After long time (actually 5 years....) I am happy to annonunce SIDE 3 CART.
- Ultimate cart for atari 8bit - XEX, COM, ROM / Cartridges load capable ..
- All features of SIDE2 and direct competition to ULTIMATE CART
- DMA loading mechanism (very fast !)
- ATR loading mechanism ( limited !)
Features:
- Use of inexpensive, easily sourced SD cards instead of CF cards
- Emulation of a wide range of cartridge types, up to 1MB in size
- Real time clock with battery-backed NVRAM
- A massive 8MB of flash ROM and 8MB of fast SRAM
- Versatile ROM/RAM access with DMA engine
- Hot-swappable media
- Dual mode (SDX/Loader) operation, controlled by switch
- Menu button (doubles as ATR swap button when used with U1MB)
- Excellent build quality with stylish case design
Buying SIDE3, You support:
Hardware change log:
3.0: (blue pcb, TQFP sram and flash /
- 8 MB ROM
- 2 MB SRAM
- Lattice FPGA INFO
- heavy duty Hirose SD CARD SLOT INFO
- Real time clock based on MCP79520 INFO
3.1 (blue pcb, TQFP flash, BGA sram/
- 2 MB SRAM TQFP replaced with 8MB BGA
- pll clock generator was not populated
3.2 ( purple PCB)
- Lattice replaced with GoWin FPGA ( 2000 luts)
- minor reset /clk issues fixed
- since 2024-02-19 new firmware
- If You have 3.2 revision received before 20.02.204 - please, send unit back for reflashing. Please, follow RMA procedure / top of the page - SERVICE/RETURNS
- How to detrmine if Your SIDE 3.2 NEEDS FLASHING - PICTURE
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