Okay, seems most folks have this board. I didn't pop the back shield off because it was pretty stubborn, but the "bodge" wire seen in another thread is back there.
Atari STe (Flickr)
Anybody care to decipher the numbers on here for me?
Backstory on this machine: I know folks have their issues with ebay but this machine popped up as an "untested" 520ST. The photo was blurry but it looked like an STe badge, so I asked, and it was. An STe could often sell for over £200 over there, even untested I think, but I got this for closer to £50.
Aside from a little discolouration on the case, this machine appeared to be in excellent condition. I plugged it in and it came back to life without any issue whatsoever! I've popped open the case and there's barely even any keyboard fluff. There's a little rusting on some of the RF shielding, but even with that, I'm impressed at the condition of a machine that apparently didn't attract enough interest from the seller for a power-on test!
The only odd part is that the keyboard seems different to what I'm used to: spongier, and the characters on the keys seem slightly blurrier. Are there known different runs of the keyboards, and/or did factories in different locations turn out hardware to a different quality?
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