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I paid a total of about $35 (total shipped) for the SIO2PC and the USB to serial adapter. I am actually making an internal version using a FTDI breakout board, mini-grabber clips, and a flat retractable USB cable. So, no permanent mods to the Atari, easy to install, and pretty cheap. I will post pictures when I am done.

I would be somewhat cautious about 3rd party sellers. Sometimes they sell knockoffs or what they consider equivalent items. I see this a lot in comments on some items. I would check the comments carefully to see if anyone has complained.

Did you get it working? It also works on OS/X Yosemite 10.10 (Developer Preview as well.

I will definitely let you know how it goes. I tested that the cart works, but I have not flashed it yet. I got really busy, so I didn't get to play with it yet, but this week I will. Unfortunately life is messing up my play time!

Got THE!CART now. I plugged it in to test and it works. Don't have time to play with it yet, but next week I will. Have to flash the OSS ROMs and I will be happy.

Raspberry PI can already emulate all the Atari 8 bit computers. Add some extra code to use the GPIO port as joystick ports, SIO, and even a cartridge slot and you would be in business. I have considered it, but funds are limited right now.

It may be my set up, but I notice if I drop the speed to 19,200 in SIO2OSX I get overall better performance. I notice on higher speeds it is faster per sector but gets more errors this slowing it down a bit. Each setup may be different as I hear you really need to pull the capacitors out of the Atari to push higher speeds. I have a fairly long cable and that may be part of it as well. I have tried several other cheap adaptors with little luck. I know the more expensive FTDI adapter are said to work very well. I have not tried those.

Oh, I have Amazon Prime so shipping was free. You can get a free trial of Amazon Prime. I was unaware of the cost since on prime it just shows as free.

Yeah, I forgot about that, it is a developer release but it should also work on 10.9.x as well as 10.7.x and 10.8.x... I will also test it on 10.10 Yosemite beta probably this weekend.

I got SIO2OSX working on OSX Mavericks 10.9.5 with an $8.77 USB-to-Serial Adapter (using the Prolific 2303 chipset)... I used the default SIO2OSX configuration except I selected 'SIO Hardware Type' of 'DSR' in preferences. I suspect other software would work as well... Don't know if this will be useful to anyone else... Links to everything I used. USB to Serial Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007T27H8/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_xFraub1DARBY7 USB to Serial Driver (OS/X 10.9) http://prolificusa.com/pl-2303hx-drivers/ SIO2PC Cable http://www.ebay.com/itm/321481757303 SIO2OSX Software http://www.atarimac.com/sio2osx.php

Yeah, got the email. Now I will have to wait for overseas shipping... LOL

I can only afford to go one route [for now] and it seems like THE!CART was my best option, with a 5 pack of AtariMax Cartridges coming in second place. Having 5 carts (with lower capacity) was tempting, but native OSS091 support of THE!CART pushed it into first place. I guess I could have just got 1 MaxFlash cart, but I felt like I would be reflashing it a lot. Thank you everyone, all your input was value to me and it's sure nice talking to people who understand (because my wife sure doesn't...)

How did you order? I send off an email, but not reply as of yet.

That looks like exactly what I want! I tried to download the software to look at it but the server it giving 500 errors when I try...

Any idea where I could find info on it? Also, what is a Freezer?