Thought I'd finally introduce myself. I'm Marshal, 47, an electronics technician from Nancy.
Last summer I was clearing out my parents' attic and came across my old Atari STE. I hadn't touched it in over 25 years. Took it out to show my son, who's 15 himself, and at first he just looked at it like some kind of alien technology. His first question was basically, "How does this thing even work without a touchscreen, Dad?"
That got me thinking, and before I knew it, I was back into it. I've been spending my weekends bringing a couple of old machines back to life whenever I'm not away for work. Funny how something you haven't thought about in years can suddenly pull you right back in.
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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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Welcome to the forum!

It's funny how addictive this can become, but rest easy there are lots of similarly affected people here

It's funny how addictive this can become, but rest easy there are lots of similarly affected people here
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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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Welcome. The ST is even easier to use than ever with multiple new options for both floppy and hard drives. And transferring files from your PC/Mac (or even Phone) is even easier than ever too. Good time to be a retro computer fan (except for the prices of old HW)
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Thalion Webshrine - http://thalion.atari.org
ST,STf,STfm,STe,MegaST,MegaSTe,Falcon060
A500+,A600,A4000/060,CD32,CDTV
Thalion Webshrine - http://thalion.atari.org
ST,STf,STfm,STe,MegaST,MegaSTe,Falcon060
A500+,A600,A4000/060,CD32,CDTV