29 replies to this topic

[Kripto]

Ha! How badly do you want one of these Little 810 Drives?

[Van]

How about a SD card in a SIO plug? OTOH too easy to loose!
Van

[flashjazzcat]

Wow. I start to wonder why I'm fannying around with SIO2SDs if they can be built that small...

[mimo]

OMFG I have to have one of those!!

[svenski]

That is awesome!

[Stephen]

Best SIO2SD ever!

[mimo]

so who is going to make some? I don't need the case although it would be nice, but a great device to install into an Atari

[bf2k+]

Wow. I want one.

[doctorclu]

bf2k+, on Thu May 5, 2011 5:02 PM, said:

Wow. I want one.

Ditto what he said.

[JohnBuell]

I'd be afraid of losing a drive that small, and the microSD card with it!

Still freaking cool though

Edited by JohnBuell, Thu May 5, 2011 6:38 PM.

[fibrewire]

Awesome drive! Now where is that mini Atari 800...

[orpheuswaking]

Someone REALLY needs to build a run of these...

[Philsan]

Kripto, on Thu May 5, 2011 2:25 PM, said:

Ha! How badly do you want one of these Little 810 Drives?

Very nice (one 1050 and one XF551 version for me please)!

But I would like to know something more.
For example, why is it much smaller than SDrive (and obviously SIO2SD)?
Perhaps one problem is that you cannot swap disks.

[kurtm]

Philsan, on Fri May 6, 2011 6:59 AM, said:

But I would like to know something more.
For example, why is it much smaller than SDrive (and obviously SIO2SD)?
Perhaps one problem is that you cannot swap disks.

1 - Uses MicroSD instead of plain SD
2 - Has a cable wired directly in - SDrives use a port (either SIO or DB15)
3 - The SDrive was designed to be easy to put together. The only surface mount part is the SD reader.
4 - SDrive and SIO2SD have user-accessible controls (and SIO2SD has a display). This has none of that.

I know with the SDrive NUXX, once c0nsumer knew what enclosure he was using, he made the board that size, because making it smaller would only make things harder. And he wanted all the controls laid out well. He even revised the design to give extra space between components to make it easy for hobbyists to put it together.

--Kurt

[Stormbringer]

Has anyone gotten ahold of rossum to see if he'd be willing to do a run of these?
Does anyone see any drawbacks compared to the other solutions?

[mimo]

how do you get hold of him, I can't see any way of personal contact on that site.
Only drawback I can see is not being able to swap discs/load multiple discs.

[orpheuswaking]

Stormbringer, on Fri May 6, 2011 8:31 AM, said:

Has anyone gotten ahold of rossum to see if he'd be willing to do a run of these?
Does anyone see any drawbacks compared to the other solutions?

Couple of people have posted in his comments thread, he also stated the 3D plans and everything would be posted up eventually

[fibrewire]

A slightly larger version would be cool. One that accepts full size SD cards. But why stop there???

Mini Atari 815 with DUAL SD slots FTW!

[Xebec's Demise]

These are cool! I was coming here to post about it.

[tjb]

Wow, that's really cool! I'd love to have one (or two).

tjb

[Jr. Pac]

I want one REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY badly.

[the.golden.ax]

JohnBuell, on Thu May 5, 2011 6:38 PM, said:

I'd be afraid of losing a drive that small, and the microSD card with it!

Still freaking cool though

But if you were a POW, you could easily keep this safe from enemy hands.

AX

[flashjazzcat]

Curt said he'd prefer one the size of an XM301... I referred him to my website.

[bomberpunk]

"Maintaining the relative dimensions of drive to media, the model is somewhat smaller than the original."

[atarian63]

doctorclu, on Thu May 5, 2011 5:04 PM, said:

bf2k+, on Thu May 5, 2011 5:02 PM, said:

Wow. I want one.

Ditto what he said.

Same here! Gimme! 3 or 4 please

Edited by atarian63, Sat May 7, 2011 7:27 PM.