Best way to load games on an 8 bit Atari in 2024?

I hope you enjoy / find this video interesting. I’ve swiftly gone over the modern devices I’ve used that allow access to mass storage for loading games on the 8 bit Atari.

Contents:
00:00 – Intro
01:00 – Power supply
01:43 – Loading data via audio injection via 1010 tape recorder
02:49 – S Drive Max intro
03:39 – Side 3 intro
04:25 – Fujinet intro
04:49 – S Drive in-depth
07:52 – Side 3 in-depth
10:49 – Fujinet in-depth
26:03 – SIO2PC USB in-depth
30:35 – Conclusions

**Please note, per a comment I received, I realise from 26:03 in this video and a couple of other places I incorrectly refer to the "SIO2PC USB" device as "SIO2USB" which may cause confusion with another product. I have corrected in the contents here, and note the reseller links remains correct. Unfortunately I cannot edit the published video to correct this. Apologies for any confusion.

There are a number of things to consider if you want an easy solution for loading games on an 8 bit Atari. Why don’t we start with the price:

UK pricing @ April 2024
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SIO2PCUSB costs £25.95
S Drive Max - £40
Side 3.1 costs £94.95
Current of Fujinet - £74.95

Numerous available devices I have omitted to cover and therefore have not attempted to compare include :

AVG Cart - https://avgcart.tmp.sk/
Ultimate Cart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/Ulti...
Uno Cart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/UnoCart
Side 2 – the side 3 predecessor. https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/side/
AtariMax - https://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/do...

Links I mentioned I’d provide in the video.

USB or alternate power supply options –
https://retrolemon.co.uk/power-suppli...
https://coolnovelties.co.uk/coolnovel...
https://thebrewingacademy.com/collect...

Locations for Atari disk archives -

AtariMania : https://www.atarimania.com/
Homesoft: http://mushca.com/f/atari/
Fandal : https://a8.fandal.cz/

S drive max availability to buy – 8 bit tronics : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173710208225

Side 3 availability UK / Europe / US –
https://retrolemon.co.uk/atari-8bit-s...
https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php...
https://thebrewingacademy.com/collect...

Side 3 Link for Firmware updates - https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/side3/

Fujinet Availability UK / Europe / US -
https://retrolemon.co.uk/atari-8bit-s...
https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php...
https://thebrewingacademy.com/collect...

Fujinet manual : https://fujinet.online/guides/

SIO2PC USB Availability UK / Europe / US –
https://retrolemon.co.uk/atari-8bit-s... / https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php...

RespeQT Software download
https://github.com/josch1710/RespeQt/...

Emulators
Altirra : https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
Atari800 : https://atari800.github.io/

New modern hardware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_V...)
https://myarcade.com/products/atari-g...
https://retrogames.biz/products/the40...

Great forum for general Atari info:
https://Atariage.com