exxos's Atari, Amiga & retro forum

hello Dear forumers,

Atari lovers,

I've FINALLY bought an ATARI Falcon030 (stock plain device)

It is not arrived yet. But it boots up just fine. (it is in england for a month before i receive it).

Now, I would like to use it as original as possible. so my questions are;

1-) Do i need 14MB ram option?
2-) do i need recapping or any electronical fixing?
3-) Do i need any rtc replacement?
4-) do i need 68882 ?
5-) do i need anything else

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm I've FINALLY bought an ATARI Falcon030 (stock plain device)

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm 1-) Do i need 14MB ram option?

This depends on what you are going to be running.. Generally people move to the 14MB from 4MB in general.

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm 2-) do i need recapping or any electronical fixing?

https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... ?f=17&t=84

https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... f=17&t=134

TOS404 I strongly suggest and one from my store so you can use the above fast-rom.


PSU needs recapping.
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/#0023

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm 3-) Do i need any rtc replacement?

Yes. The RTC will almost certainly be dead.

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm 4-) do i need 68882 ?

Nope. People generally only fit it simply because there is a empty hole for it.

oguzog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:11 pm 5-) do i need anything else

A deep wallet is always required in dealing with these machines, and patients..

I would suggest cleaning the floppy drive heads as a minimum as well.

Others may well suggest things I have forgotten about.

As a general thing, not just for Falcons, I'd suggest a complete strip down to get all the dust and other debris cleaned out.

So more or less i need those it think;

Falcon030 RTC replacement NVRAM
FALCON 030 CLOCK BUFFER PATCH V2
FALCON 030 PSU UPGRADE KIT 240V type
FALCON 030 14MB ST-RAM CARD
Falcon 030 TOS 4.04 ROM MULTILANG

one more question. Other than those do i need new caps for mainboard itself?

Thanks

oguzog wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 8:49 am one more question. Other than those do i need new caps for mainboard itself?

People are generally doing this lately, Steve is your man for that.. I cannot remember if he posted a list of all the capacitors or not, hopefully he will chime in later when his online...

exxos wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 10:55 am

oguzog wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 8:49 am one more question. Other than those do i need new caps for mainboard itself?

People are generally doing this lately, Steve is your man for that.. I cannot remember if he posted a list of all the capacitors or not, hopefully he will chime in later when his online...

he did. But don't my device will come soon and i have an electronician friend that can help