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With all the advice and ideas, I think I've found a solution to my truncated games problem. I created a d64 on the SDcard and instead of saving the games to the root directory, I saved them to the d64. So far, no issues. However, I'd like to not have to LOAD all the working ones from the tape again,...

Well, I tried a SAVE to an SD card using a different VIC-20. Same program truncation. I even found that this happened to a Compute! program called Juggler (Jan 1983), but only the last line, 1240 gets removed. When I LOADed it from the SD card and tried to enter the last line manually, the VIC-20 lo...

Actually, I do. I hadn't thought of that as it does seem to work to some degree, and only certain programs are affected. I'll give that a try tonight after work. Thanks for the idea!

I still can't figure out why it keep truncating only certain programs. I've even tried adding the 8K Expander, LOADing (not running) an unexpanded program, saving to the SD card, removing the expander, and LOADing from the SD card. Still truncated in the same spot.

Thanks...making some headway and learning a lot here! So, the firmware information printed as: 73 SD2IEC V1.0.0ATENTDEAD0-24 0 0 I attached some pictures of each version I used to get this information. I'm still having the intermittent saving issues. Sometimes my programs save in full, other times, ...

Excellent...I'll give that a try. Any chance you know what kind of screen response I should be looking for? I downloaded the firmware update from the earlier post to an SD card and it contains several .BIN files and on .HEX file. What's the best way to use make these work should the firmware require...

Ok...that's what I thought, but when I did it and entered the program, I wasn't sure what to input at the ? prompt, so I just pressed enter and received the 0 0 0 message you mentioned. Should I be entering anything for the INPUT command prompt? Thanks! I'm getting there with baby steps and truly ap...

Thanks for the tips and advice. Some more newbie questions: Groepaz: What does that me to "powercycle"? I have tried turning the VIC-20 on and off, and there is not really a power switch for the SD2IEC (unless you mean to unplug the power cord and then plug back in?). Orien70: After I load...

Ok, I've tried a few more experiments...saving under different names...long names, short names, multiple times adding a 1 or 2 at the end... What I've found is that I got lucky once with an 8K game called Caves of Ice. It LOADed from tape and saved to the SD card once (the Toshiba (HC) - 4 GB). If I...

Ok, so I've been doing some experimenting with different SD cards, just to rule out that the card could not be an issue. Sadly, it seems the type or style of card MAY actually be the issue preventing a successful SAVE from the VIC-20. Here is a list of the cards I've tried, all formatted in Windows ...

I believe so. I LOAD them from tape with the proper expansion module (or none in the case of the unexpanded programs) and then immediately SAVE to the SD card. Still only some of them get truncated. I wonder if it has to do with the SD card being 8Gig?

Greetings Everyone, I recently purchased an SD2IEC unit for the VIC-20 to SAVE my programs from my old tapes. I LOAD the program from the tape into the VIC-20 and then SAVE to the SD card (using an 8Gig SanDisc SD Card). I'm using separate cards for unexpanded programs and ones that require the 8K e...

Actually, I did the "LOAD" and then "SAVE" to tape for making the copy. It seems to work. I notice when I list the one that works, I get a one line SYS command. The one that will not save again has no list at all.

Sadly, it's a "all in one session" set-up (and it's stated in the article about the program), which really makes it a pain when something like a power surge hits or if it's time to leave. When I typed the "Lightsaver" program, it allowed me to load and save to another tape. I did...

Greetings Everyone, I've just recently gotten back into using my VIC-20 (drought from 1985) and I've been doing the old school typing from Compute! magazine. In the September 1984 issue, there is a program called "Lightsaver" and it's written in the MLX code requiring the Tiny MLX for VIC ...