herr professor Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 hello I have a dead keyboard/mouse(?) on my falcon. It boots to desktop fine but I can get any input devices to work. I have just moved to the ny city area and money is kinda tight right now for me to send it out to any of the atari repair companies. I am wondering if any locals with reapi experience could maybe help me get this sucker working so I can start using it for some midi work. Hopefully we can work something out... love Peter Lewis swimm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.R Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 Have you tried opening up your Falcon? Check to see if the keyboard connection is correctly inplace on the main motherboard. If it has come loose then both your keyboard and mouse (+ joystick) will not function properly or not at all! Let me know how you go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 This is a bit embarressing but when I had owned my 520 ST for a year or two it suddenly stopped responding to joystick/mouse movement. I'm no service technician but on the other hand I reaaaaally wanted to play some games so I opened the machine up and found a 3 inch thick layer of dust on top of the joystick connectors. I lifted the dust of the connectors and everything worked. Hope this is of any help to you. Cheers! Troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr professor Posted September 17, 2003 Author Share Posted September 17, 2003 Im pretty sure its busted... the cable connector appears to be fine, and amber light comes on and stays on whne the thing boots. Is that a power led or an error light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.R Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 If its the power light (bottom left corner of the machine) then no its fine. If the disk light is staying on, then something is wrong! I would suggest checking the floppy cable, to see if it is connected properly. The machine will not boot if it cannot find the floppy drive! Try that and get back to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr professor Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 check your email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.R Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Sorry! That email address is loaded with spam. I think I deleted your email by accident. (oops) Ive updated my email, to a new address. Please send all emails there. Thanx (I won't delete them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.R Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Actually, nevermind. I found your email in the trash can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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