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Isn't there a dll that needs to be dropped into the installation directory to be able to access stx files?

Yes.

You can buy 4 1MB SIMMS for $20 or less, so just the memory shouldn't impact pricing all that much one way or the other. Now, if it's missing HD and/or controller, that's a different story.

That's cool that you have some awesome 8-bit products and you're so close. I guess Peoria and Evansville aren't really all that close, but since my wife grew up in the area and still has family there that we visit occasionally, it feels like it's right next door.

I've always made my own using Canakit 2.5A Raspberry Pi power adapters.

No idea. The machine is too new. Try it and see what happens. If they're actually 5200 titles, there won't be an atr version, or any other version other than some type of rom/bin/car image. What titles are you talking about?

Yes, this makes it sound like The 400 doesn't support car images or their headers, so, he's going to need to convert his car images to bin or rom without a header and try again. If they still won't work, he'll need to rename using this criteria depending on what cartridge type the image is from.

Yes and no. They are binaries, but they are not straight dumps. A basic 16KB cart dump would be 16,384 bytes. A 16KB car image; a true car image, not one just renamed to car, would be 16,400 bytes. That 16B header tells the emulator/software/hardware that is using the image what type/brand of cartridge the original cartridge was so that it knows what to do with the cartridge. Not all carts were the same and some had banking schemes and they worked completely different. With a basic bin or rom, you lose this data and many cart images won't run properly. As far as removing the header, I'm not certain myself. I'm sure you could use a hex editor to take off the 16B header and then save the image back out to bin or rom. I think that you might be able to open a car image in Altirra and then save it back out as a bin or rom without the header, but I'm not 100% certain.

I would think that, if it is a cartridge image, that none of those would work. A true CAR image has a 16B header that tells the software/device what type of cartridge it is and how to use it. A bin or rom image don't have that. Renaming a car to bin or rom leaves a strange file with this extra weird 16B header that it shouldn't have, so I'm assuming the emulator thinks it's part of the code, so then the image fails. That's just my opinion of what is happening though, and I could be wrong. If I were you, I'd strip the 16B header from your car images then rename them to rom or bin and try them again.

Hey, thanks! I'll look through these when I get the chance. Much appreciated.

I did years ago. I'll have to look into them again and see what I can put together.

Yes and no. Many of the Antic & Analog disks weren't properly archived as many were double-sided, but only one side is available. If the second sides have been archived since the last time I checked, I'm not aware of it. Still, it would be great to see everything he has properly archived.

I just looked through the images of those three collections and all I can say is WOW! I'd love to stumble onto something like that and to be able to save them. It kills me to think that, if he hadn't saved all of that one collection, it was headed to the dump, and makes me wonder, how many other similar and smaller collections have met the same fate over the decades. It's a tragedy. I'd really love to see all of those Antic & Analog cover disks and APX disks get properly flux imaged and archived.

You're right. I don't sell very often. It's probably been a couple of years since I sold anything and I can't recall ever using their shipping calculator.

That's why I always list my items to include actual shipping costs. I don't feel it's right to charge someone fifty miles away the same price it costs to ship something across the country. At the same time, a lot of people don't like to bid unless they know what shipping costs are going to be. The only way to list it ahead of time is to check 3-4 locations in the country far from you and get an average what it's going to cost and make that your shipping cost. It's a double-edged sword. The buyer either wants to pay pretty close to actual shipping cost or they want to know what it is before they bid, but they can't have both unless they contact the seller and ask how much it would cost to ship to this or that address. Also, it depends on what shipping companies a seller has in their area. In my average size town, it's USPS, UPS, or FedEx, and that's about it. I'm not driving all over town wasting my time and gas looking for some little Mom & Pop shipping establishment to save $1 on shipping. I agree that there are sellers that gouge on shipping to try and make a few extra bucks, but there are just as many unreasonable buyers that have unrealistic expectations. Most ebay sellers aren't Amazon with Prime Two-Day Shipping, and they're never gonna be. Buyers need to adjust their expectations a little as well.

I like unboxing videos too, to a degree. I like to know what to expect when I purchase things, especially something expensive or a tech item. It's nice to have an idea what is included. I just hate glorified unboxing videos that call themselves reviews when they plainly aren't reviewing anything.

I've never understood why people that obviously don't want to help someone waste their time to even post. Unfortunately, your reply about a web search was useless. If you'd read his original post a little closer, you would see that he has a bare, unassembled board, not a completed, ready-to-install unit, so an install manual doesn't help him in the slightest. He was asking for an assembly manual, not an installation manual. What he needs is a schematic or some technical manual detailing the component listing for his board, none of which is available on Lotharek's site or in the install manual, or anywhere else that I can find, and my Google Fu is strong. If you guys want to help, then help. If not, then just keep moving. At the very least, make certain you actually know what a user is asking and what they need before whipping out the less than useless search fu comments. @FastRobPlus, I apologize. Users on here are usually a little more helpful that that. I've looked as well and I can't find anything anywhere detailing the information that you need. I don't ever recall Lotharek selling kits, but you may need to contact him for the information that you need.

And I hate the way that so many of these glorified unboxing videos will call themselves reviews or unboxing and review. I always look at the duration. OK, the video is 3:30. OK, I call BS. It's an unboxing video, period. There's no reviewing being done.

Really weird. This guy has listed an Atari STe for sale on eBay with a pretty high BIN price, but maybe not so high since it includes a monitor. He’s getting no bites and he just keeps relisting without adjusting the price any. This is his third or fourth try. He has no pictures of the computer or monitor at all; only three pictures of the boxes. The thing is, the box definitely says STF, not STe. Where do they keep getting these clueless people?! https://www.ebay.com/itm/204704120991?

I've been wanting to buy one of their shielded composite cables and have been told that they're still in business, but I get no response from their web site.

Yeah, there really is no such things as "an Atari". Atari has made a lot of devices over the years, from calculators through personal computers, and a lot of things in between. A little more information, as well as pictures, would be most useful. Good luck!

I've seen a handful of them and I've seen pictures of quite a few others. While, maybe not exactly common, they're far from rare too. Maybe a little more valuable to a collector and worth a few more dollars, certainly not enough to make it one of those RaRe!! carts you see on ebay selling for hundreds or anything. I don't know that anyone knows the full, real story behind these, but I think we all suspect a simple label misprint that they decided to run with rather than reprint.

My next computer after I got my STs was just another self-built PC clone. Let me elaborate. I was not an original ST owner. I bought my Atari 800 in 1982 and it got mostly half-way through college. The keyboard was eventually broken through too much abuse from dorm-mates playing Karateka and, not knowing any better at the time, I discarded it and replaced it with an 800XL. I was a poor college student when the ST line came out and I drooled over them all the way through college. I wanted an ST so badly, then the Megas came out and I wanted one of those. Later, towards the end of my college career the STes made their debut. Finally the Mega STe came out. I drooled over the ST line all through this time and could never afford one. My beloved 8-bit got me through everything I needed a computer for, even though all I wanted to do was to replace her. I finally graduated college and started my career and my family in the very early nineties. It came time for me to finally purchase a new computer and Atari had just announced the Falcon. I planned to ordered one, but it just never happened. Everything I used at work was PC based and I knew that I'd never be able to use the Falcon to help with anything work related, so I changed my mind and bought a generic 486SX33 from Treasure Chest Computers in 1993. I've alway regretted not buying that Falcon when I had the chance. All it would have done would have prolonged my entry into the PC world by one generation, but I'd still have my falcon today, I'm certain. Just another of life's regrets. Anyway, as luck would have it, I had a 520STM and a couple of 1040STFs fall into my lap in the mid nineties, but I was already into the PC world by that time. I've since sold those machines off and adopted and converted a U.K. 1040STE which I love playing with. I'd still love to have a Mega STE and a Falcon, but it just isn't practical with today's pricing, so I don't see that ever happening. Today, I'm an avid PC gamer and just completed my roughly eleventh gaming rig. I still have several Atari 8-bits, my first love, as well as my 1040STE upgraded to 4MB with an original 4160STE case badge to match.

With as many new display connections and formats that have come and gone over the years, the last time I checked, most TVs still come with an old composite input. Depending on what you're wanting to do with it, maybe just a simple SCCC with built-in UAV would be plenty for what you're wanting to do. There are definitely better, newer, digital display options though. @Rybags is probably right though, in that, if you thought you might be interested in other, future upgrades, a 600/800XL may be a better option. It's hard to beat the classic retro-futuristic look of that keyboard though.

Oh, he definitely says that it isn't a production unit early on. Even if he's hadn't, I mean, the 400 is solid black and there's no paint at all on the joystick. It's kind of obvious that it definitely isn't a production unit.