Atari 1024ST-FM questions... - comp.sys.atari.st

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Edward S. Baiz Jr.

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From: "Edward S. Baiz Jr." <edbai...@comcast.net>

Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:10:38 +0400 (MET DST)

Local: Sat, May 10 2008 12:10 am

Subject: Re: Atari 1024ST-FM questions...

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> Found and bought an Atari ST (1024 FM) tonight for $3!
>Figured I should grab it up, years ago I bought a 520 FM
>and never was able to do much with it, considering its
>lack of memory and single-sided floppy drive.

> This one is in good cosmetic shape, apart from the
>'Backspace' key steam broken (nothing some crazy
>glue won't fix) and coming with a generic PC serial
>mouse with an AM/AT switch on bottom. Still, I'm now
>wondering if it's dead or alive...

> Plugged into the RF connector to my TV set but all I
>get is a black screen. If I tap on the keyboard, I get a
>"beep" feedback sound through the TV's speakers if
>that means anything. I can hear the floppy drive trying
>to seek, looking for a disk for about a minute, but when
>it gives up, GEM does *not* load up. Shouldn't be in ROM?
>The power LED for the floppy stays lit up orange, it never
>goes out. Shouldn't I see some image on screen?

Hello,

You could have some loose chips and possibly the memory chips. I would take
off the cover and just press down on all of the chips and then try it again. I
had one do the same thing and this worked for me.

--
Edward S. Baiz Jr.
(Gamer)

Falcon 030 16meg of Ram

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