RickR Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) The UNO Cart - from The Brewing Academy. What is it? A simple, inexpensive SD multi-cart for the Atari 8-bit computers. Load XEX/ATR/CAR/ROM image files onto a micro-sd, and load them on real hardware using a menu. More info and pricing: http://www.thebrewingacademy.com/ Also available on ebay (search for "Atari UNO") RickR Review: Pros: The menu works well. I love the "Find" feature, which makes it very easy to quickly find and load the game you want. ATR files load FAST. ATR files are essentially floppy disk images. Inexpensive. Very good support via AtariAge or directly from the maker. Comes with an excellent paper manual. Nice cartridge shell included. Cons: No joystick support in menu. It's kind of cumbersome to use the arrow keys to find stuff. Use the "Find" feature instead. Only for XL/XE computers. Won't work on 400/800. Remember to hold down "Option" key when loading ATR files (to disable Basic). Summary: If you have an XL or XE computer, GET THIS! It is excellent. A very inexpensive way to have almost every piece of software available for the 8-bit computers. It works well. A+. Edited May 5, 2018 by RickR Atari Creep, Atarileaf and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarileaf Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Question - I already have an 8meg Atarimax flash cart and the USB programmer cart. Is there any advantage to the UNO cart over it and is there a big enough advantage to justify buying one when I already have the other. A personal decision I know but I'm curious, especially if you have experience with Atarimax yourself. Thanks Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Question - I already have an 8meg Atarimax flash cart and the USB programmer cart. Is there any advantage to the UNO cart over it and is there a big enough advantage to justify buying one when I already have the other. A personal decision I know but I'm curious, especially if you have experience with Atarimax yourself. Thanks Rick I say yes for the following reasons. It's much easier to load up games on a micro-sd card than having to reprogram the flash cart. Micro-SD can have a much bigger capacity than 8 MB. You can put the entire library on one card. ATR files. You can load disk images on the UNO Cart. It's only about $60 shipped for the UNO Cart. A bargain. Atari Creep and Atarileaf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarileaf Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I say yes for the following reasons. It's much easier to load up games on a micro-sd card than having to reprogram the flash cart. Micro-SD can have a much bigger capacity than 8 MB. You can put the entire library on one card. ATR files. You can load disk images on the UNO Cart. It's only about $60 shipped for the UNO Cart. A bargain. I may put some funds aside for it then. I suppose if I get it I could sell the Atarimax and recoup some of my investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 If you get the ebay mobile app, they sometimes send out 15-20% off coupons. That's how I got mine for about $55 shipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 The Uno Cart will work on Atari 400's that are upgraded to 48k. I tested this on 4 of these machines. RickR and Justin 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 The other beneift to the UNO is that you don't have to hard reset the computer. There is a button on the UNO cart that you hit first, then RESET on the Atari for a nice warm restart. ( Menu pops back up ) This is less hard on the system over time. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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