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Atari => Software => Topic started by: Petari on 16-08-2025, 17:57:58

Title: Special hard disk driver upgrade - low RAM usage mode
Post by: Petari on 16-08-2025, 17:57:58
 I developed low RAM usage mode for my hard disk (now rather SD card) driver SW . It is for cases when RAM usage is tight, some SW what is written for lower RAM locations and like. Details on this page:
PP HD driver SW page (https://atari.8bitchip.info/pphfdrv.html)
In paragraph  "August 16 2025" .
 How came on idea to do this ? Basically after writing about how can solve combination of so called GemDrive and regular TOS supported hard disk driver - to have good sides of both. Can not say that I got positive reactions on idea. And yes, not surprised - shallow people do not care about so complex things, even if it is useful. They make YT videos, where my SW is presented - without any serious effort, reading instructions, detailed tests.  Why I write this ? Because I made detailed tests of thousands of Atari ST SW - mostly games. And I know what is needed that they work well with modern storage.
 I hope that someone from developers from now pretty popular ACSI-SD card adapters will consider this seriously and go in developing/coding of new way of data transfer/exchange between now 40 Years TOS and modern computers filesystems. Flash C. sizes are now really big and low price.