What is the Atari ST (E) interface?
This interface will allow to connect IDE hard disks, CD ROM drives and other Atapi compatible devices to an Atari ST (E) computer. It is AHDI compatible, and all standard drivers should work on with it.
Does interface work with Atari Hard disks or IDE CD ROMs?
Interface requires proprietary (custom) drivers - works not with regular drivers for Atari hard disks or IDE CD ROMs. Hard disk driver is ready for hard disks/Compact Flash cards up to 2048GB (LBA48) . Driver/partitioning features: TOS/DOS compatible partitions, 14 maximum per media. No first partition special size limit.
How fast is Atari ST ACSI port?
Atari ST ACSI port can much more than Atari claimed (in AHDI DOCs) : almost 2 MB/sec ! With this simple adapter, so high speed is possible only with some CF cards. Knowing so far: Sandisk Ultra is such. Requirement is that CF card support 8-bit transfers in Multiword DMA mode.
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