Hitek

Given the restrictions for the location, I will not be attending CommVeX in 2017. Any one of those restrictions would be grounds to seek another venue. All of them together makes this a non-starter for me. I have a lot of respect for Robert Bernardo, but not taking input from attendees and flat-out banning people because you don't want to hear what they have to say seems rather immature, and I didn't expect that level of behavior from him. Keith G.

I'm seriously considering going that route myself.

Now, when you say "STfm board" are you referring to an add on board that adds composite out to your computer, or did you just replace your computer?

No, the Dell doesn't support 15hz, that's why I'm going through a GBS8200 (or trying to, at least). The GBS8200 is a video upscaler/converter that is reported to work well with the Atari ST. I have a VGA cable on order, it's just taking it's sweet time to get here (The site didn't tell me they were in England until AFTER I checked out). The GBS8200 is a video upscaler/converter that is reported to work well with the Atari ST. My problem is that I have tried 2 different methods so far to get color video out of this thing, and neither has worked. The first attempt, I tried to make a 9pin RGB cable to connect to my C= 2002 monitor. That didn't work, but switching between hi-res and low-res I could see a green background with text menus, which would very quickly wiggle out to black. This was the second attempt, and I only saw a very distorted and large atari ST top-menu once when I was playing with the settings. I'm reluctant to throw money at a monitor because I'm not sure the computers video out actually works. I know the output from the GBS8200 works with the Dell monitor because I can see the OSD menu, and it displays "No Signal" at the top when there is none (This is the GBS8200 displaying this, not the monitor itself)

Ok, so I purchased a GBS8200, built a cable using the included connector for P11, and I STILL cannot get any video out of my STf. I'm at my wits end. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I KNOW the machine is outputting a video signal, I can catch glimpses of text. I saw the menu for a second when I was playing with the settings but I cannot get a stable video signal. The cable I built is a straight through cable like this: P11 ------------------- DIN Red pin 7 Green pin 6 Blue pin 10 Grey pin 2 Yellow pin 12 Black pin 13 I'm not sure what to do next. The monitor I'm connecting to is a Dell 2007FP, which is a great monitor. I have a VGA cable on order, but apparently it takes months to get here from England, and that will not allow me to play games. Short of buying an actual Atari color monitor, I'm not sure what I should do to get usable color video out of this beast. I actually had better luck with the EGA cable I hacked together earlier, at least that would give me video every time, for a brief second before wiggling out. Anyone have any pointers or insight as to why I cannot seem to get this thing to show me anything real? Thanks, Keith

So, I hacked together a rather poor RGB cable. So poor in fact, that it will not maintain a picture, BUT, turning the monitor on and off, I actually see a green screen and some text (I can make out the word "software") before the screen wiggles out of existence. Looks like the computer is working fine.

Yeah, I ordered a couple din plugs from digi-key and I'm going to pick up some 9 pin D-Sub plugs from Frys today. I read somewhere, (possibly on here) that the newer din plugs from digi-key have solder cups instead of just pins. so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I have a Commodore 2002 monitor, which is functionally equivalent to the Commodore 1084 (Which I have seen work with an ST)

Ok, after some exhaustive googling, it turns out my STf is *probably* working fine. The cable I purchased on ebay has a composite and left/right audio out in the form of RCA connectors, however, I found a page that explains that ST's without an RF modulator, do not output composite video on pin 2. Basically, I need to buy a RGB cable to connect this to my Commodore 2002.

Howdy yall, I picked up a 1040STf a few weeks ago with a few goodies. When I first tested it, it didn't power on. The LED in the lower left would flash once, then nothing. I pulled the PSU and checked it with my meter and the 12v rail was showing 9v, so I ordered a new one. Popped that in and now it powers up, but I get no video AT ALL, not even a flicker when it's powered on. Also, when it's powered on, the drive light will come on briefly, then go out, then come on again and stay on, while the drive makes a click every few seconds. I assume this is a disk check noise (like an Amiga) but I'm not sure if the drive light should be on constantly. With the floppy removed, the light comes on when the machine is powered up, then goes out and stays out. I'm an Amiga guy and this is my first Atari ST. I have already removed and reseated all the socketed chips, but that didn't help. I thought *maybe* the video cable was bad, but it rings through on 2 and 13 for video. I'm a little lost, what should I look at next? Thanks, Keith