Lotharek SD card

[Koji77]

I found on ebay the Lotharek SD card external drive/reader. It comes complete with cable etc. Are there any specifics I need to know or is this a plug and play type device? How do I get games on it? copy from my PC direct to this card and insert into the ST reader and reboot?

 

I am very ignorant, please give me a step by step so I don't screw this up!!!

 

Thanks in advance!!

[ParanoidLittleMan]

Precisely: Lotharek manufactures SD card reader (better said raider/writer) called UltraSatan for Atari ST(E), TT .

Of course we can not talk about plug and play on Atari. You need partitioning and driver SW for usage. After doing TOS/DOS compatible partitioning and installing autoboot driver it is really easy to use. TOS/DOS compatible partitioning is what makes file transfer with some PC easy (with cheap USB card reader) - then can copy files directly in Windows with some file manager. And yes, after that you insert SD card in UltraSatan connected to Atari. Even reboot is not a must - UltraSatan supports hot-swap of SD cards. http://atari.8bitchip.info/pphdr.php

[Sikor]

Look at lotharek's page: http://lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=16

[Koji77]

The unit on ebay is an external model. Does this unit work with (addition) or eliminate the functionality of the floppy? I would like to retain the floppy option as well as add the sd card "drive"

[Atari8guy]

The UltraSatan is in addition to any floppy. It plugs into the hard drive port on the back of the ST. Floppy functionality is unaffected.

[+DarkLord]

And you can make the SD card where it is able to be read by both the Atari

and a Windows computer. It just has to be formatted the right way. There

are a few guides online.

 

Or if you are using Linux, you can just use mtools and just read the Atari

formatted SD card natively. It's what I use.

 

(and that way you can avoid those pesky, obnoxious, bloated, MS cursed

Windows machines).