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Viking board on Mega,ST

Last post by Bikerbob « Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:25 pm
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by rcamp48 » Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:52 am
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What if anything can I do with a Viking board in a Mega St4 , mine arrived today with 4 megs ram , TOS 1.04 and a Viking n board with an extra CPU...
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Last post by Bikerbob
Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:25 pm
BLiTTER in short 520ST

Last post by agranlund « Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:17 am
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by Cyprian » Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:11 am
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Is there any method to install the BLiTTER in short 520ST?
thx
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Last post by agranlund
Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:17 am
What next?

Last post by exxos « Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:13 pm
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by utri007 » Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:49 pm

I have atari stfm and I have already bought more ram to it, but I would like to get hard drive and possible accelerator for it.

I really would like...

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Last post by exxos
Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:13 pm
Which 1040 STF is this?

Last post by 32bitminus « Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:57 am
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by 32bitminus » Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:53 am
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Waiting for this to arrive, I was trying to figure out which model this is, has a floppy with a smaller button. All the 1040 STFs I can find have the...
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Last post by 32bitminus
Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:57 am
Printer ribbons

Last post by lucianno « Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:41 pm
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by Neffers » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:20 pm
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Hello peeps, I hope you are all doing well.

I have a Star LC-10 printer and as you can guess, the ribbon (black, not colour) is probably drier than...
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Last post by lucianno
Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:41 pm
Using an RA8876 (LCD controller) as a Hi-res graphics card?

Last post by keli « Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:02 am
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by keli » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:32 pm

I recently found this Arduino shield that can achieve hi-res HDMI output:

It works by using a smart LCD controller to generate the graphics and...

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Last post by keli
Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:02 am
BLITTER RE-CREATION THOUGHTS

Last post by exxos « Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:45 pm
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by exxos » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:37 pm
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blitterSM.jpg

Many should know the great work over at in recovering some lost Atari files. I saw in there 2 versions of the blitter IC. 1986 and...
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Last post by exxos
Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:45 pm
BLITTER IN A ST - FPGA

Last post by Cyprian « Thu Aug 22, 2019 10:37 pm
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by Cyprian » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:14 am
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just to clarify, this topic is related to FPGA BLiTTER
Which can be programmed as a pure BLiTTER replacement or CPU+BLiTTER (this is covered by my...
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Last post by Cyprian
Thu Aug 22, 2019 10:37 pm
STe Boosters

Last post by IngoQ « Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:17 am
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by DyLucke » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:55 pm

Hi all.

I've been thinking about getting one STe 32mhz booster from Exxos, and i've finally made my mind, however i can't find them anywhere.
Is...

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Last post by IngoQ
Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:17 am
Megafile 30 bites the bullet

Last post by AtariFox « Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:24 am
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by Icky » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:40 am
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So my Megafile 30 HDD made a grinding noise this morning and now stopped spinning :cry:

I know trying to replace a MFM / RLL drive is a non-starter...
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Last post by AtariFox
Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:24 am
NetUSBee Build

Last post by rubber_jonnie « Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:10 am
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by rubber_jonnie » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:58 pm

So, a while back, I got some boards from Sety as mentioned here:

Since the NetUSBee is the smallest board with the least parts (Compared to the...

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Last post by rubber_jonnie
Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:10 am
Suska board

Last post by mfro « Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:14 pm
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by exxos » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:51 am
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I've emailed Wolfgang and asked to run Troed's closure demo...

Any others demos which make good tests ?

I will seriously consider buying a suska...
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Last post by mfro
Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:14 pm
cosmosex shared drive not working

Last post by redhawk668 « Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:26 pm
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by exxos » Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:43 am

I had this all setup last year, but connecting it back up... nope..

The shared drive is on my PC, and //CHRIS//SHAREFOLDER does bring up the folder...

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Last post by redhawk668
Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:26 pm
Reading & write to RTC 12887 ?

Last post by exxos « Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:25 pm
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by exxos » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:13 pm
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Been sat puzzling over how this chip is actually supposed to work. I have MOT timing selected, but firstly confused over DS. It looks like its just...
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Last post by exxos
Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:25 pm
Cartridge Port: Would a buffer board help with problems?

Last post by exxos « Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:21 pm
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by stephen_usher » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:10 am
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The problems I had yesterday with the STE cartridge port (and previous problems on the TT) I was wondering if a solution to this would be a unit...
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Last post by exxos
Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:21 pm
Falcon 3 in 1 adaptor

Last post by exxos « Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:41 am
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by emcclariion » Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:09 am

Chaps,

I am having issues with my adaptor, it works its standard mode, but when i run the blowup config it cannot find something like scan doubler....

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Last post by exxos
Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:41 am
16BIT ROM CART THOUGHTS

Last post by PhilC « Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:32 pm
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by exxos » Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:46 pm
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I have been thinking about the diagnostic cart where larger ROM's are used with a switch to select which version of the ROM to run (IE, ST, STE, MSTE...
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Last post by PhilC
Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:32 pm
Fixing 32 chip Atari RAM problems

Last post by PhilC « Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:29 pm
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by PhilC » Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:40 pm

Hi All,

I wanted to document a few things whilst diagnosing and repairing a C070789-001 REV.D1 board

This board would not boot but would show the...

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Last post by PhilC
Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:29 pm
Falcon PSU Fuse value/size

Last post by Dlfrsilver « Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:03 am
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by Dlfrsilver » Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:51 am

Hello,

Anybody could help me about the fuse value used on the Falcon 030 PSU ? the one on mine has a sort of whitish aspect inside, i would like by...

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Last post by Dlfrsilver
Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:03 am
Si5351A clock generator - any good for a booster?

Last post by project23 « Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:40 pm
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by tzok » Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:48 pm

I have recently found a very interesting chip called Si5351A. It is a 3 channel clock generator (8kHz - 160MHz). All 3 clocks can be phase locked....

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Last post by project23
Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:40 pm
Dual tos adapter - ube switch

Last post by exxos « Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:06 pm
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by DoG » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:59 pm
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I have the dual tos switcher and would like to use the reset switch to change tos. What do I need to populate on the board to get this working? I...
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Last post by exxos
Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:06 pm
Nova eGPU

Last post by alienkidmj12 « Mon May 27, 2019 1:33 pm
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by Atarian Computing » Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:39 pm

So eGPU is just another name to a phenomenon pioneered by Atarians decades ago in the form of Nova. I always thought it was cumbersome without a...

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Last post by alienkidmj12
Mon May 27, 2019 1:33 pm
CPU Strangeness

Last post by rubber_jonnie « Thu May 23, 2019 10:47 pm
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by rubber_jonnie » Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:58 pm
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I currently have 2 'dev' boards that I use for various test and beta hardware projects, The came to me as bare boards, so I wasn't so worried about...
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Last post by rubber_jonnie
Thu May 23, 2019 10:47 pm
ube finds work for idle hands, or a new take on a Falcon connector.

Last post by mikro « Wed May 22, 2019 6:57 am
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by ube » Mon May 20, 2019 9:20 pm

While waiting for my CosmosEx’s 3.0 to arrive I designed a HD50 (Falcon external SCSI) to IDC 50 pin (internal SCSI-II) connector. Now I just need a...

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Last post by mikro
Wed May 22, 2019 6:57 am
Help with Unknown overscan Mod please

Last post by PhilC « Sat May 18, 2019 6:07 pm
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by PhilC » Fri May 17, 2019 9:18 pm

Hi all,

Can anyone help me identify this overscan mod and maybe point me in the right direction to any needed software etc.

When switched on it...

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Last post by PhilC
Sat May 18, 2019 6:07 pm

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