Comments on: Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: nick http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18394 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:03:48 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18394 1986 was the yeat our family got a 520STFM, upgraded to 1040 spec. worst part of the ST design was the mouse/joystick ports underneath the computer, which got cracked at the motherboard twice due to me and my brother wanting to plug the joystick in to play games and having to go for repairs, then we found short port extensions which sorted that out. I remember cutting my finger on those rough rf sheild lugs, installing a tweety board onto the yamaha sound chip which gave a split 3 channel out and then having to make even more rf sheilding to cover the hack. loved the atari and still got it, though no.4 key got smashed off, also remember TOS stood for tramiel operating system and ST stood for Sam Tramiel who Jacks son. very fond memorys of this great machine 1986 was the yeat our family got a 520STFM, upgraded to 1040 spec.
worst part of the ST design was the mouse/joystick ports underneath the computer, which got cracked at the motherboard twice due to me and my brother wanting to plug the joystick in to play games and having to go for repairs, then we found short port extensions which sorted that out. I remember cutting my finger on those rough rf sheild lugs, installing a tweety board onto the yamaha sound chip which gave a split 3 channel out and then having to make even more rf sheilding to cover the hack. loved the atari and still got it, though no.4 key got smashed off, also remember TOS stood for tramiel operating system and ST stood for Sam Tramiel who Jacks son. very fond memorys of this great machine

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: xdr http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18116 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:03:36 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18116 Owned a 1040 STe in 1990, sold it, and now i own a 1040 STfm. Love the machine. Check out the game: FRED! Owned a 1040 STe in 1990, sold it, and now i own a 1040 STfm. Love the machine.
Check out the game: FRED!

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: 8bitjeff http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18101 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:41:59 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18101 Wow, the 520 ST and the 1040 STFM were my two favorite computers from the 80's. We had to buy the 520 in 1987 from the back of a guy's truck in a parking lot in Orange County California. In 1988 we purchased a the 1040 from a Federated Group in the Old Town Mall in Torrance California. My favorite games were Megaroids (yes, the free game with Megamax C), Oids, Anco Kick Off 2, Anco Player Manager, Phantasie I II III, Wizards Crown, Arknaod 2, Foundations Waste, and many many more. What a great little arcade machine! Wow, the 520 ST and the 1040 STFM were my two favorite computers from the 80′s. We had to buy the 520 in 1987 from the back of a guy's truck in a parking lot in Orange County California. In 1988 we purchased a the 1040 from a Federated Group in the Old Town Mall in Torrance California. My favorite games were Megaroids (yes, the free game with Megamax C), Oids, Anco Kick Off 2, Anco Player Manager, Phantasie I II III, Wizards Crown, Arknaod 2, Foundations Waste, and many many more. What a great little arcade machine!

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: Gozar http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18088 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:06:17 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18088 The article also states that the ST could only read, not write ms-dos disks, which is untrue. If the disk was formatted in a pc you could use the disks tow read/write in both systems. If it was formatted on the st, than the pc could read it. There were programs for the st to let you format disks that worked under ms-dos. I still have my ST hooked up, along with my MegaSTe, Falcon 030, and my ST Book. I wish I had some pictures of me using it back then, but I don't know of any. :-( The article also states that the ST could only read, not write ms-dos disks, which is untrue. If the disk was formatted in a pc you could use the disks tow read/write in both systems. If it was formatted on the st, than the pc could read it. There were programs for the st to let you format disks that worked under ms-dos.

I still have my ST hooked up, along with my MegaSTe, Falcon 030, and my ST Book. I wish I had some pictures of me using it back then, but I don't know of any. :-(

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: Andy http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18069 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:00:47 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18069 25 years already??!! I don't have my 1040ST anymore but I do still have (for some odd reason) a dongle-like device called Spectre 128 which would let me emulate a Mac... so I could run GO for the Macintosh, and some circuit simulator software. On native ST my favorite game was Star Fleet I, where you got to fight the Krellans and Zaldrons. Maybe there's an ST emulator out there somewhere? 25 years already??!!
I don't have my 1040ST anymore but I do still have (for some odd reason) a dongle-like device called Spectre 128 which would let me emulate a Mac… so I could run GO for the Macintosh, and some circuit simulator software.

On native ST my favorite game was Star Fleet I, where you got to fight the Krellans and Zaldrons.

Maybe there's an ST emulator out there somewhere?

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: kickback999 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18065 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:40:19 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18065 Well the ST could have a happily handled Dune 2 or Wolf 3D. It took until Doom for the PC to beat the ST. But the Falcon could have handled doom. Pity ID and Westwood are both shit programmers and lazy as fuck. Well the ST could have a happily handled Dune 2 or Wolf 3D.
It took until Doom for the PC to beat the ST.
But the Falcon could have handled doom.
Pity ID and Westwood are both shit programmers and lazy as fuck.

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: 8bitjeff http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18033 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:01:05 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18033 We had a 520 in 1987 and then a 1040 in 1988. Those were awesome machines with great games that were light years ahead of the Atari 800 / c=64 (Although the Atari 800 is my second favorite retro computer). We had to get a PC in 1992 to do school work. The games were terrible and did not get to / surpass ST quality until Wolf 3D and Dune II. We had a 520 in 1987 and then a 1040 in 1988. Those were awesome machines with great games that were light years ahead of the Atari 800 / c=64 (Although the Atari 800 is my second favorite retro computer). We had to get a PC in 1992 to do school work. The games were terrible and did not get to / surpass ST quality until Wolf 3D and Dune II.

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: Josh Renaud http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18024 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:09:38 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18024 Re: TOS Wikipedia's ST entry also says "Total Operating System" (though there is no supporting reference for it). Perhaps an editor looked it up there? What's funny to me is that several of the source documents the Wikipedia article does cite say that TOS = "The Operating System." Re: TOS

Wikipedia's ST entry also says "Total Operating System" (though there is no supporting reference for it). Perhaps an editor looked it up there?

What's funny to me is that several of the source documents the Wikipedia article does cite say that TOS = "The Operating System."

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: Josh Renaud http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18023 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:07:01 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18023 Very nice tear-down. We used a 520ST which my dad had received from my uncle. I later purchased a 1040STe on my own. We owned all our Ataris several years after they had debuted, so we were a bit behind the times. But I loved (and still love) those machines a lot. Too bad Atari couldn't make more of a dent in the U.S. market. I stuck with my Atari until around 2001 or so. Very nice tear-down. We used a 520ST which my dad had received from my uncle. I later purchased a 1040STe on my own.

We owned all our Ataris several years after they had debuted, so we were a bit behind the times. But I loved (and still love) those machines a lot. Too bad Atari couldn't make more of a dent in the U.S. market.

I stuck with my Atari until around 2001 or so.

]]> Comment on Inside the Atari 1040STf (25th Anniversary) by: Marakatti http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18020 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:59:02 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/641#comment-18020 Nice, article. Got my first ST in 1990 and I'm on that road still. Sadly no fotos but those were the days. Still using one along with Falcon030 every week for our software preservation project, take a look for some nice memories :) Long live Atari ST and also have a look at some ST / STe celebration demos: http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-save-the-earth_s17287.html http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-20-years-atari-st-megademo_23716.html http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-20-years-ste-megademo_23714.html Nice, article. Got my first ST in 1990 and I'm on that road still. Sadly no fotos but those were the days.
Still using one along with Falcon030 every week for our software preservation project, take a look for some nice memories :)

Long live Atari ST and also have a look at some ST / STe celebration demos:
http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-save-the-earth_s17287.html
http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-20-years-atari-st-megademo_23716.html
http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-st-20-years-ste-megademo_23714.html

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