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Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 13 Oct 2026 23:04
by stephen_usher
JezC wrote: 13 Oct 2026 20:13
stephen_usher wrote: 13 Oct 2026 19:26
The original PSU is pretty decent. Just needs a recap. No need to replace it.
Ok, thanks for the info, I'll look at both options as I'm not able to do much/any soldering ATM so an easy replacement unit may be the quick fix.
You only really need to recap if it's showing signs of failure to be honest, such as lack of sound from the machine.
Re: other must haves, only really a Lightning USB with Apple USB ethernet adapter. Maybe a BlueSCSI or ZuluSCSI to replace the hard disk.
If you want to go high res then there's an adapter for that.
Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 14 Oct 2026 09:16
by JezC
stephen_usher wrote: 13 Oct 2026 23:04
You only really need to recap if it's showing signs of failure to be honest, such as lack of sound from the machine.
Re: other must haves, only really a Lightning USB with Apple USB ethernet adapter. Maybe a BlueSCSI or ZuluSCSI to replace the hard disk.
If you want to go high res then there's an adapter for that.
Thanks for the suggestions
@stephen_usher - I may need to add one of your cart port adapters to the list as well! ;)
I might already have a BlueSCSI adapter somewhere but I'll need to check what connectors it has ..
Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 14 Oct 2026 09:50
by stephen_usher
The latest PiPico based BlueSCSI are lightyears better than the original ones and can give you ethernet over SCSI (Dynaport) WiFi access. I'm not even sure why they're still called "BlueSCSI" as they don't use a "blue pill" Arduino and are architecturally completely different.
Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 14 Oct 2026 10:12
by JezC
stephen_usher wrote: 14 Oct 2026 09:50
The latest PiPico based BlueSCSI are lightyears better than the original ones and can give you ethernet over SCSI (Dynaport) WiFi access. I'm not even sure why they're still called "BlueSCSI" as they don't use a "blue pill" Arduino and are architecturally completely different.
I've just dug mine out - it's a BlueSCSI v2 with a Pi Pico WH fitted and has a 50 way SCSI connector so it might just connect directly to the internal TT bus (with any luck...).
So certainly something for me to read up about and give a try a bit later!
Thanks!
Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 14 Oct 2026 10:35
by stephen_usher
Yeah, that'll JustWork(tm)
Re: Life, the universe & everything...Atari (well, mostly)
Posted: 14 Oct 2026 10:43
by JezC
stephen_usher wrote: 14 Oct 2026 10:35
Yeah, that'll JustWork(tm)
Thanks, will try it and report back when I have any results