===== Adding Modern Storage to Retro Computers ===== Old computers are cool, but hundreds and hundreds of cassette tapes, floppy discs, cartridges and cd-roms is most definitely //not//. They also take up a huge amount of room. Most of my retro systems have at least one type of more modern mass-storage device, some more useable than others. ---- ** Acorn RiscPC 700 ** The RiscPC has standard IDE headers and can use industry standard IDE hard drives, Compact Flash adaptors and optical drives. Currently fitted: Internal IDE to Compact Flash adapter + 8GB CF card. ---- ** Acorn A7000 ** As per RiscPC, the A7000 has standard IDE. Currently fitted: Internal IDE to Compact Flash adapter + 8GB CF card. ---- ** 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. ---- ** Commodore Amiga 1200 ** On board 44pin 2.5" IDE header was fitted as standard. 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. ---- **MSX** Added a [[https://www.msxcartridgeshop.com/|MegaFlashROM SCC+ SD]] cartridge with micro SD slot, 512k memory expansion and Konami sound hardware emulation. ---- **NEC PC-9801 / PC-9821** 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. ---- **NEC PC-Engine / Duo** Have the original Turbo Everdrive 1.x, which adds a micro SD card which allows loading of cart based games. 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. ---- ** Nintendo Gameboy Advance** ** Nintendo Gamecube** No mass storage device at present. ---- **Nintendo SNES** 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. ---- **Nintendo Wii** Uses the internal SD card slot and is softmodded to load games off external USB hard drive via //USB GX Loader//. ---- **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.