Hi all,
I've been lurking these forums for a few weeks while trying to fix an STe. I was given it a few years ago and it's been in storage for a while. It seems to have some problems and I found this site while trying to find out what might be wrong. I've found all the information here really helpful and thought it was about time I registered!
I had a few ST's back in the day and spent a lot of time trying to make games in STOS. I never got the hang of it and the ST's eventually got sold off. I've since had another go at learning to make games, with a Sam Coupe that I bought long before the prices went crazy, and I'd like to make ST versions of my Sam stuff. For closure!
I'm an electrician with part 1 of the electronic servicing C&G, so I'm not completely out of my depth here, but I'm way beneath the level of knowledge most of you have. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can :)
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rubber_jonnie
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Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Icky
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Welcome to the forum!
Welcome to the forum!
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Smalliermouse ST-optimised USB mouse adapter based on SmallyMouse2
FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
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Higgy
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@wub nice one on the Sam Coupe .
We were going to buy one back in the day when our Speccy died. But when we went to the computer shop to have a look and ask questions we saw an Amiga 500 running Drakken (also on Atari I think) and it was just another level.
I do love those days when you did not know everything, visiting a shop was magical as you saw stuff you never knew about. Plus the visible jumps in computing power was amazing.
We were going to buy one back in the day when our Speccy died. But when we went to the computer shop to have a look and ask questions we saw an Amiga 500 running Drakken (also on Atari I think) and it was just another level.
I do love those days when you did not know everything, visiting a shop was magical as you saw stuff you never knew about. Plus the visible jumps in computing power was amazing.
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Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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wub
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Thanks all!
@Higgy The Sam is a lot of fun but, in hindsight, I don't feel I made the wrong choice going for an ST instead. They released Sam at least 2 years too late. Like you say, the Amiga was already on a different level to any 8-bit machine by then. The Sam has been more fun as an adult, with the internet to explain all the bits that seemed like magic back in the day! :)
@Higgy The Sam is a lot of fun but, in hindsight, I don't feel I made the wrong choice going for an ST instead. They released Sam at least 2 years too late. Like you say, the Amiga was already on a different level to any 8-bit machine by then. The Sam has been more fun as an adult, with the internet to explain all the bits that seemed like magic back in the day! :)
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