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by dhoggan
Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:23 pm
Forum: ROM UPGRADES
Topic: 520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion
Replies: 8
Views: 6119

Re: 520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion

Ah, nothing's every easy I guess :D My main reason for considering the UltraSatan is for multi-disk games and the annoyance of swapping them, as well as the increased risk of damage to the floppies themselves. I have seen lots of people talk about the Gotek, but thought it was a pure floppy replacem...
by dhoggan
Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:11 am
Forum: ROM UPGRADES
Topic: 520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion
Replies: 8
Views: 6119

Re: 520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the information - and for sorting out the confusing mess I had gotten myself into with all the options. I think the 'killer' for me was the fact that, even if I were to get TOS 1.04 and the system up to 1MB, I might still need more memory for use the UltraSatan to its ful...
by dhoggan
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:39 pm
Forum: ROM UPGRADES
Topic: 520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion
Replies: 8
Views: 6119

520STFM - TOS upgrade confusion

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me understand how (or if) I can upgrade my 520 STFM with TOS 1.02 and 512K RAM. The more I read on the subject, the more I seem to get confused with the various options. The board is a C070789-001 Rev.B with six 28-pin ROM sockets on the left-hand side. TOS 1.02 only ...
by dhoggan
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:04 pm
Forum: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Topic: Hello
Replies: 3
Views: 4048

Hello

Hi All,

I've just joined the forum. After having an Atari 520 STFM at university, I picked up one late last year just to relive some of the old times - and maybe mostly to play Dungeon Master! But now I've been reading around a bit I see that the machine is still very much alive.

Thanks,

Dave

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