Active ST forum?

[Bikerbob]

So, assuming this gets read.

 

Are there other more active ST sites?

 

Is there just lesss discussion for STs?

 

Just wondering. Or maybe STs were just that one step closer to generic PCs and there was not as must long term interest and nastaliga as there is with the 8-bits?

 

James

[GroovyBee]

The most active ST forum :-

 

http://www.atari-forum.com

[ataricrypt]

I love me olde Atari ST ... well, all of them! Never owned an 8-bit Atari tbh.

I find places like the groups on Facebook are best, along with others, like twitter to a point. Atari-Forum is a great place but it depends what you're looking for I guess? AtariAge always seems more for the older Atari's to me... Hey, there is also AtariCrypt too!

[Christos]

And of course there are the non english forums like atari-home.de that are also active

[kimchipenguin]

German only:

http://st-computer.atariuptodate.de/

 

English/German:

http://www.atariuptodate.de

 

As for forums - yes, atari-forum.com and atari-home.de are probably the most active ones for their respective language.

[+DarkLord]

Atari Forum is quite a bit more active, ST wise. That being said, Atari Age has the advantage

of offering 8bit forums, Jaguar, Lynx, etc,...

 

I for one would never be caught dead declaring the ST was just "one step closer to generic PCs".

[Tillek]

I for one would never be caught dead declaring the ST was just "one step closer to generic PCs".

Well, maybe in the way that walking up each stair on a staircase is "one step closer to the moon".

[+DarkLord]

Well, maybe in the way that walking up each stair on a staircase is "one step closer to the moon".

 

Or to the STars?

[anzac]

_{i thought this would get some answers going.... never had an Atari 8-bit system, though maybe i´ll get one in the future. all my Atari experiences were ST based. from an 520STfm (later upgraded to 1MB), a MegaST that was my uncle´s machine, then finally an STe for me that i personally upgraded to 4MB when i was maybe 12-14 years old...}

 

_{i don´t post much in forums though i follow the topics as best as i can. life managed to get all my Atari machines from me and for years i have dreamed of replacing my STe (better than go ask my ex-wife is she still keeps it in the shed or thrown it away)....}

 

_{bigger dreams.... having one day a MegaSTe or a Falcon... the machines i wanted as a teen watching the Atari magic fade and go away.}

 

_{20 years of work in IT followed and recently in craigslist style site we have in Portugal, i saw a listing for some music equipment including some Atari related. i contacted the person, who was a professional musical technician and he still had the Falcon and was willing to sell it!}

 

_{better yet, he didn´t ask for the sky! it was actually something i could afford, since it was in the same country but relatively far from me, i had a friend that lives nearby pick it up and he will ship it to me this week....}

 

_{i confess that i wait eagerly to actually seeing a Falcon, turn it on and see the magic working again...}

Edited July 13, 2016 by anzac

[Fletch]

_{i thought this would get some answers going.... never had an Atari 8-bit system, though maybe i´ll get one in the future. all my Atari experiences were ST based. from an 520STfm (later upgraded to 1MB), a MegaST that was my uncle´s machine, then finally an STe for me that i personally upgraded to 4MB when i was maybe 12-14 years old...}

 

_{i don´t post much in forums though i follow the topics as best as i can. life managed to get all my Atari machines from me and for years i have dreamed of replacing my STe (better than go ask my ex-wife is she still keeps it in the shed or thrown it away)....}

 

_{bigger dreams.... having one day a MegaSTe or a Falcon... the machines i wanted as a teen watching the Atari magic fade and go away.}

 

_{20 years of work in IT followed and recently in craigslist style site we have in Portugal, i saw a listing for some music equipment including some Atari related. i contacted the person, who was a professional musical technician and he still had the Falcon and was willing to sell it!}

 

_{better yet, he didn´t ask for the sky! it was actually something i could afford, since it was in the same country but relatively far from me, i had a friend that lives nearby pick it up and he will ship it to me this week....}

 

_{i confess that i wait eagerly to actually seeing a Falcon, turn it on and see the magic working again...}

 

 

I use my Falcon nearly everyday, even if its just for a couple of minutes. Fun machine.

[anzac]

i´ve been reading on what my next steps with a Falcon should be and most likely replacing the NVRAM will be needed... as far as i was told the machine boots but i have no idea if it still keeps time.

 

then, MultiTOS...? FreeMiNT? decisions, decisions....

[Fletch]

i´ve been reading on what my next steps with a Falcon should be and most likely replacing the NVRAM will be needed... as far as i was told the machine boots but i have no idea if it still keeps time.

 

then, MultiTOS...? FreeMiNT? decisions, decisions....

 

 

You'll certainly need to replace the NVRAM. Its kind of a pain, but with patience and a bit of soldering you'll be ok.

 

As for the OS, I just use plain old TOS most of the time. A stock Falcon really isn't that great with multitasking, it works but you'll sure see a reduction in speed. I have FreeMint and MagiC installed on other partitions, but rarely boot into either.

 

I'm sure others will disagree with that, but for playing games and messing about with GFA or ST BASIC, the single TOS just works.

[Zogging Hell]

I'll disagree (on one count)

 

Magic, I found, was way faster for GEM applications (at least in terms of AES response) than TOS, and also a lot more fully featured. It did however crash a fair bit with some of the older programs. Mint/ Multitos on the other hand in my experience was a little slow on a standard Falcon (I suspect someone will disagree with that!). I'd agree though that single TOS is solid and dependable and you don't need any more really

 

To me a Falcon with NVDI, Magic and Jinnee desktop installed were the golden era of my Falcon's productivity period (where it got used for work all the time, rather than the more limited use it gets now - which is pretty limited as it is currently in bits!). I only switched back into TOS back then to run Cubase, games or some random programs that choked Magic. At that time I thought the Atari had a better OS with those three than the Macs classic MacOS of the same period.

[Bikerbob]

Well congrats on the Falcon, we at least had some conversation on that... OH which was the topic..

 

Anywho.. thanks for those who put their 2c in.

 

James

[anzac]

Well congrats on the Falcon, we at least had some conversation on that... OH which was the topic..

 

Anywho.. thanks for those who put their 2c in.

 

James

 

Thank you. I did think about whether i was straying off topic, but since it was a topic about Atari computers and whether there was still any activity in the forums, i think the amount of answers pretty much showed there is still a vibrant community out here.

 

but yes, i don´t want to take over a thread and i´ll start a new thread so that i can ask and receive help from the community to have a nice stable Falcon.

 

Thank you all for your kind comments.