Atarimax "Maxflash" Flash MultiCarts

Preliminary Documentation, 07/10/2005

©2005 Steven J Tucker

Introduction

Atarimax Flash Cartridges are professionally produced, in-system reprogrammable flash-memory based cartridge for the Atari 8-bit computers.

While the hardware itself can be programmed with anything, it is also supported by an open-source multi-cart/disk-cart/banked-cart development system which is already robust enough to produce large multicarts/disk conversions without any programming by the user.

Its the intention of the initial 1Mb and 8Mb cartridge projects to provide a easy to use platform for homebrewing of inexpensive, legal multi-carts and other software, while being small enough to allow it to be completely and quickly re-programmed in the Atari itself, using only a standard floppy disk drive or SIO2PC software.

Larger flash and card media cartridges are currently in beta testing and will be supported by the same community developed tools.

Ordering

SALE - ENDS 12/31/2008

Orders for the 8Mbit cartridge will be accepted at the special price of only $39.99. After 12/31/2008 the regular price will be $49.99 per cartridge.
Worldwide Orders - 1Mbit Cartridge Worldwide Orders - 8Mbit Cartridge (SALE)

1 for $24.99 + $4 Shipping
($1 extra shipping each additional cartridge)

1 for $39.99 + $4 Shipping
($1 extra shipping each additional cartridge)

5 for $99.95 + FREE Shipping
(no extra shipping for additional cartridges)

5 for $159.95 + FREE Shipping
(no extra shipping for additional cartridges)

US orders will be shipped by USPS w/ Delivery Confirmation. International orders will be shipped by Air Mail unless special arrangements are made.

If you wish to make payment arrangements other than PayPal please e-mail.

Please review Chapter 1 of the Cartridge Documentation for a more complete technical description of the hardware and its capabilities before ordering. This is less than one page of documentation but it contains important information about the size of the cartridge, how many times it can be reprogrammed, how it was manufactured, etc.

Community

The Flash Cartridge Forums are now open, click here to enter!

Drop in and get help or images for your flash cartridge, or share your own cartridge images and code!

Cartridge and Kit Documentation

Chapter 1: Hardware/Cartridge Specification

Chapter 2: Software/Toolkit Specification

Chapter 3: Programming the Cartridge

Chapter 4: Installing the Maxflash software

Chapter 5: Using the MaxFlash software

Chapter 6: Using your Flash Cartridge

Chapter 7: Emulator Support

Chapter 8: Conversion Tutorials

Chapter 9: Links to Atari Game and Utility Software


Software Downloads

These downloads are documented at various places in the cartridge documentation.

Please review the documentation for instructions on how to use each package.