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Hi Cybertrophic, someone in this thread mentioned the excellent Atari-Forum site which I feel is a good companion to this one. You will find plenty of ideas and help with upgrading the ST with new hardware, many also offer pre-built interfaces for a small price. My STe was bought from Ebay and already had the IDE interface fitted. Go and register with this forum here

I suppose a silent fanless PC PSU would work too?

Thanks ppera, yet another useful utility you have given us!

Thanks for all your efforts ppera, much appreciated as always.

Try looking here at the various user service manuals: Atari Document Archive

West Yorkshire, England (UK) I'm 37 yrs old and I have used various models of the ST since around 1989. I currently own three 4160 STe machines, one with an IDEal hard drive interface, an IBM DBOA-2720 2.5 inch 720MB Hard Drive, TOS 2.06 UK, a Horizon 16ch MIDI expander, Replay sampling cartridge, VGA Mono cable adapter, Forget-Me-Clock II time keeping cartridge. Would like: (1) PeST mouse interface (2) VGA colour adapter (3) IDE to CompactFlash adapter (4) Atari Mega STe (5) Atari Falcon (6) Atari ST Book .....errr best stop as the list could become very long!

I would like the PeST mouse interface, although I live in the UK so shipping may be costly from the USA.

How do you install a IDE drive inside of an STE? Will it work in a 1040ST? Special adapter? How about a photo? -rick I didn't install mine as I bought it from someone on Ebay recently. The seller said the interface installed is an IDEal IDE interface and the drive is an IBM DBOA-2720 2.5 inch 720MB. Not sure if it would work in a normal ST as mine maybe a socketed type, but as other people here have said, you can use other interfaces like the ICD Link 1 or 2, SatanDisk and a few others. As for TOS 2.06, I believe you can use a small software app called SELTOS to bypass your hardware ROM chips and auto boot into one of your choosing. You can download it here: SELTOS website Failing that you can always buy some ROM chips from Ebay: TOS 2.06 UK ROM chips from Ebay

Wow someone who actually has managed to receive one of these interfaces! Now if only I could find one too...

A nice warm welcome to the huge world of Atari ST afficionados! I've just bought another two 4MB STe machines to add to the one I already have. I've been using the ST since around 1989 and for stability and ease of use they are hard to beat. To upgrade the RAM on an STFM is harder to do than on a STe, where you simply plug in some generic PC SIMMs. The FM models require soldering I think but I have never owned an FM so I can't say how difficult it actually is. After 8yrs of wanting one, I finally have an IDE 2.5" hard drive inside my STe, along with TOS 2.06 operating system ROM chips to enable booting from the hard drive. I don't know if you are a musician or not but the Atari ST is still the one to beat for MIDI sequencing. I have a powerful desktop PC with quality components but the Atari is still better. Ten years ago I added an additional Horizon 16ch MIDI expander which plugs into the modem port, giving me a total of 32 MIDI channels and with rock solid timing. I've got a few other small upgrades and I plan to buy a PeST PS/2 mouse interface soon. Enjoy your new STFM RK!

I've wanted an IDE hard drive solution for my 1040STe (4MB) for about eight years, so yes I am very interested in having this Satandisk. It would be nice if it could also take a CompactFlash to IDE adapter, as I prefer to keep the Atari running silently. Thanks