The latest member of the family

[Maximilian]

Maybe this?:
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how- ... fixed-mode

[alexh]

Maybe this?:
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how- ... fixed-mode

That was the technique in the late 90's early 00's but CF cards have not worked like that for a long time. And you need a PC with a native PATA port that can run DOS.

[rubber_jonnie]

OK so the Amiga is fully recapped, just waiting on the SD card adapter and then fingers crossed it can all go back together.

[rubber_jonnie]

Allegedly Evri are delivering my SD to IDE adapter today, between 14:30 and 16:30. Fingers crossed it'll work as expected and I can get the Amiga buttoned up over the weekend.

[rubber_jonnie]

Well the SD to IDE adapter arrived and it works brilliantly :)

So this weekend I really need to get my 3d Printer out and try to run off a Gotek housing!

Looking very positive for getting it buttoned up over the weekend :)

[rubber_jonnie]

OK, so the Amiga is reassembled and working fine. The SD card solution is way better than the CF card and is 4GB so very happy with that.

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There's a couple of caveats though. First off, I've not sorted the Gotek yet. It's a bit more complicated than for the ST so I'll either see if I can mod the external drive to be bootable or get round to the Gotek later. I suppose booting from the external Gotek isn't so much of a thing as long as I can have an external one for installing whdload onto the HDD.

I also need to fit a switch to turn off the IDE interface, and I need to get some parts for that.

In the meantime I need to have a bit of a tidy so I can pull the Atari 400 apart and have a look round inside.

Very happy with the outcome though, 8MB fastram plus 1MB of chip RAM and 4GB of HDD.

[PhilC]

It's a good feeling when you can finally put the case back together and call it done.

[rubber_jonnie]

It's a good feeling when you can finally put the case back together and call it done.

Yeah, it sure is.

[JezC]

Glad you enjoyed your purchase @rubber_jonnie

[rubber_jonnie]

Glad you enjoyed your purchase @rubber_jonnie

It's great :) Thank you.