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resurrecting my old 520STFM

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 16:54
by thesofa
Hi, after about 25 years I am trying to resurrect my old Ataris, The one I am trying first is my original 520STFM, TOS 1.0, 512 MB
the following mods were professionally fitted many years ago
  1. 4MB XTRA-RAM DeLuxe with 4 x 9 chip 1 MB simms from Frontier Software.
  2. Compo Software dual TOS so I could have tos 1 for games and 2.06 for Applications, switchable through a side mounted toggle switch on the case.
  3. HD floppy disc and some work was done to the floppy controller chip by fitting a COMPU-WARE HD MOGUL module on it. It all worked fine 25 or so years ago but now when I booted it up in TOS1.0 all I get is the desktop(Green) with no icons and TOS 2.06 just gives me a white screen.
I have none of the original manuals or set up sheets, the TOS switcher was fitted by COMPO, the HD was fitted by a shop in Newcastle upon Tyne, long since defunct and I think the RAM was fitted by Atari Workshop
motherboard is C070523-001 REV D, with the original 512 ram along the front and the tos roms on the right of mobo
Suggestions please as to what to do?

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Re: resurrecting my old 520STFM

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 17:05
by Steve
Got to systematically work things out.... the connections for these old upgrades corrode and oxidise over time... Firstly I would remove everything, clean all the connections, chips, sockets etc with de-oxit. Re-assemble. The fact that one version of TOS works but not the other, would suggest the TOS ROMS need cleaning for sure.

Re: resurrecting my old 520STFM

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 17:25
by thesofa
I thought you might say that, way beyond my capabilities.

Re: resurrecting my old 520STFM

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 18:38
by Steve
Well you could send it to me if you want (I re-capped your TT PSU) Just send me a PM if you like.