FlashAir Question

[Mallard Games]

I'm thinking of getting a Toshiba FlashAir W-04 32 GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card. I tried looking for a 8gig one but it was 3 times more expensive and an older version as well. Will this one work with the harmony/harmony encore?

[Mallard Games]

Also does anyone know what the maximum size SD card the At Games Atari Flashback Portable will accept?

[Nukey Shay]

How are 8gb cards more expensive?  Are you looking at multipacks?

 

This is the card I use.  No issues with it whatsoever from the portable:

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDHC-Memory-RETAIL-PACKAGE/dp/B000UZL0YU/

 

Keep in mind that compatibility rate drops with higher capacity cards...those might work, but probably not.  8gb is more than you'll ever need for these Roms.  And I'd steer clear of used cards...no telling how many times those were already rewritten to.

[Mallard Games]

10 minutes ago, Nukey Shay said:

How are 8gb cards more expensive?  Are you looking at multipacks?

 

This is the card I use.  No issues with it whatsoever from the portable:

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDHC-Memory-RETAIL-PACKAGE/dp/B000UZL0YU/

 

Keep in mind that compatibility rate drops with higher capacity cards...those might work, but probably not.  8gb is more than you'll ever need for these Roms.  And I'd steer clear of used cards...no telling how many times those were already rewritten to.

Here is the 8gb variant of the same card I linked to above.

 

Toshiba wireless LAN-enabled SDHC memory card FlashAir 8GB Class10 SD-WE008G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UMTNB2S/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_8cNuDb199X3NX.

 

The 32gb is $31.34 while the 8gb one is $67.27.

Edited August 13, 2019 by Mallard Games

[Nukey Shay]

Nu-huh, that 32gb card in OP is used.  In which case, it might be worthless.

[Mallard Games]

5 minutes ago, Nukey Shay said:

Nu-huh, that 32gb card in OP is used.  In which case, it might be worthless.

True, but it says "like new" which might mean it's simply open package but unused. Either way it's a huge $30 difference for a 24gb loss not that it matters cause more than likely it will not work.

[Nukey Shay]

Buyer beware.

"So what if it was rewritten thousands of times, it looks brand new!"

 

Why do you need so much storage space for the little 2600?  You could probably fit 2600 variants of every Rom out there in 8gb

 

BTW TJ got that Toshiba 32gb Flashair working for Harmony...but it looks like a major pain in the butt to accomplish (and the problems do not end there):

 

Edited August 13, 2019 by Nukey Shay

[Mallard Games]

45 minutes ago, Nukey Shay said:

Buyer beware.

"So what if it was rewritten thousands of times, it looks brand new!"

 

Why do you need so much storage space for the little 2600?  You could probably fit 2600 variants of every Rom out there in 8gb

 

BTW TJ got that Toshiba 32gb Flashair working for Harmony...but it looks like a major pain in the butt to accomplish (and the problems do not end there):

 

Sadly there are no brand new cards available, especially 8gb FlashAir. 😢

[Thomas Jentzsch]

4 hours ago, Nukey Shay said:

BTW TJ got that Toshiba 32gb Flashair working for Harmony...but it looks like a major pain in the butt to accomplish...

Not exactly, see last post.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

3 hours ago, Mallard Games said:

Sadly there are no brand new cards available, especially 8gb FlashAir. 😢

Really? I found some on Amazon and lots on eBay.

[Arenafoot]

17 hours ago, Mallard Games said:

Also does anyone know what the maximum size SD card the At Games Atari Flashback Portable will accept?

8GB is the biggest the AFP will accept.

[Mallard Games]

11 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Really? I found some on Amazon and lots on eBay.

Can you link to the NEW Toshiba FlashAir 8gb cards on Amazon please?

3 minutes ago, Arenafoot said:

8GB is the biggest the AFP will accept.

Thanks for the info.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

On 8/14/2019 at 2:09 AM, Mallard Games said:

Can you link to the NEW Toshiba FlashAir 8gb cards on Amazon please?

The W-04 cannot be found that small, they all start at 16GB. I suppose the are not produced that small? The W-03 at 8GB are rare and utterly expensive.

 

If the AFP will only accept 8GB max, can't you take a larger cart and format it to 8GB? Then you could get 32GB starting at ~$35. 

[Mallard Games]

4 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

The W-04 cannot be found that small, they all start at 16GB. I suppose the are not produced that small? The W-03 at 8GB are rare and utterly expensive.

 

If the AFP will only accept 8GB max, can't you take a larger cart and format it to 8GB? Then you could get 32GB starting at ~$35. 

How do you format a 32gb cart to 8gb and can it be undone at a later time?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Depends on the OS. Google is your friend. 😄

 

And you can format it back to larger size, no problem.

Edited August 16, 2019 by Thomas Jentzsch

[Nukey Shay]

Not sure if anyone has gotten >8GB cards to work for the portable.  Wireless ones might be another issue altogether.  If you get a result tho, please drop a note in the faq: