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Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 11:32
by HigashiJun
I could not resist, so here are some more pictures:
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More tomorrow if time allows...
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 11:34
by Steve
HigashiJun wrote: 04 Jun 2025 11:29
Steve wrote: 04 Jun 2025 11:23
Why you sad about that, I think you've got the latest revision of TT motherboard. That's really nice! But your ST-RAM card is the DIP type, not so easily upgraded to 10mb (needs the Lynxman PCB install)
I'm still thinking a PGA CPU would be better for the Speedy, but I guess you know better than me since you have one installed.
I heard about this Lynxman PCB but I don't know where to get it.
Speedy is fine on SMD CPU, I just put a heatsink on my CPU. Lynxman can be contacted on atari-home.de forum. But do not worry about ST-RAM too much, it is quite redundant especially when you upgrade the TT-RAM with Storm. 4MB is more than enough.
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 11:36
by HigashiJun
Good to know that !
Thank you @Steve !
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 13:44
by don_apple
Steve wrote: 04 Jun 2025 07:53
Do not forget, there are two flavours of Storm RAM and Thunder IDE, they have the 'super' variants which are even faster. I know the Super Storm requires the SpeedyTT 48Mhz CPU booster, but I can't remember if the super thunder requires it (super thunder also adds flashable onboard TOS with 4x slots for different versions)
I've never heard of a "super storm" or "super thunder" for the TT. They are also not listed at
https://wiki.newtosworld.de/index.php?t ... Extensions
A "SuperStorm TT" is mentioned at
https://www.newtosworld.de/viewforum.php?f=35 , but there is actually no further information on it there.
If by "super thunder" you actually mean the Turbo Thunder (
https://www.newtosworld.de/viewforum.php?f=34) then I can confirm that it does not require a the SpeedyTT booster. I have it running together with a StormTT in a TT030 with the standard 32MHz CPU without any issues.
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 15:09
by rubber_jonnie
Great pics, looking like a very nice machine.
My MSTE has the same keyboard, check every key is good as mine had a dead CTRL key caused by bad traces on the membrane.
Fixed using a carbon paint pen.
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 16:27
by Steve
don_apple wrote: 04 Jun 2025 13:44
Steve wrote: 04 Jun 2025 07:53
Do not forget, there are two flavours of Storm RAM and Thunder IDE, they have the 'super' variants which are even faster. I know the Super Storm requires the SpeedyTT 48Mhz CPU booster, but I can't remember if the super thunder requires it (super thunder also adds flashable onboard TOS with 4x slots for different versions)
I've never heard of a "super storm" or "super thunder" for the TT. They are also not listed at
https://wiki.newtosworld.de/index.php?t ... Extensions
A "SuperStorm TT" is mentioned at
https://www.newtosworld.de/viewforum.php?f=35 , but there is actually no further information on it there.
If by "super thunder" you actually mean the Turbo Thunder (
https://www.newtosworld.de/viewforum.php?f=34) then I can confirm that it does not require a the SpeedyTT booster. I have it running together with a StormTT in a TT030 with the standard 32MHz CPU without any issues.
Ah yes Turbo Thunder! Good to know it works alone without speedy. Super Storm has a ribbon cable that directly plugs into the speedy to boost RAM access speed even higher. Sorry I'm not sure where they store their information on it, maybe it is spoken about on the SpeedyTT page.
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 16:31
by Steve
Ah on this info they are not referring to it as Super Storm any more, but just a "new revision" of Storm. They are swapping old ones for the new upon request for people who buy SpeedyTT:
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Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 04 Jun 2025 22:46
by HigashiJun
rubber_jonnie wrote: 04 Jun 2025 15:09
Great pics, looking like a very nice machine.
My MSTE has the same keyboard, check every key is good as mine had a dead CTRL key caused by bad traces on the membrane.
Fixed using a carbon paint pen.
Thanks !
The keyboard is fine, so no need to go further.
The only thing I plan to do today is changing the cable.
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 08:52
by rubber_jonnie
HigashiJun wrote: 04 Jun 2025 22:46
rubber_jonnie wrote: 04 Jun 2025 15:09
Great pics, looking like a very nice machine.
My MSTE has the same keyboard, check every key is good as mine had a dead CTRL key caused by bad traces on the membrane.
Fixed using a carbon paint pen.
Thanks !
The keyboard is fine, so no need to go further.
The only thing I plan to do today is changing the cable.
Good stuff :)
Re: Newcomer arriving soon...
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 11:05
by HigashiJun
Instead of changing the keyboard cable, I preferred fixing that broken reset switch.
The previous owner destroyed one via and burnt some coating around the other vias...
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A rivet made the job for the enlarged via
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Just need to apply some coating tomorrow...
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And the final result:
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Looks better now...