russcky

STOS was one of the reasons I had to repair the floppy drive on my Atari 1040 STf (described here: http://fetchrex.com/2017/02/12/oh-no-atari-1040-st-floppy-drive-issues/). The development tool looks very impressive (especially for the time back then). I have played with it since getting my floppy drive working again, but Im now working on a plan for simple game to build first to learn the basics of it all. I am also working on a external connector to allow my ST (and hopefully a game) to be able to communicate to the internet for more advanced group gaming. (thats the plan at least) Russ

This type of problem with older computers is to be expected and most of the time they are simple fixes such as drive cleaning, bad disks and such. Occasionally it is a bit more, but even then its not too big a deal, and usually fun to open up and fix things. I just had this happen on my Atari 1040 STf and wrote it up to share the ordeal here: http://fetchrex.com/2017/02/12/oh-no-atari-1040-st-floppy-drive-issues/ I have a good sized collection of classic computers from 80s like an Amiga, Mac Classic, Nextstation, etc. and the Atari ST is no different in the types of care and feeding they need... makes me love them even more after their tune ups. :-) Russ