My name's Dom and I'm a long time gamer and retrocomputing enthusiast that lives in Canada. I grew up with Nintendo, Sega consoles and IBM PCs (which I reckon makes me part of a younger demographic here), but always had an appreciation for other machines.
When I was a kid in the early 90s, a cousin of mine had an Atari ST and I was amazed at all the things he could do with his system (gaming, homework, music composition via a MIDI keyboard, networking, etc). It was wild! Atari then went out of business and eventually, he moved on and sold his ST. We went our separate ways and I forgot about it. Shortly after, when dial-up and the World Wide Web became mainstream, I discovered emulation. That introduced me to lots of game consoles and computers I had never previously heard about. Emulation was fun for a while, but I soon wanted to experience the real thing, so I set out to find the physical systems and software. Being on a budget, that meant that I would find beat-up machines at yard sales and thrift stores at pretty low prices, which I would of course have to repair one way or another. This is how I learned to solder and use all sorts of test equipment and tools (I'm no expert, though). I eventually remembered the Atari ST - I checked out tons of awesome ST demos and chiptune on YouTube and that was it; I decided that the time was ripe to get one.
Two years ago, I finally got a hold of an Atari 1040 STf in good condition. While it could successfully power on, it behaved erratically. I learned that as with many machines of that era, the power supply was going bad and I had to replace it. Lucky for me, there was this online store that sold brand new, redesigned PSUs, purportedly even more efficient than the originals. And I wasn't let down! That, in a nutshell, is how I came across Exxos's web store and forums
I'm absolutely thrilled to be here!
Long live Atari and happy retrocomputing!
