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gebes wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:20 pm Welcome from one with too many 500's , and a first ever Atari 1040ste which has been overhauled and upgraded :D
Thanks! :D The ST arrived today, sadly stuck in a clients office atm. Look forward to seeing what like when I get home!
terriblefire wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:09 pm Restart you’re Phake5 T-Shirt line :)
I just got the image redone as an EPS :twisted:
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Welcome to the dark side! :D
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Well, it's a C070789-001 REV.F - opened it up and gave it a clean before firing up.

Only 512kb of RAM, but from what I've read so far that shouldn't be an issue ;)

Sadly both floppy drives are kaput it seems (had one installed and a spare in the box), if plugged in they keep the floppy light on constantly and do very little. I just get left with a white screen. Unplugging it takes me to the desktop. As simple as a dead floppy drive? I hope so!

Any other things I should be checking?
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indigolemon wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:37 pm Well, it's a C070789-001 REV.F - opened it up and gave it a clean before firing up.

Only 512kb of RAM, but from what I've read so far that shouldn't be an issue ;)

Sadly both floppy drives are kaput it seems (had one installed and a spare in the box), if plugged in they keep the floppy light on constantly and do very little. I just get left with a white screen. Unplugging it takes me to the desktop. As simple as a dead floppy drive? I hope so!

Any other things I should be checking?
Personally I hate floppy drives (I religiously replace them with FlashFloppy), and I should have some spare if you would need replacement.
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Yeah - a Gotek with Flashfloppy is definitely choice 1!
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indigolemon wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:04 pm Yeah - a Gotek with Flashfloppy is definitely choice 1!
Start a photo thread :)
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terriblefire wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:05 pm
indigolemon wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:04 pm Yeah - a Gotek with Flashfloppy is definitely choice 1!
Start a photo thread :)
Will do, away with work first thing tomorrow but should get a chance at the weekend :)
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