Nice! My 520ST, the external floppy is aftermarket. I had one of the Atari floppies but it was a single sided version I think. Sold it at one of the swapmeets. I plan to do the 4MB upgrade and internal ACSI2SD. I have a Mega 2 and I mounted an UltraSatan inside of it since the internal floppy doesn't work. I should mess with it more. - Ethan
Here is my system: https://www.vintagecomputer.net/atari/520ST/
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 9:18 AM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
A few things. The Atari SC1224 monitor is pretty tiny physically, so someone should be able to wrap it pretty well and it survive.
The SH314 floppy, I can't find a picture. But I can say that both my Mega 2 ST and Atari STacy have a style of floppy where the drive has an awesome looking contour that matches the case. Neither work. Something with age takes them out, and I never figured out what. If anyone knows, please advise.
Side thing regarding Atari ST:
I built this ACSI2SD board using the blue pill STM chip. I dig it. I plan to lay out a circuit board that:
1 You remove the DB19 from an Atari ST and solder this new board into the Atari that takes place of DB19
2 It would expose SD, USB and a switch to switch DC power between atari and USB(for firmware updates) through the DB19 hole on back of case
3 It has solder holes for the removed DB19 internally, it's not usable but a placeholder to keep the part with the machine inside (need to figure out clearing metal sheilds)
4 3d printed plate to cover the DB19 hole and allow access to ports
Maybe a version for the STacy when I get around to opening mine back up. I did a ribbon cable that goes to someone else's ASCI2SD board meants for DB19, but it's sloppy as all hell.
This wouldn't require a blue pill board, I'm trying to put those directly on PCB to make the whole thing smaller and internal.
On Thu, 3 Mar 2022, Joseph Giliberti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Greetings!
Title says it all. Only interested in working pieces. Not interested in risking sending a CRT through the mail. Let me know what you have privately.
Thanks! Joe Giliberti