Mega STe disk solutions
Hey Peter! Thanks for preserving that mega STe ! I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection. Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ? Thanks! John On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
FujiNet development on the ST platform is coming along strong with a committed dev (hardware and software) really getting somewhere. It will connect via the ASCI interface and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a working prototype by the end of the summer. That would solve most of your storage issues. fujinet.online <http://fujinet.online/> -andy
On Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
Yay! On Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 10:41 AM Andrew Diller <dillera@gmail.com> wrote:
FujiNet development on the ST platform is coming along strong with a committed dev (hardware and software) really getting somewhere. It will connect via the ASCI interface and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a working prototype by the end of the summer. That would solve most of your storage issues.
fujinet.online
-andy
On Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
A guy on the VCF forums has a solution that connects to the ACSI port. Dave.
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic Sent: 26 June 2022 15:37 To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: John Heritage <john.heritage@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Mega STe disk solutions
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf- midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
The museum’s Mega STE had the original internal SCSI connector intact so I installed a SCSI2SD. Simple drop in replacement, but understand that the SCSI controller only supports drives up to 1 MB. You do not have that limitation with the Ultrasatan. -Pete
On Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
Sanity check - 1 GB? Unfortunately I cheaped out with my MegaSTE so the internal SCSI is not intact. :/ On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:56 AM Peter Fletcher <pfletch@mac.com> wrote:
The museum’s Mega STE had the original internal SCSI connector intact so I installed a SCSI2SD. Simple drop in replacement, but understand that the SCSI controller only supports drives up to 1 MB. You do not have that limitation with the Ultrasatan.
-Pete
On Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
Oops yeah sorry. 1 GB Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 26, 2022, at 3:41 PM, John Heritage <john.heritage@gmail.com> wrote:
Sanity check - 1 GB?
Unfortunately I cheaped out with my MegaSTE so the internal SCSI is not intact. :/
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:56 AM Peter Fletcher <pfletch@mac.com> wrote: The museum’s Mega STE had the original internal SCSI connector intact so I installed a SCSI2SD. Simple drop in replacement, but understand that the SCSI controller only supports drives up to 1 MB. You do not have that limitation with the Ultrasatan.
-Pete
On Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hey Peter!
Thanks for preserving that mega STe !
I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ?
Thanks! John
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR for geeks. I hope you enjoy it.
Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ? Thanks! John
I use a Megasatan on my Mega ST. I used standoffs and mounted it to the metal sheild so the SD cards area ccessible through the accessory card slot in the rear. It's connected internally to the header. When it came to my Atari STacy, I was feeling cheap. I went with the ASCI2SD thing that uses the blue pill STM32 board. The good news is it works fine, the bad news is that they were using cut down DB25 connectors and it wasn't really setup for the pin header that you find internal to the STacy (which is probably similar to the pin header internal to the Mega 2.) I started to CAD out a board that would replace the DB19 on an Atari ST with a shim, then mount a ASCI2SD on top so that the SD card and update USB port are accessible through the hole where the DB19 is on say a 520ST. But haven't finished it. My goal was to make the pinout from the shim to the board identical to the STacy header so it's dual use. But never finished it all. I figure 520 STs are kind of useless and suck since the floppy is external, but if you did a ASCI2SD internal and one of those RAM upgrades -- then it's pretty killer and compact. I didn't know (but not surprised) about the FujiNet, will be interesting to see what it is like and what form factor. The SCSI2SD is cool, but I have a lot of random vintage computers and at $90 a system it gets cost prohibitive. So I am digging the blue pill SCSI stuff (Props to Ben who introduced me to it.) - Ethan
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