Huge lot of 8 + 1 Atari ST's

[@Jdvc-yd5tx]

4:30 Foxconn. They've come a long way since manufacturing Atari connections! 🎉

[@EgoShredder]

It's always a glorious sight to behold, a pile of Atari ST machines! I've never owned any of the older models, just STE and MEGA STE and Falcon 030. Hard to choose a favourite.

[@powerofvintage9442]

I love them all.

[@DieselPLL]

@@powerofvintage9442 ME 3

[@ninjamaster3453]

Enjoying the ST repairs and diagnosis.

[@powerofvintage9442]

Awesome! thanks for watching. I enjoy it myself.

[@RDKLInc]

Great video, and glad most are working! Super fun to see you take them several steps beyond my very minimal testing (and my bad handwriting)

[@powerofvintage9442]

Thanks again! Loads of fun and I'll be busy for a long time.

[@SilverSergeant]

One of favorite computer years ago...Atari ST. I sent mine to New York to have the RAM increased from 512K to 1 MB.....They did it by piggy-backing the RAM chips....I think my favorite game was Air Ball.

[@michaelstoliker971]

I've always been a big Atari fan but have never owned an ST model (largely because I didn't consider them to be related to my 8-bits). I may have to remedy that in the future.

[@UnseenMenace]

What a great haul :)

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

Holy smoke.

[@pelculator]

This video could not have come at a better time; I just today “repaired” a 1040STFM with SM124 (somehow the monitor fixed itself). Looking forward to the repair/upgrade/rebuild videos. A few questions if you don’t mind; i see a few 070789 boards with 6 rom chips. Mine have only two. Could you explain (perhaps in your next video) what the difference/purpose is? I’m more of a commodore man myself and the Atari was a gift. Other question; all RAM upgrades i seem to find target the older revisions, do you have a video on a ram expansion for the 070789 board? See you in the next video ;)

[@powerofvintage9442]

Those are easy questions :) 1 - 6 ROMs vs 2 ROMs. The 2 ROMs were a special size rom chip that really isn't available anymore. I would guess that it was a cost savings to use two larger chips instead of 6 smaller ones. The type of eproms that fit the 6 chip setup are found pretty easily today. Anyone can burn their own updated version of TOS for an easy OS upgrade. All you need to do is open one joined solder pad and close another "1mb rom" vs "256k rom" 2 - A great RAM upgrade for the C070789 board is found here: exxosforum.co.uk/atari/last/4mb/index.htm I have installed one in my personal "collection" 1040STF and it works wonderfully. The installation requires removing the existing RAM and some soldering skill, but I feel it's one of the best options available since it's pretty self contained.

[@pelculator]

@@powerofvintage9442 THANK YOU! :) (de)soldering is not an issue, but I'll probably spend more time unclogging my ZD-915 (I love that thing, but the clogging ...) I will go check out the upgrade module. Reg. the ROMs; a logical explanation. Sounds like something Jack Tramiel would do. (cost saving measures). Thanks for the reply and info.

[@timediavideo]

What a great find! Amazing! I am still struggeling with a non-working wide button floppy drive (two sided) If you have a working spare I would be very interested. :)

[@powerofvintage9442]

I need to see about finding a way to attach the wide button face place to a replacement drive. The original drives are just too likely to fail. I have one backup, but it is reserved for my PS3000 monitor if that drive fails.

[@ecdhe]

"Ready to find new homes". Do you have an eBay account where you sell the computers that you repair or do you sell them to acquaintances?

[@powerofvintage9442]

Yes to both.

[@ecdhe]

@@powerofvintage9442 do you have a link (or username) of the eBay account? I don't see it in your channel description

[@powerofvintage9442]

Send me a message to the KZbin email.

[@jfloydsea]

@@powerofvintage9442where is that? I don’t see one listed in your channel’s about page.

[@julitomovil]

Yo tengo un atari stfm que al arrancar lee de las disquetra y cuando intenta iniciar salen 2 o 4 bombas y se reinicia y la pantalla sale como con unas pintas. voy a intentar cambiar los chips rom por si estan mal son 2 lo compre en ebay

[@powerofvintage9442]

Trying the ROM's is a good first step. Just reseating the ROM chips can often solve that too.

[@julitomovil]

@@powerofvintage9442 los quite y los puse pero nada. voy a ver si le pongo unos nuevos por que pienso que estan mal porque meto un disco y lo lee y salen los acc del disco en pantalla pero al intentar entrar al gem se cuelga con 2 o 4 bombas y se reinicia. ya te comento a ver que pasa cuando coloque las nuevas ROM

[@jfloydsea]

What model dell is that monitor?

[@powerofvintage9442]

dell se2722h. On my 1040STe with the STE536, the video is pristine...zero jailbars.

[@timcross3461]

​@@powerofvintage9442I have the same monitor with my STs. Works great with Amigas too. Can the jailbars be corrected like a C64?

[@Steril707]

Probably been asked a thousand times to you, but which ST is your favorite one, mate? :)

[@powerofvintage9442]

Tough question. 1 - The 520ST (short body) is my favorite because it was the one I had growing up and brings back the most memories. 2 - Favorite design is the Mega STe (or TT). It’s not some boring box and has some really interesting style. 3 - Favorite for daily use / tinkering is the Falcon as it has the relatively easy CPU upgrade area with the best video out while still an ST at heart.

[@earx23]

The long button drives are the first generation. They're Toshiba and really noisy. My experience is they fail after about 5 years of normal use. The short button drives are much more reliable. The one in the Falcon lasted like forever.

[@powerofvintage9442]

That's been my experience as well. I've only had one fail small button drive and I have a large drawer fully filled of non functional large button drives that I have put hours into trying to repair (I am still trying, I promise).

[@earx23]

@@powerofvintage9442 This level of persistence is commendable. I wouldn't know where things go wrong, exactly. They just go BWWWAAAAPP all the time ;-) If it's a belt drive, then maybe replace the belt? Sometimes I read stuff about cleaning, but I really wouldn't know.

[@powerofvintage9442]

@@earx23 It isn't the belt or the drive. I've been able to get most of them working as "single sided" drives, but they are actually doublesided. I believe it's a read head alignment issue. Very fiddly.

[@Retroguyuk75]

Why did Atari make so many boards?....

[@powerofvintage9442]

Some fixes, some likely cost reductions, I believe there was a point where the blitter chip was to be added prior to the STe’s being released.

[@Retroguyuk75]

@@powerofvintage9442 I still laugh 🤣 at myself when I thought 💭🤔 they had left out my blister chip , but no! Integrated one! Few...

[@FXGreggan.]

And none of them used the SOJ ram chips that are in my ST.. mine must be an odd revision cuz I haven't seen another ST that uses them :) I do have 8 extra SOJ chips giving 4MB total that I'm looking to trade for a ST keyboard controller chip.. if anyone want to make a trade just let me know :)

[@powerofvintage9442]

Those are the surface mount chips right? There is an RMC video highlighting upgrading one of those boards I believe here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZm9YYhomtinfKM

[@FXGreggan.]

@@powerofvintage9442 Ahh first other similar revision I've seen :) Yes SOJ's are kinda similar to DIP but with the legs bent in under the package in a J-shape so they can be surface mount.. it's a bit of oddball package that didn't exist long in manufacturing :)

[@mikecaster4612]

That is why you haven't replied to my email - your too busy.

[@powerofvintage9442]

So sorry, I think I did now, right?

[@mikecaster4612]

@@powerofvintage9442 I sent you an email to your gmail account.

[@powerofvintage9442]

I don't see it. Are you sending to contact.powerofvintage.com ?

[@powerofvintage9442]

Oops [e-mail] I left out the gmail

[@mikecaster4612]

@@powerofvintage9442 I left out the "contact".