5cf832f2-f75c-4ed6-87e3-b2eefb0bcf36\"><strong>4 &#8211; Preparing the SDCard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8b19efa5-cc84-4d50-a238-6b6fb663cac8\">The SDCard needs to be formatted using FAT32 with a specific sector size: 64 sectors of 512 Bytes per cluster. This is needed to ensure an optimal access to comply with Apple II timing requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"block-7dcfa8be-14db-4e18-9c34-5fc43b47ccf0\">If SDCard formatting is not done with the right sector size (512 Bytes) then, reading image file on Apple II will give unpredictable behaviours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-99cde2e6-7ac7-4191-b961-fc15e2eb9842\"><strong>Directly on the SmartDisk II<\/strong>: within the Menu Settings, formatting of the SD Card can be done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2216c7ba-78a2-4513-a130-89d456e67e3c\"><strong>On Linux:<\/strong>&nbsp;formatting can be done on a terminal:&nbsp;&nbsp;mkfs.fat -F 32 -s64 [SDCARD \/dev\/sde as exemple]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3ce01ab6-a3d0-476d-8316-692de76a7d29\"><strong>On Windows:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tools like DiskGenius can perform the required formatting with cluster size 32Kb and 512 sectors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-a10ace8d-c312-4b8e-b97d-20c84fc6ec69\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.29\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture8.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Picture8.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a7c9d531-0c6e-4a1f-9127-ed274a1513c3\"><strong>On Mac <\/strong>using a terminal: sudo newfs_msdos -F 32 -c 64 [diskXsY]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3a0e01b6-81b2-43c4-93f3-36c7a7c754cd\">There is also an option in the configuration menu on the SmartDisk II to rightfully format the SDCard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-98d5ff21-95b2-458c-97e5-ace1b7d662e3\">5 &#8211; <strong>Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b05091bb-d944-4806-b95a-67af36af0da4\">Each SmartDisk II has a bootloader that enable easy firmware update. To enter the Bootloader mode, double click on the RESET button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-60f3405f-b12f-4adb-9133-388126184e77\"><strong>Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol id=\"block-e058270d-1fb1-4df3-a49f-2d11c92df923\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disconnect the SmartDisk from the Apple II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the SDCard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect the SmartDisk on your PC using a USB Cable (be careful some cable are only Powercable and do not enable data transfer)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DoubleClick on the Reset button on the SmartDisk II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the computer a new drive should have appeared<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy &amp; Paste UF2 firmware update file available on github release<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2448e451-e774-4674-854b-2e8f4bc3dd47\">Warning:&nbsp;before updating to USB, unplug the SmartDisk II from the Apple II otherwise it may be damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-2e406a64-e1a9-4cbd-89ea-9f08310e7908\">6 &#8211; <strong>Using the SmartDisk II<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-712e02e5-3fc4-4f36-ad14-7da86a89cd09\"><strong>A\/ User Interface<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ae15660f-aa68-4a27-a625-f14b697dab41\">The User interface is composed of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-a7f80f18-479c-4793-b370-52e9d0811ec2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.29\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture7.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Picture7.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-484a076c-9556-4cde-a6cf-d58f6c2745a7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 Navigation buttons<ul><li>RET: Return<\/li><li>OK: execute selection<\/li><li>UP: move selection up<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DOWN: move selection down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 System reset button: perform a system reboot when a single click is done or activate DFU mode for firmware update when a double click is done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 OLED Screen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Buzzer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d2721476-26aa-4d09-8db8-433f4fd93b2b\"><strong>B\/ SCREEN NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-433cb927-b677-48e0-8dd9-7ccca05257e0\">The overall screen navigation path from the splash Screen to mounted image is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-ec27fc29-ae20-4c66-9671-1c2fa07e1592\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.29\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Picture5.png\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 &#8211; Introduction Below, user will find the documentation on using the SmartDisk II 2 &#8211; Usage precautions For best usage experience and to keep your SmartDisk II functioning, some precautions need to be followed: 3 &#8211; SmartDisk Hardware description A\/ Apple II + \/ Apple IIe You will need a Disk II controller that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}