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Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:59 pm
by rogerxy
Hi
I am new to Mister and was wondering if I can use the second SD card slot to hold an SD card with roms or if the roms need to be placed on the same SD card as the software (i.e. the 1st SD card slot)
Thank you
Re: Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:17 pm
by MostroW
The Wiki should tell you all you need about this.
Re: Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:04 pm
by Mr. Encyclopedia
Long story short, if you're using any core other than BBC Micro, MSX, Sinclair QL, Ondra SPO 186, TSConf, or Sharp X68000 you just need to put your roms in the main SD card in the /games directory. If you are using one of those cores, you might need to use the second SD card slot.
Re: Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:52 am
by LamerDeluxe
Sometimes very new cores only use the second SD card slot initially, because apparently it is easier to support.
Re: Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:03 am
by akeley
Mr. Encyclopedia wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:04 pm
Long story short, if you're using any core other than BBC Micro, MSX, Sinclair QL, Ondra SPO 186, TSConf, or Sharp X68000 you just need to put your roms in the main SD card in the /games directory. If you are using one of those cores, you might need to use the second SD card slot.
Apart form Ondra, which I haven't tried, all these cores work fine from main SD as well. I think there was something about saving on BBC Micro via secondary SD but am not sure if it's still true.
Re: Usage of Second SD Card Slot?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:33 am
by shark800
akeley wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:03 am
Apart form Ondra, which I haven't tried, all these cores work fine from main SD as well.
Ondra works without a secondary SD card too. It needs it only for "Ondra SD" to work - "new age HW" that enables Ondra to load SW fast(er).