USB options for ST/Falcon?

[JagChris]

Are their many? I have only found one with a 107kb transfer rate. 😑

Edited September 6, 2018 by JagChris

[pixelmischief]

NetUSBee, CosmoEx, TOM/2/+, and JERRY. Not sure about support for anything more than USB mice. Also, the TOM and JERRY devices require that the USB mouse support the PS/2 protocol.

[JagChris]

https://joy.sophics.cz/parcp/parcp-usb.html

 

This one here seems to be a standardish port

[vattari]

For USB storage, there is also Alanh’s Unicorn adapter.

 

http://www.atarikit.co.uk/

 

 

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[Atari74user]

...PARCP-USB as you say: https://joy.sophics.cz/parcp/parcp-usb.html, this is pretty good! I tend to use both Unicorn and PARCP, as and when.

Edited September 6, 2018 by Atari74user

[JagChris]

Isn't it rather slow?

[quackmore]

I would think that the Unicorn would be much faster than all of the cartridge-based solutions like NetUSBee, isn't it?

[ParanoidLittleMan]

I would think that the Unicorn would be much faster than all of the cartridge-based solutions like NetUSBee, isn't it?

Yes, in theory it could be faster. But nobody replied here when I asked about Unicorn speed (with PEN drive). It seems that not much people have it.

[JagChris]

...PARCP-USB as you say: https://joy.sophics.cz/parcp/parcp-usb.html, this is pretty good! I tend to use both Unicorn and PARCP, as and when.

So which one is faster? And which one could possibly be more easily adapted to something like LibUSB?

[Atari74user]

Arguably the Unicorn, for my purposes at least as it essentially allows me to use a USB stick for transferring for >1 file transfers. However the PARCP-USB is easier to set up, the Unicorn is cool, but was tedious to set up, probably because I had / have a GigaFile connected to the thru port. This guy's blog and vlogs are handy and informative:

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesfmackenzie/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0

 

In terms of transfer rates, I have not measured, measuring rates, connection speeds, MIDI timing is just not my interest, if it feels fast or I can hear things are in time in terms of MIDI, that's all the measurement I need for my personal uses. Can't vouch for anything LibUSB, can't help with that I am afraid.

[JagChris]

Ok thank you for the input. 😀

[Atari74user]

No worries, actually for the Unicorn, see Alan's thread at Atari Forum, some useful info: http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=25276

Edited September 8, 2018 by Atari74user

[JagChris]

Unicorn works for everything but the Falcon, correct?

[Atari74user]

That's correct, because it plugs into the ACSI port.

[rustynutt]

USB just for storage?

SCSI CF reader is faster than any USB for the Falcon , network connectivity included if using a SCSI EtherNet device.

[JagChris]

Has this one been discussed yet? I don't see it listed here

 

http://hardware.atari.org/netusbee/netus.htm