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[DarkLord]

Was playing around with my STacy and some left over parts when I noticed
there was a difference between 2 of the bottom bases. The older one, ending
in serial number #131, doesn't have the odd mystery port or cover we talked
about in this thread:

http://www.atari-for...hp?f=15&t=21838

The 2nd bottom base, a newer one, ending in serial #654, does have the
port and cover for the mystery port.

Any other STacy users care to see if their machines do or do not have this
mystery port, and what their serial numbers are? Just out of curiosity's
sake...

[poobah]

1962, no mystery port

[DarkLord]

poobah, on Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:19 PM, said:

1962, no mystery port

Er...had to google that. I'm assuming you're referencing the year VME got its
start?

[jens]

Serial number?

[DarkLord]

Oh wow - what an odd coincidence!

Jens, I know, I know, I had just asked for serial #s and if they had the odd port or not, but I
had just gotten up when I read that and went in a whole different direction. If you google
vme 1962, its actually connected!

Like I said, how odd!

Thanks for the reply though.

[atarianer2003]

#315, no mystery port

[DarkLord]

Nice. Its looking like its a VME port. I seriously wonder what Atari would have done with it (if anything),
if they and the STacy had continued.

Here is a pic of the VME port specs/standards so you can see how it matches up:

[jens]

Well, do we have to search for VME ports on plain Mega ST's as well?