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Tickled_Pink

Member Since 30 Apr 2003
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Faulty Atari STE floppy - possible to replace?

Sun Mar 4, 2012 3:55 AM

I've started testing some of the stuff I have in the garage and the first 520STE I've tried seems to have a faulty floppy drive. It's making a hell of a whining noise when spinning up. It's managed to read one disk but is failing on all the others. I have attached a couple of external Cumana drives and they both do a better job of reading the floppies.

I have a spare 1.44Mb floppy drive and was wondering if it's possible to stick that in there. Even better if it's possible to get it working in both 720K and 1.44Mb floppy modes.

Any games you've bought recently but just can't be arsed completing?

Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:50 AM

I was just thinking about some of the games we've bought in the past few months. There are two 'big name' games we've bought that I've left halfway through but am in no hurry to finish. They are (drum roll) ...


Batman: Arkham Asylum ... And ...

MW3!

Probably get round to them one day.

Just picked up a boxed 1029

Wed Feb 1, 2012 2:35 PM

The 1029 seems pretty hard to find these days. Think I've seen a couple on eBay in the past couple of years.

I have mine from 1987 but in a couple of house moves, the top covers had been lost (wife probably threw them out). So I've been on the lookout for replacements. Best don't do them because they were only sold in Europe, despite them seemingly selling the ribbons. So when I saw a 1029 available for NOTHING on another site, I thought - what the heck. The shipping was also a lot less than I expected. Hell, even the wife couldn't complain about it.

Just turned up today. Complete and BOXED. With poly inserts. The box is in excellent condition. Must have been stored away carefully for years. Haven't turned the thing on yet, though, so no idea if it works. Whether it works or not, I couldn't care less. I'm stoked just to have the box. :P

Vectrex dead! :'(

Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:24 AM

Today, I retrieved my Vectrex from the old house, turn it on to demonstrate its awesomeness to a 14 year old and ... Nothing!

Last time I had it switched on was 18 months ago and it worked. Since then it's been subjected to two house moves. The last one where it was stored in a cold damp and dusty garage for 3 months.

There is power going into it. I can see a glow through the air vents. But there's no sound or video at all. Even the swarm of bees has left the hive. It's completely dead.

Could it be the conditions it was stored in?

Using a PC power supply?

Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:19 AM

Is there anything I should know about a PC power supply that could stop me from modifying one to power my 8-bit hardware?

Just think it would help my under desk nightmare and PSU shortage issues ... And be a simple project to do - if there are no hidden nasties.

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