SIDE3 cartridge FJC FIRMWARE

Description

The Ultimate cart for Atari 8bit!

After a long time (actually 5 years….) I am happy to announce 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 !)

Some technicals:

• 8MB ROM
• 2MB SRAM INFO
• Lattice FPGA  INFO
• heavy duty Hirose SD CARD SLOT INFO
• Real-time clock based on MCP79520  INFO

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 2MB of fast SRAM
• Versatile ROM/RAM access with the DMA engine
• Hot-swappable media
• Dual-mode (SDX/Loader) operation, controlled by a switch
• Menu button (doubles as ATR swap button when used with U1MB)
• Excellent build quality with stylish case design

Buying SIDE3, You support:

• FJC (firmware, PBI routine)  https://atari8.co.uk/
• Candle`O`Sin – hardware design

Files:

All present/future firmware upgrades may be found and downloaded from FJC`s page:

https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/side3/

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