UltraSatan project for ATARI ST
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Why the name?
the project name is derived from the name of ancestor project - SatanDisk. UltraSatan is superior to SatanDisk and therefore the ultra prefix
it has nothing to do with satanism or occultism
Why UltraSatan?
for the same reasons as 'Why SatanDisk?' (MMC and SD cards are cheap and noise-less, etc.)
it has 2 slots for SD/MMC cards, so replaces 2 SatanDisks attached to 1 computer
the SD/MMC cards are hot-pluggable, i.e. you don't need to power off and on the UltraSatan when you change the card
has a battery backed up RTC chip
up to 4 different firmwares can be uploaded from ST without a need for any additional HW (no flash programmer needed for update)
it has 1 base (non overwritable) firmware, so even if you screw up the FW update, the device won't become unusable
it's faster than SatanDisk
Specifications:
connects to ACSI port of Atari ST
supports MMC, SD and SDHC cards - tested with cards from 16 MB to 8 GB and works OK on ST
drivers: ICD PRO (free) and HDDRIVER (commercial) compatible
open-source - free schematics, firmware, sources, so anyone can build it on his own
you can change the INQUIRY name of device (the string that shows when hard disk driver shows the currently connected ACSI devices)