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I am looking for an Atari Falcon... I have looked on Ebay, Amazon and even this Marketplace without much luck. Anyone have one for sale?

What type of PC drive did you use? I have an old 1.44MB floppy drive in an old Dell.

That is a lot of great info! Thank you! So, I got curious and opened up my ST. The guy I bought it from mentioned that he thought it had been upgraded to 1MB (It does appear that someone did some work on the board). After looking over the board, not sure it will support some of these upgrades mentioned (including the blitter) since I don't see where it would go. Here is a pic...

I am looking to buy an 8bit Atari and have been looking for either an 800XL, 65XE or 130XE. If you decide to sell your 130XE, let me know as I would be interested. Thx!

Yeah, I am pretty happy! I just bought an Atari 5200 as well... That will require some work though... Two broken controllers and a switchbox that need some work. Its amazing how much things have changed over the years... It your mind, everything is amazing! And then, you see what amazed you as a kid and compare it to the modern age... GAH!!! I still love this stuff though... Gives you perspective on how technology has evolved.

Okay, so the legal comment was to be polite... Some forums do not like any discussion of piracy or stealing of software. I am more than happy to download ST software without paying for it... However, if its homebrew or something similar, I like to contribute some dollars to keep the work going. Second comment about the disk drive... I guess I need to find one. Also, are there any other upgrades to the 520ST you would recommend that don't cost a lot? Can I upgrade it with the Blitter chip the STe models had? Any way to get a HDD or similar functionality? I am mainly curious about how far I can take this system without getting too crazy with spending a lot of money. Thank you!

Thanks for the tips! Yeah, without the mouse or a disk drive, I am kind of stuck since the system came with no disks. I will have to dig out an old pc with a floppy drive since my current system does not have one! I will see if I can find a 720k Atari drive and mouse for cheap somewhere.

Hello All, I just found a deal on Craigslist and purchased the following for $75.00: Atari 520STm - Upgraded to 1MB RAM External SF354 Floppy drive SM1224 Monochrome monitor Boxes, manuals, power supplies, etc... I used to stare at the Atari ST computers when I was a kid and wanted one, but my parents would not get me one (I had a TI99/4A). Well, I finally found one at what I think is a good price. The system did not come with any software disks and the hardware has a lot of yellowing of the case so I wanted to get some recommendations on the following: 1. What is the latest version of TOS I can load onto this model? 2. Is there any site you recommend to download software for the system legally and what do you recommend as first steps? 3. No mouse was included... What is the best mouse solution... buy an actual Atari mouse or go with some type of adapter to use a PC mouse? 4. What can I use to clean it up to restore it back to its original white color? I am excited to get started and learn how to use this system and experience a bit of history I missed. Thank you for any input!!!

I can't believe I just completely missed the Ebay message board right underneath this one. Sorry for posting in the wrong area, but partly this is also a request to get a general idea if there is any demand for this item since Ebay is just a possible way to sell it in a more secure environment since no one knows me in this forum and vice versa. So ignore the Ebay portion of this message for now. Thanks!

Hello Everyone! This is my first post in these forums, but its also the best place to ask this question. I used to own an Atari Jaguar years ago before I ended up selling it at a garage sale with all my games and accessories... or so I thought! I was going through my old stuff at my grandparent's house and found my old Catbox accessory for the Jaguar. I originally used it with the NEC 3D RGB monitor, but all I have now is the Catbox itself. I want to sell it if there is anyone interested and intend to list it on Ebay as soon as I am sure there will be some potential buyers. The device worked fine before I sold my stuff and has been sitting in a cool, dry closet for the last couple years. So, anyone interested? Thanks!