Atari ST (was: Re: VERY good weekend)

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Sat Jun 15 05:46:36 2002

 I've had an LCD Link for using SCSI peripherals for some time. I used a
Syquest EZ135 with it until the Syquest died. Also a SCSI CD with
Extendos. I dont know if there are SCSI HD size limitations tho.

Lawrence

> >1040ST's were some of the most widely built version of the ST's, they appear
> >most often in swap meets and on Ebay and usually you can get a nice setup with
> >monitor for anywhere from $20-$30 on Ebay. The 1040ST's also have a deeper
> >case design and lots of room for the many expansions both commercial and
> >homebrew that are available, several include the 1.44mb floppy upgrade, IDE hd,
> >cpu upgrade and memory upgrade. There are also a few new homebrew upgrades
> >like the ASCI to ISA bus that allows you to use standard NE2000 network cards
> >and hook your ST up to the Internet, CAB 2.7 and another newer browsers are
> >available and there are multiple email, realplayer compatible, PDF reader
> >compatible, newsgroup utils available to totally equip your ST for Internet
> >use. I would highly Papyrus word processor, it is excellent. Also look into
> >using MiNT and the replacement desktops.... especially Jinnee which has a cross
> >Mac/Win9x look and feel...
>
> Weren't internal options, such as hard disks, made for the
> the Mega by 3rd party developers or was that only for the MegaSTE?
> I've always wanted to expand my Mega above the standard SH204 hard
> disk and SM124 monitor but never got around to buying anything other
> than TOS 1.04 from Toad before they exited the Atari market. If
> nothing else, one of the ICD interfaces might be cool.
>
> Jeff
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