suspicious_milk #1 Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Has anyone here used the Atarimax USB cart? Do you like it? Does it work with USB SD card readers and/or USB floppies? It seems this would be the cheapest/easiest way to transfer files between Mac/Linux boxes and Atari. Thoughts? Edited May 3, 2012 by suspicious_milk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Philsan #2 Posted May 3, 2012 Have you read the pinned Topic for newbies? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suspicious_milk #3 Posted May 3, 2012 Yes. I understand the basic differences between SIO2PC SIO2USB etc etc. This post is about PERSONAL experiences with the USB cart. A lot of links for the USB cart on Atarimax are dead, and some are outdated. Really wanting some actual user experience. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w1k #4 Posted May 3, 2012 sell that crap and buy something normal - sio2sd, etc 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Philsan #5 Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) I am sorry but I don't understand your question. Your topic's title is: best sd card method What SD cards have to do with Atarimax carts? Atarimax Maxflash Flash Cartridges needs Atarimax USB cartridge programmer or a real disk drive or a SIO2PC/SIO2SD/SDrive device to be programmed. You wrote: "It seems this would be the cheapest/easiest way to transfer files between Mac/Linux boxes and Atari". Atarimax Maxflash Flash Cartridges are very good and fast but I don't think it's the cheapest and easiest way to transfer files between PC and Atari. It's a fast way to play your preferred cart (and not disk) games. Edited May 3, 2012 by Philsan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Allan #6 Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) I have one of those carts. There was some drivers written for it to use certain PC controllers. Somebody was working on a driver for a usb floppy drive but it never happened. Other than playing Pole Position with a steering wheel there's not much you can do with it. It wasn't Atarimax/Steve's fault. The project just died. It's too bad. It would have been nice to use a PC floppy drive on the Atari. You're are talking about this, right? http://www.atarimax.com/usbcart/documentation/ Allan Edited May 3, 2012 by Allan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Philsan #7 Posted May 3, 2012 Ah, perhaps suspicious_milk was asking information regarding Atarimax / ABBUC USB cartridge, an host adapter for the Atari 8-bit computers, to connect keyboards, joysticks, steering wheels and other simple USB devices (not SD card readers AFAIK). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CharlieChaplin #8 Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Well, I think he is talking about the Atarimax/ABBUC USB-cart: http://www.atarimax..../documentation/ and not the 1Mb or 8Mb maxflash-carts that everyone else thinks of. The Abbuc USB cart is a nice toy, there are a few games that have been patched for it, but it is not so wide-spread, so I guess you will never get much software for it. And afaik, USB-SD card-readers mostly will not work with it, also printers, floppy-drives, hard-disks etc. that use USB-connection will not work with it since there are no drivers available for them and the A8. The only things that work with the USB cart are controllers, like some USB driving wheels, USB joysticks, etc. - and as said before programs that have been patched to work with the USB cart and these controllers (there is e.g. a patched Pole Position that works with an USB driving wheel). I do not know exactly how many programs have been patched for use with the Atarimax/Abbuc USB cart, but less than 10 for sure... Edit: Replied too late, anyways, here is some software I have for the Atarimax/Abbuc USB cart (downloaded from Carsten Strotmann`s old wiki-page)... -Andreas Koch. USBCART.zip Edited May 3, 2012 by CharlieChaplin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spookt #9 Posted May 3, 2012 As far as no drivers I guess it's up to folks to write them. I remember seeing examples or documentation on how to do it somewhere. Aha - here we are. Always fancied picking one up to play with but as I have no time for current projects ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suspicious_milk #10 Posted May 4, 2012 (edited) I have one of those carts. There was some drivers written for it to use certain PC controllers. Somebody was working on a driver for a usb floppy drive but it never happened. Other than playing Pole Position with a steering wheel there's not much you can do with it. It wasn't Atarimax/Steve's fault. The project just died. It's too bad. It would have been nice to use a PC floppy drive on the Atari. You're are talking about this, right? http://www.atarimax..../documentation/ Allan Ah, yes. Thanks. Wasn't really sure if the project was even alive. I've read conflicting posts on the interwebs on what works and doesn't. According to microusb, a teac usb floppy works with it, and some USB SD card readers, but I couldn't verify any personal experiences with it. I may pick one up at a later date and practice writing drivers for it, but that's not what I'm looking for right now (and my coding skills are rusted and patched with bondo and the bondo has fallen out). The MyIDE Flashcart looks good (or the internal, but I've never really soldered before), but after seeing the SIDE cart the MyIDE looks pale in comparison. The order page I found for the SIDE cart doesn't list prices and when I clicked the "Google Checkout" it goes to an error page. Thanks for the replies, everyone. Edited May 4, 2012 by suspicious_milk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenjennings #11 Posted May 4, 2012 Yes. I understand the basic differences between SIO2PC SIO2USB etc etc. This post is about PERSONAL experiences with the USB cart. A lot of links for the USB cart on Atarimax are dead, and some are outdated. Really wanting some actual user experience. As others have said, the USB cart is mostly for controllers. If one wants to hook up a USB device chances are a driver has to be written. It's pretty much not worth trying to run a card reader unless you're looking for a programming challenge for yourself. If you want to use SD cards, then get SIO2SD, or use the SD card in a PC and SIO2PC to connect the PC to the Atari. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Allan #12 Posted May 4, 2012 It would be nice to get an old USB camera working with it. It seems a shame to have done so much work making the cart and have so little work with it. Allan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suspicious_milk #13 Posted May 4, 2012 It would be nice to get an old USB camera working with it. It seems a shame to have done so much work making the cart and have so little work with it. Allan I was kinda thinking usb Bluetooth. That would give you networking abilities as well as high speed (for a8) file transfer and even wireless peripherals (keyboards, mice, hardrives etc). And the USB Bluetooth modules are *really* tiny, so as to avoid the eyesore a "thumbdrive" would be sticking out of your cart. Instead of writing a gazzillion usb drivers, you'd just need BT Stack and Protocols and wa-lah, A8 just got new toys... How big is the flashable? ROM in that cart? Big enough for a good BT stack? Hmmm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+orpheuswaking #15 Posted May 4, 2012 Milk, I have several of the SD solutions you mentioned... If you want to give any of them a test run PM me and we can figure something out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suspicious_milk #16 Posted May 4, 2012 Milk, I have several of the SD solutions you mentioned... If you want to give any of them a test run PM me and we can figure something out Will do! Thank You! I'll PM late tonight (heading to work shortly). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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