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-** Amiga 500 **+** Amstrad CPC ** 
 + 
 +No mass storage as standard 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +** Apple Macintosh IICi ** 
 + 
 +Came with SCSI 1 onboard controller.  
 + 
 +Currently fitted: Aztec CF Monster, SCSI to IDE/CF bridge card and Compact Flash card. 
 + 
 +{{:blog:cf_am_r1_1.jpeg?200|}} 
 + 
 +Supplier: http://www.artmix.com/CF_AztecMonster.html 
 + 
 +Price: No longer available 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Atari Jaguar** 
 + 
 +No mass storage as standard 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Atari ST** 
 + 
 +Added an [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=48|UltraSatan]] twin SD card reader, attached to the Atari SCSI port on the rear of the machine. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**BBC Model B/Master** 
 + 
 +Originally added a [[http://www.zeridajh.org/hardware/gommc/|GoMMC]] interface. 
 + 
 +Replaced by a [[http://www.retroclinic.com/|MicroSPI SD]] interface which does the same, but is a little more streamlined in what it does and how it works. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +** Commodore Amiga 500 **
  
 No mass-storage provision as standard. No mass-storage provision as standard.
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-** Amiga 1200 **+** Commodore Amiga 1200 **
  
 On board 44pin 2.5" IDE header was fitted as standard. On board 44pin 2.5" IDE header was fitted as standard.
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 Currently fitted: 3.5" drive bay with Compact Flash reader to IDE. SCSI CD reader attached to Blizzard SCSI IV. Currently fitted: 3.5" drive bay with Compact Flash reader to IDE. SCSI CD reader attached to Blizzard SCSI IV.
  
 +----
 +
 +**Commodore PET**
 +
 +Added a [[https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/sd2pet-future.html|SD2PET-Future]] SD card reader which attached to the rear IEEE bus port.
  
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-** Amstrad CPC **+**MSX**
  
-No mass storage as standard+Added a [[https://www.msxcartridgeshop.com/|MegaFlashROM SCC+ SD]] cartridge with micro SD slot, 512k memory expansion and Konami sound hardware emulation.
  
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-** Apple Macintosh IICi **+**NEC PC-9801 / PC-9821**
  
-Came with SCSI 1 onboard controller+Takes standard EIDE devices. Has native capacity restrictions (4.3GB, 8GB, etc) to various low-sized IDE drives. [[blog:pc98_hdd|Burned a replacement IDE ROM BIOS]] into an addon card and am currently using an 80GB 2.5" ATA drive.
  
-Currently fitted: Aztec CF Monster, SCSI to IDE/CF bridge card and Compact Flash card.+----
  
-{{:blog:cf_am_r1_1.jpeg?200|}}+**NEC PC-Engine / Duo**
  
-Supplier: http://www.artmix.com/CF_AztecMonster.html+Have the original Turbo Everdrive 1.x, which adds a micro SD card which allows loading of cart based games.
  
-PriceNo longer available+Also have the replacement [[https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/turbo-everdrive-v2.html|Turbo Everdrive 2]], which has a micro SD card to load cart based games, but also adds 4MB of memory for use with CD, Super CD and Arcade Card CD game titles.
  
 +Latest acquisition is a [[https://shop.terraonion.com/en/pc-engine/12-super_sd_system_3-pc_engine.html|Super SD System 3]], which has a micro SD card to load cart and CD based games, as well as the memory expansion for all CD titles.
  
 +----
 +
 +**Nintendo DS**
 +
 +Added a Cyclo DS Evolution flash card for the DS side of things in slot 1.
 +
 +Added an EZ Flash IV for the GBA side of things in slot 2.
  
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-  Atari Jaguar +** Nintendo Gameboy Advance*
-  Atari ST +** Nintendo Gamecube** 
-  MSX + 
-  NEC PC-9801 / PC-9821 +No mass storage device at present. 
-  * NEC PC-Engine / Duo + 
-  * Nintendo DS +---- 
-  * Nintendo Gameboy Advance + 
-  * Nintendo Gamecube +**Nintendo SNES** 
-  * Nintendo SNES + 
-  * Sega Dreamcast +Added a [[https://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?products_id=84|SNES Powerpak]] to load games from CF card. Supports normal games and those with DSP1 chip. No other special cart support. 
-  * Sega Game Gear + 
-  * Sega MasterSystem +---- 
-  * Sega Megadrive + 
-  * Sega Saturn +**Nintendo Wii** 
-  * Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 
-  * Sony Playstation +Uses the internal SD card slot and is softmodded to load games off external USB hard drive via //USB GX Loader//. 
-  * Sony PS2 + 
-  * Vectrex+---- 
 + 
 +**Nintendo Wii U** 
 + 
 +Uses the internal SD card slot and is softmodded. Has two external USB drives; one for Wii content and one for Wii U content - if loading games from hard drive, they cannot be shared. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sega Dreamcast** 
 + 
 +Added a [[https://gdemu.wordpress.com/|GDEMU]] SD card adapter to the Dreamcast which replaces the GDROM drive unit. 
 + 
 +---- 
 +   
 +**Sega Game Gear** 
 + 
 +No dedicated device, but have a Master Gear Converter which allows the Master Everdrive, below, to be used on the Game Gear. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sega MasterSystem** 
 + 
 +Added a [[https://segaretro.org/Master_Everdrive|Master Everdrive]] which plays all SMS cart games from micro SD card. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sega Megadrive** 
 + 
 +Added a **Team Neo Super MD Flash Cart** and **Neo 2 SD** card interface //(the latter plugs into the former to add removeable SD card support, otherwise the Super MD Flash Cart only supports a limited number of games in its internal flash)//. These are old devices, but still work really well (once they are set up). 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sega Saturn** 
 + 
 +Added a [[https://gdemu.wordpress.com/operation/rhea-operation/|RHEA]], by the producer of the GDEMU. It's a replacement drive unit that swaps with the CDROM of the Saturn and plays game images from SD card. 
 + 
 +Also added an [[https://segaretro.org/Action_Replay_Plus|Action Replay 4M+]], which allows bypassing country lockouts, a better RHEA menu interface etc. Really, the two things are needed together. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sinclair ZX Spectrum** 
 + 
 +Initially, I owned a [[https://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide_plus/divide_plus.htm|DivIDE Plus]] interface, taking CF cards and with a full size 40-pin IDE interface, as well as additional RAM for various Spectrum DOS versions. 
 + 
 +Recently replaced with a [[https://www.bytedelight.com/?product=divmmc_enjoy_pro_one|DIVMMC Enjoy Pro One]], which does the same or similar thing, with SD cards and is a lot smaller, as well as having joystick ports and more features built in. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**SNK NeoGeo AES** 
 + 
 +No mass storage device at present. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +** SNK NeoGeo MVS** 
 + 
 +No mass storage device at present. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +** SNK NeoGeo Pocket Colour** 
 + 
 +No mass storage device at present. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sony Playstation** 
 + 
 +Added the [[https://ps-io.com/store/psio-cartridge/|PSIO cartridge]] that plugs into the parallel port and loads games from SD card. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sony PS2** 
 + 
 +The PS2 has native IDE device support (phat models only). Via a modchip, games can be stored on the IDE drive and run directly from there. Currently fitted with a 500GB 2.5" IDE drive. 
 + 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sony PS3** 
 + 
 +Uses 2.5" SATA drives as standard. Supports up to a maximum of 1.5TB (some anecdotal reports of 2TB working, but is hit and miss). 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Sony PS4** 
 + 
 +Uses 2.5" SATA drives as standard. Currently fitted with original 1TB drive. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Vectrex** 
 + 
 +Added (many years ago) one of the early versions of the [[https://www.google.com/search?q=vecflash|VecFlash]] carts. Mine is one of the original serial connected devices, not the modern USB. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**X68000** 
 + 
 +Added a SCSI Zip drive (250MB) for data transfer, and a SCSI2SD (v5.1) interface board to connect to the internal SCSI interface and allow a micro SD card to be used as (multiple) SCSI hard drives. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**XBox (original)** 
 + 
 +Uses 40pin IDE as standard. Added a later, 1TB 2.5" SATA drive on a SATA/IDE converter. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**XBox 360** 
 + 
 +Uses SATA as standard. Added a 1.5TB 2.5" SATA drive to the clip-on drive module (replacing the standard 120GB). Also added a 750GB 2.5" USB drive externally.
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