macatari Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I’m so excited! I had a Mega STe from 1992 to 1995 and now I have one again. My story: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/finding-a-mega-ste 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chri O. Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Back in the days I had Mega 2 (4 MB) with 16 MHz ICD ADspeed, lovely piece of hardware🙂 I really missed that piece of Hardware unfortunately that was a buy venture with my brother which let's just say it didn't work out too well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macatari Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 My Dad had a Mega 2. Great keyboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Believe me, had money been no object I would have loved to get a Mega STe along with a Mac emulator. But I was still happy with my 1040 STe which got me through college... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chri O. Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) I am still happy with my 1040 Atari ST/e (4MB) with the prototype hard drive I've been building. I've been also working hard on Atari Falcon DSP digital interface. (ADAT-SPDIF- IN OUT) Edited April 8, 2023 by Chri O. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 17 hours ago, macatari said: I’m so excited! I had a Mega STe from 1992 to 1995 and now I have one again. My story: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/finding-a-mega-ste Congratulations. There is nothing quite like reacquiring a piece of hardware that you loved. I really need to get my Mega4 out and setup again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) I got massively lucky in 2016. Got a mint in box Mega STe with SC1224 monitor for $400. Since I already have a mighty SC1435 (since 1991 or so), I sold the SC1224, so you can technically say that I got the MSTe for under $300. It is probably my favorite computer, and I have 24. Glad to hear that you own one again! Edited April 9, 2023 by Zap! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayneb123 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 1:27 PM, macatari said: I’m so excited! I had a Mega STe from 1992 to 1995 and now I have one again. My story: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/finding-a-mega-ste Did you get the recent one that went for 456 Euros? It was tempting for me but I just had a big surprise bill, I was surprised to see it sell so low with a Matrix M128 graphics card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macatari Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wayneb123 said: Did you get the recent one that went for 456 Euros? It was tempting for me but I just had a big surprise bill, I was surprised to see it sell so low with a Matrix M128 graphics card. Nope, that's not the one I got. A graphics card would have been cool, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctorx Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I recently acquired a mega st 4 for a relatively reasonable price… i like the separate keyboard from the rest of the computer - but i have to say the mega ste/tt30 form factor is one of the most sexy case designs i’ve ever seen. Bar none. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Agreed. Ira Velinsky did well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I second DarkLord's agreement. I've always thought that case design was one of the best looking computer cases ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oky2000 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I had a MSTE about 2 decades ago, I got it from a market stall for £80. It had a problem though, when plugged into a colour monitor it would still try to display the high resolution mode and nearly fried my SC1224. I couldn't find a way to fix it so I sold it. I personally prefer the original Mega ST case design, looks great with a Megafile on top and the monitors. I have a Mega 2 where the case was cut to fit a standard STFM drive in there which is annoying. Can't remember which keyboard I prefer but both are very high quality. Again, the original Mega keyboard with rhomboid function keys is the one I prefer the look of as well. I have 2 or 3 Megas, and 2 MSTE units. The autobooting HDD and HD floppy is very useful on my MSTEs and they are my fav' to use. The 16mhz CPU is very useful for some games too just to give it a little bit of a boost. When I have some space to set up more machines I will set up my MSTE and matching mono monitor along with a 14" Trinitron + SCART RGB cable for colour use and load up the drive with some of my fav' games and applications like Neochrome etc. Having a hard drive makes all the difference for non gaming creative stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 It's actually quite a difference for those all those adapted games as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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