Hello all !
Just stopped by to register. Been using Amigas since 1990, and just acquired an Atari 520stfmwhich I have been restoring; just finished serving the disk drive with new belt and recapped the PSU.
Wanted to learn some more about the ST and then stumbled across forum and the great work exxos has done with his hardware addons and forum.
Have alot of Amiga experience so if anyone needs help, feel free to msg... Hopefully some of you folk and also help me with some ST knowledge as I learn more about this wonderful machine.
Kind regards,
Retrotronic
Hello from UK !
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stephen_usher
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Sounds like you have an early floppy drive there if it has a belt.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Yup, after the refitting the new belt and attempting to format a 3.5 inch floppy I learn it a single sided drive. Safely packed the drive away for safekeeping and now waiting for arrival of a GoEx Gotek drive. Amazing how resilient those old Atari internal drives are.stephen_usher wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:56 pm
Sounds like you have an early floppy drive there if it has a belt.
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Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...