DarkLord

Funny.

Why not just use one of Lotharek's internal Ultrasatans and adapter boards instead of the "gutting" and "hotwire" options?

Thanks, appreciate those...

And...that one worked fine - thanks!

I would certainly open it up and check all visible connections as well as re-seating any socketed chips. Inspect the power supply and see if anything obvious sticks out (blown caps, etc). Examine the battery bay - clean it and make sure there's not battery acid leakage or damage over the years. And congratulations on getting a Mega ST! I love mine, it's a veritable tank and a real workhorse for me.

Okay, some great pictures there! Loved the acoustic modem. I'm also a big fan of those old style IBM keyboards that weigh about 10-15 pounds and are near indestructible. I love that responsive feel and aggressive click. Unfortunately, I could not get HNF.ZIP to uncompress. Windows 10 here kept saying it was an invalid file...

Yep, the original was pretty limited. P.Pera at one time had a mod to the original controller board that allowed drives larger than 1 gig to be used. I've got Ultrasatan's in both my Mega STe and STacy. Both work fine with multi-gig SD-cards. I replaced the original controller with Alan H.'s card in the STacy and the one from Lotharek in my Mega STe. You can see the one from Lotharek here: https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=49

Okay, just finished reading it - good stuff. I have only -1- complaint. For some reason, I couldn't find a listing for "The DarkForce! BBS" among the other BBS's. This is obviously an oversight...

The guy who put a Pak 68/3 accelerator board into a STacy for the very first time, dubbed it "Super STacy". I'm good with that. I'll just leave "mini STacy and "STacy mini" right where it's at. You're not wrong about pricing. Like so much retro stuff these days, the costs are amazing. I noticed at SouthernAmis that even in the 8bit world, the MIO's are going for $350-600.00 on Ebay. That's actually right - the internal ACSI port is the same on the Mega STe and STacy - they share the same controller board. Interestingly enough, some STacy's have a place on the motherboard, with an external cover, for the Mega ST port as well. My STacy has the external cover and the place on the MB for the connector but it's not actually there. It's mentioned briefly by John Jainschigg here: https://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-stacy-Atari_Explorer_September_October_1989.pdf

Well, anything to bring in people is a good thing, IMHO.

Awesome, thanks! Looking forward to reading it.

Please...just don't call it a "mini".

Awesome, thanks for the report - looking forward to additional information.

Hahaha, no problem. I'm usually the bug. Now go, forget this stuff (only for a while) and have a great time in Germany. Don't forget - we want pictures!

I had -> 11 <- ST's at one time, but decided to clean them out. I'm pretty sure I've got enough STacy spare parts to build another 1 or 2. I know I've got something like 3 or 4 spare STacy motherboards.