ATW800/2 in a MonSTErbo powered STE

[HigashiJun]

Made more tests and discovered that the safest ROMs to use are eventually the ones on the ATW800/2.

When I use the Monsterbo ROMs or motherboard ROMs (fitted on the Ghost adapter), everything works fine when the Alt-ram is disabled,

With Alt-ram on, I have various issues arising.

[rubber_jonnie]

Just looking at the pics and I'm wondering if you'll have space for a couple of TRAMs in there as well?

Yes, still enough room for 2 TRAMs.

Cool, do you think you'll get any? I got a couple from @Steve ,they're a very snug fit in my MSTE.

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

Hmm, quite tempting question...

I'm just afraid that if I install TRAMs there will be issues with the Alt-ram.

Maybe @Steve has the answer ?

Would you post a picture of your TRAMs ?

Thanks.

[Steve]

@HigashiJun you won't get any additional alt ram problems with the TRAMS, they run in their own little world outside of the Atari address space.

[rubber_jonnie]

@HigashiJun These are the TRAMs @Steve kindly supplied me:

TRAM.jpg (328.11 KiB) Viewed 751 times

And here they are installed on the ATW800/2:

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I would add that there seem to be various different TRAM boards out there so the 'installed' image should not be considered a de-facto install, you should check how the modules you have install.

There should be a marker/arrow on the corner that lines up with a similar marking on the ATW sockets. They install in opposite ways.

[HigashiJun]

@Steve, thank you for your confirmation.

@rubber_jonnie Your TRAMs look good !

If I manage to get my hands on a couple of reasonably priced TRAMs, I guess I will take the plunge.