As some of you know I'm currently hunting for an STE. I know, I know, it goes against all things Amiga, but you know, I like to pay around with all retro platforms. Anyway...
In the Amiga world we have loads of ingenious ways to add HDDs or to replace them with other solutions such as CF card adapters.
The Atari ST doesn't come with an internal IDE port, so that limits it in that regard, but does have the external HDD port on the back. However I've not really kept up with the ST world since leaving it at the end of the 90's, and only just returning to it with my recently acquired STFM.
My question is, have any solutions been developed in the ST world for adding storage solutions such as SD or CF card readers, internal HDDs, CD-Rom drives, or any other solution to the standard desktop all in one ST models? I know it is possible with the big box mega STs and TTs, but not sure if there are even any options available for the others. Anyone know?
It would be great to be able to utilise some form of mass storage solution in an STE to play around with. I always wanted one of those huge external ST harddrives back in the day that sat under monitors and provided something silly like 10MB of HDD space.
And does anything like WHDLoad exist on the ST?
One thing I would love to also explore are the more recent alternatives to GEM, such as Magic and Mint.
In the Amiga world we have loads of ingenious ways to add HDDs or to replace them with other solutions such as CF card adapters.
The Atari ST doesn't come with an internal IDE port, so that limits it in that regard, but does have the external HDD port on the back. However I've not really kept up with the ST world since leaving it at the end of the 90's, and only just returning to it with my recently acquired STFM.
My question is, have any solutions been developed in the ST world for adding storage solutions such as SD or CF card readers, internal HDDs, CD-Rom drives, or any other solution to the standard desktop all in one ST models? I know it is possible with the big box mega STs and TTs, but not sure if there are even any options available for the others. Anyone know?
It would be great to be able to utilise some form of mass storage solution in an STE to play around with. I always wanted one of those huge external ST harddrives back in the day that sat under monitors and provided something silly like 10MB of HDD space.
And does anything like WHDLoad exist on the ST?
One thing I would love to also explore are the more recent alternatives to GEM, such as Magic and Mint.