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by MagneticFever
Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: HARDWARE ISSUES
Topic: STE " It's dead Jim"
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: STE " It's dead Jim"

Thanks rubber_jonnie. I substituted the reset switch from the FM for the sake of testing as a temporary measure and the results have got me a little confused. Voltage on pin 8 is 5.03v but voltage on pin 3 is 0v until reset is pressed then it reads 4.57v. I expected to see 5v and 0v when reset was p...
by MagneticFever
Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: HARDWARE ISSUES
Topic: STE " It's dead Jim"
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: STE " It's dead Jim"

Taken a while to get time to work on this ste as I'm dealing with health problems which seem to take up any spare moments I have. Managed to do all the above that exxos and rubber_jonnie suggested. Voltage readings on Pin 3 of the 555 chip were strange and intermittent so decided to remove the reset...
by MagneticFever
Fri Oct 05, 2018 2:07 am
Forum: HARDWARE ISSUES
Topic: STE " It's dead Jim"
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: STE " It's dead Jim"

Thanks rubber_jonnie will check all that over the weekend . I'm fairly sure I did get the jumpers for Tos right, the site you linked looks great so I'll check there as well.. thanks again.
by MagneticFever
Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:43 pm
Forum: HARDWARE ISSUES
Topic: STE " It's dead Jim"
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: STE " It's dead Jim"

Thanks for the welcome and the reply.. will try that next opportunity I get .. cheers
by MagneticFever
Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: HARDWARE ISSUES
Topic: STE " It's dead Jim"
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

STE " It's dead Jim"

Hi all, new to the forum and finally worked up enough courage to ask some questions. Joined a few weeks ago and have been reading/studying all that I can about the Atari st (when I can spare the time) and have learnt a fair amount from the wisdom of the posts and guides here. Atari st was my first c...

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