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by KrisW
Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:11 pm
Forum: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Topic: Hi from Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 4645

Re: Hi from Ireland

Re my beeping problem, some progress: If you remove the keyboard of the Mega ST and switch it on, the computer won’t boot up and sits there sending alert-beeps to notify you that the keyboard is disconnected That pretty much describes my Falcon at bootup. Hope it's a disconnected cable, rather than ...
by KrisW
Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:19 am
Forum: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Topic: Hi from Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 4645

Re: Hi from Ireland

I've ordered the PSU capacitor set. I'm not applying power again until those are replaced. I haven't done a visual examination of the motherboard yet to see the state of the parts, but my reading (and the little electronics I remember from college) suggests that I'll eventually end up needing to rep...
by KrisW
Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:11 pm
Forum: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Topic: Hi from Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 4645

Re: Hi from Ireland

Hey, thanks for the reply! Oh god, do I remember the key beep! This sound seemed to be lower in pitch, and more of a "beeeep" than the "bip" I dimly remember, if you get what I'm saying. With luck, my memory is off, and it's just a stuck key. I yanked the power quickly just in ca...
by KrisW
Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Topic: Hi from Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 4645

Hi from Ireland

So... where do I start? For me, my first Atari was a 2600 (woodgrain forever!) back in 1983, but despite this, my first home computer was an Amstrad CPC in 1984 (practicalities of not having a spare TV set to devote to a computer, and the poor availabilty plus high price of the 8-bit Ataris in Europ...

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