Help With Atari 1040STF

[eagleeyes8]

I am new to the world of Atari, and have purchased a 1040 STF and a SM124 monitor. I intend to use this setup to run Cubase.

Could someone please tell me how to check the amount of memory this particular machine has, how to add more memory, and on the monitor, i have a blank space around the cubase software of about an inch and a half, how can i get the application to fill up more of the screen, i see no controls on the monitor to help me do this...Any ideas?

thank you

steve hayes

eagleeyes8@aol.com

[Inky]

I am new to the world of Atari, and have purchased a 1040 STF and a SM124 monitor. I intend to use this setup to run Cubase.

Could someone please tell me how to check the amount of memory this particular machine has, how to add more memory, and on the monitor, i have a blank space around the cubase software of about an inch and a half, how can i get the application to fill up more of the screen, i see no controls on the monitor to help me do this...Any ideas?

thank you  

steve hayes

eagleeyes8@aol.com

 

Well, by default the 1040 has 1 meg of ram. As for checking it and adding, I don't really remember on that.

 

As far as the border, that's just one of the annoying features of the ST

[Han]

Check out this link to find out how to change the screen size of your SM124 monitor:

 

http://chimo.unimo.it/~vezz/atari/hardware/video.html

 

About checking the memroy.... hmmm... can't remeber how, sorry.

 

Good luck!

[atarian1]

Most Atari 1040STs come with 1 MB of memory. To expand the memory, you'll need a memory upgrade board. The best one is the Marpet XtraRAM SIMM board which upgrades your memory to its maximum of 4MB which should give you a lot of breathing room to work with in Cubase.

 

However, installing this upgrade will require some soldering. So if you're competent with the soldering iron, it shouldn't be too bad to install. Otherwise, outfitting services are available in the US for a fee. The board itself is available from Best Electronics (http://www.best-electronics-ca.com) for $90.

 

To checkout what your system has, you'll need a program called Sysinfo. It can be found here: http://www.retrosite.de/emulator/atarist/a...aristbench.html

[Noble Kale]

The border is removed in a number of applications (you can do things in asm to get rid of it), but if it's already there for some apps, you're basically stuck with it.

The adjustment dials on the monitor are generally found on the back, though they're not the kind of thing you want to fiddle with. Why? because they're very badly designed. You need to stick a screwdriver into the hole to move the dial, and you can't see what you're doing... and if you bend one of the dials, boy are you in trouble....

[Raku O'Gaia]

I am a new member of the Atari community having inherited some 1040's and SM28's. I want to use the with Cubase but am in total need of education about both systems. Where can i go to get good advise, tuition.

 

Thanks in anticipation,

 

Raku

[Paolo]

I think that Tim's Atari Midi World is the place to visit! Atari and MIDI everywhere.

http://tamw.atari-users.net

then there is this french (but there is the english version) site full of Atari and MIDI, Musique.Atari.Org, very friendly

http://atari.georezo.net/index.htm

And then for your hacks, there is Vezz Atari Hacks

http://atarihacks.cjb.net/

 

Have fun in this whole new world!

Paolo

 

P.S. you will find LOADS of ACCs (accessories) that tell you everything on the status of your ST, but we aren't on PCs now, and you don't really need to know much, here everything works fine :-)