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Oops. You are quite correct. Forgot about that one because on my Falcon it does not work. <- Lame excuse but true. Good catch, thanks for correcting me! Cheers, T.

Right. Set LogBase and PhysBase to $0. Where is the magic? Booooo-gus. What lights? If I remember correctly and interpret the lack of LEDs for CAPS/NUM/etc. in my Falcon and my Mega ST correctly, one cannot toggle any LEDs on the KBD because there are none. I believe that the power LED on Falcon/Mega/[TT?] KBDs is wired to power (5V?) straight through. My opinion: Goodness, what a bunch of crap. But unfortunately it is well written and therefore has been made believable but nonetheless it represents improper spreading of false facts. Please correct me if I am wrong. My knowledge might be quite rusty. Cheers, T.

I had something very similar happening to my old SM124. In the end the unit gave up the ghost due to a faulty capacitor in the power supply. The capacitor had started leaking and the PS environment heated up the leaked electrolyte so much that it started to smell like the typical "yep, there's soon going to be trouble with a capacitor"-smell. Bottom line: have a quick look at the capacitors of your SC1224's power supply. Cheers, T.

Works just fine for me.

It is back!

Oh boy, you bet. When I had the first 3.5" floppy in my hands I thought that it cannot get better than this. Those things seemed to be indestructible. Cheers, T.

That is exactly how it is with mine, too. One curiosity though. When I am using Kobold to copy files (no verify) around, even large amounts (10s of MB), then the read and the write speed are A-OK and about the same. Cheers, Thomas

None on the horizon. I want to keep the Falcon in its own case and do not know how to fit an AT power supply into the case. Cheers, Thomas

Option 1 seems to me to be the most reasonable when it comes to amount of work. Add a note to the web page about it and sit tight for another week. After that the options will have cooked down to 2 and three anyway. Cheers, Thomas

Hi folks, somehow I did not bother to add my Falcon "saga" to this thread for the last three months. Perhaps it is a good New Year's resolution to add it now, including all the add-ons that I got since the "fatal" purchase. - I got a stock Falcon 030 w/o any MB modifications. - I have to say that the Falson was in mint condition; it still has the protective sticky plastic foil on the the Falcon logo. - 4MB RAM - TOS 4.02. - S/N: 43402-2002446, original configuration was 4MB, 80MB HDD, according to the label. - Genuine Atari STM1 in mint condition! - Steinberg Cubase Audio Clock (CAC) was included. - Original HDD had been replaced with a Toshiba 4GB HDD which was very noisy. Meaning of this was that it would be about to die very soon due to a busted bearing. But that's expected when you buy a gazillion years old computer - not a problem at all. If you mind such things, don't buy a used car! - NV-RAM dead, as expected after so many years. See above about used cars. That's what I got then. Now here is what I got since, including the money and time spent so far. Talk about addiction. Or let me think... That is exactly how the Mac world works, no? Perhaps the following itemisation of my spendings can serve as a deterrent for prospective Falcon buyers. You should really know what you are getting into, and, perhaps most of all, have a very supportive better half. - Got a VGA adaptor and a Wizztronics 4/16MB RAM expansion w. a compatible 16MB RAM SIMM from Best (US$155.55 incl. shipping). Installation of the RAM expansion board took five minutes. It was actually a replacement because it replaced the genuine Atari 4MB RAM board. - I am not telling you that I got a new DMA cable for my Mega ST1/Megafile30 and an ST/VGA cable from Best, too. If I did, you would consider me - rightfully - as nuts. - Removed the clock/NV-RAM chip, put in a low profile socket and a new DS12887. Got both at a bargain from Mouser Electronics (US$13.19 incl. shipping). Other vendors did not have a low profile socket or the DS12887 (or compatible from other vendors) in stock. Not for the faint of heart! Soldering skills are really necessary for this. Removing the old chip including the old cemented solder cost me one pad that I had to fix. While sucking the old solder out, a trace came off. No problem, I could fix it with some solder and Kapton tape. Took me, including the disassembly, the busted pad and trace and the assembly, two hours. - Added an MC68882RC33, clocked at stock 8/16MHz. Got this one at a bargain price (US$19.95, free shipping) from a seller here in the US. Compared to the NV-RAM/clock chip this was a no-brainer: Just plug the thing in and you are done. Took only five minutes to install. - Bought HDDriver from Uwe Seimet (EUR48.00 = US$68.77). Installation is an absolute no-brainer. But you should really wait for the manual! BTW: Worth every cent, great support! - Replaced the HDD and added an SD-card reader (US$9.95) plus a 16GB SD-card (US$20.00). Awesome! Obe caveat that I noticed afterwards: The SD-card reader does not have a jumper for Master/Slave mode. Result: see next item. - Got a 44pin HDD cable with two connectors to try out if the SD-card reader supports Master/Slave mode (US$13.98). Result: no. Should have gone with the more expensive SD-card reader. Took me like two days to figure this out - yes, I know that I am a slow learner. Somehow I refused to accept the reality: A 10$ SD-card reader that is Master/Slave-compatible? You must be kidding! - Using our "old" 1280*1024 LC-display for the Falcon in VGA mode. Flipside is that I had to buy a new LC-display for my wife (US$145.00). Result: wife is happy with much nicer LC-display for playing her games, I am happy with great displaying of the Falcon. - The mouse was starting to annoy me. So I got one of those PS/2-USB-ST adaptors and a genuine PS-2/USB mouse (BRP17.94 = US$29.52 (adaptor) + US$7.94 (mouse)). BTW: Awesome! It works great! - I stole the speakers from our Linux server. No problem since it is a Mac Mini PPC and has a built-in speaker anyway and it is a server after all. My wife still has the new LC-display which has speakers built-in. Phew. Pending orders. Yes, I committed myself to more stuff. Yes, I am insane. - I am getting really annoyed by carrying the Falcon through the house to connect it to our Linux server for transferring files that I downloaded from the inter-web. Therefore I got a NetUSBee (EUR59.80 = US$84.30). - While I was on a spending spree anyway, I decided that I had to upgrade my TOS to 4.04. And what os easier that to do it yourself? So why not buy an eprommer? No problem, that is exactly what I did (EUR60.00 = $81.62 US$). Fortunately this will include a GAL prommer that I can use to program new GALs if the ones in the Falcon ever cease to exist. Unfortunately I would need a new Atari to do that because I will get rid of my Mega ST. I promised that to my better half and you know how these things usually work out. So in the end I spent much more than I ever imagined. But this is why I call it a hobby. No real use but only joy. I hope somebody will find this useful. Cheers, Thomas

My Mega-ST1 has a PAK68/2 and needs KAOS 1.4 as TOS replacement.

Sorry mate, but Midi has 31.25 kBit/s transfer rate, which is 30.something kB/s. I hazard a guess that even the oldest Atari disk drive could match that.

That would be awfully inconvenient for the CT63 owners if it did. The Falcon has already an MC68030 cpu running at 16MHz so the TOS 4.x has to accomodate for that. The ST and Mega ST TOSes did not support MC68010 and higher. My Mega ST 1 has a PAK68/2 and needs KAOS instead of TOS.

The mouse that I got from Ebay (PS/2 Mouse works perfectly with the adapter and an additional PS/2 to USB adapter (from AMazon PS/2 to USB adapter for only US$3.98). The resolution is great and movement is so smooth. Just awesome.

I can report as soon as I get my PS/2 to USB adapter. Should arrive tomorrow. Stay tuned. Cheers, Thomas

Yes there was at least the first Starglider issue on a single disk, booting on Amiga and Atari ST.

Guys, relax. It is really an error coming from AF's web server. If you read the footer carefully "Apache/2 Server at www.atari-forum.com Port 80" then you'll come to realise that it is neither a DNS nor a blocked IP issue. So lean back, relax, have a cup of tea and let the guys at AF install the back-up. Cheers, Thomas

The mouse is availabe with free shipping in the US at US$ 7.84 from Amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-PS-Optical-Wheel-Mouse/dp/B000HGMMH6]. Wow! I just ordered one. :-) Cheers, Thomas

Pasti images can only be used on Windows and Pasti seems to be closed source. So the value of it is questionable. Cheers, Thomas

Yes, you can use the SC1224. The PAL comes only into play when you hook up a TV. Cheers, Thomas

At Best Electronics in CA: CB101513R, $85.00. Perhaps they throw at this price the cable in, too. :-)