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Sugarland and ACML thanks for your great replies. Until I fix the keyboard I can’t select two player PacMan to try the 2nd joystick port 🤓 However my joystick worked perfectly with DonkeyKong so I hope Sugarland’s answer is right... an incompatibility with that game??

I picked up a new to me 1200XL today. I knew from the seller that no keys work so I watched a couple videos on fixing the Mylar connection. The 1200XL otherwise looks great but I noticed two other issues when I was testing tonight. This is my first 1200XL so I’m not sure these next two issues are common or not and what I might troubleshoot for these: 1) no Power light 2) some odd joystick behavior but only in PacMan. It’s as if the joystick is stuck in the due South position. However, the same joystick performs flawlessly in DonkeyKong. Any relation to the assumed bad Mylar? Things that work: - BASIC boots from cartridge, shows the ‘Ready’ prompt - Star Raiders boots from cart (the initial star field start screen) however without the keyboard that is as far as I can get - as mentioned above, Donkey Kong works great, joystick works, sound, great video quality, etc. - booted DOS from SD-Max

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Thanks for the link. Yes I know I can find many programs standalone (i.e. outside of a .ST image). However, the whole point of my effort was to learn how to get .ST content to my SD card and I know have a method to do so. Great link by the way and one I did not have so Thank YOU for that.

This worked great for my goal of taking one or more files from a .ST file/image and getting them into a folder on my SD-Card so I could use it directly on my UltraSatan on my STE. I had tried to use Steem to do this before but was missing some knowledge. I did not realize the Steem 'GEMDOS Hard Drives' are just folders on the PC. This was the bit that solved what I was trying to do. Here are the steps that worked for me to get the contents of a .ST file/image onto my SDCard so I could use it on my ST. If you know of an easier way to do this please share. My ideal solution is something that would just 'extract' all the files and folder structures of a .ST into a folder of m choice... which is essentially what Steem is doing for me in the following steps: Used Steem SSE 3.9.4. I booted Steem from the GEMDOS Hard Drive image (which I think it came with). It maps to the 'Steem_Home' folder in the director where Steem is installed on my PC. After booting from the Hard Drive I found the .ST image that I am interested in and mounted it as Floppy B. Then in Steem it was easy to open/view the .ST image (as floppy B) Created a New Folder with the name 'ROBBCOPY.V3' on the hard drive (drive C in Steem) Copied the entire contents of floppy B to the newly created Folder Completely shutdown Steem On the PC in file explorer I went to the Steem_Home folder and found my newly created 'ROBBCOPY.V3' folder and all of its contents. From there it was easy to copy this folder to the FAT16 partition on the SDCard I am using with my UltraSatan. I took the SDCard to the UltraSatan, booted from the hard drive and can see my new 'ROBBCOPY.V3' folder and can see and run the files and programs found there. Yeah!!

Hi thanks for this and your many other replies too. In my simple case the .PRG I want to run is SYSINFO.PRG Yes I will of course see if it has other associated files like .RSC or others. Yes I will understand if it fails to run it may have been hard coded to run from the A: drive. In that case I will copy it to a physical floppy and try running it directly from A: I will share my progress later today.

Lots of good new information for me to study above. Thank you to each one who contributed. I now have an UltraSatan working great. The answer may be provided above (once I read and study it) however I want to simplify my question to this: I have one .ST image from the internet. I know it contains one .PRG that I want. Using my PC I copy the .ST to the SD Card I use with the UltraSatan. I take it to my STE. Now, what are my options to get to the one .PRG that I want to use? I don’t necessarily want to create a real floppy out of the .ST My real goal is to get the one .PRG out of the .ST so I can run the .PRG. Assume the .ST was made of a normal user’s floppy disk so no copy protection. I just want to get one or all of the files on the .ST into a new folder on my US ‘hard drive’. Thanks!!

Thanks however I’m trying not to spend any more money and my ST floppy is working great. Also I still have many real ST floppies that work. There must be a way to convert or extract a .ST image.

OK I now have an UltraSatan working great with my STE. I have some basic questions that I have tried to search for in the Forum but have not found an answer so I will try here. I have many .ST disk images on my Windows PC (downloaded from various sites). I can get these .ST images to work fine in the STeem emulator which is great. However, my real goal is to get the .ST images working on the real STE. I do not have a way to write these direct to 3.5" floppies from my PC (I do not have a floppy drive). What I do have is the SD-Card that the UltraSatan can read. I can write the .ST images there but I don't know of a way to use the .ST images on the real STE. Thanks for any/all answers and ideas. 1) What are the options to convert some or all of the files in a .ST disk image so I can write them on the PC connected SD-Card that works in the UltraSatan? 2) Can I copy the .ST disk image to the SD-Card, take it to the UltraSatan and run a program there to convert the .ST image to either a real 3.5" floppy OR just copy the contents to a folder on the 'hard drive'? 3) I can boot from and/or open the .ST disk image in the Steem emulator. Is there a way to use Steem to accomplish what I need? 4) I see the MSA Converter program. Would that help? Is the MSA Converter I find at this URL safe/trusted? http://msaconverter.free.fr/index-uk.html

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I overlooked that. Thanks!

Thanks but I'm looking for an email address in the event that Barb includes an email in shipments.

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Hi - Has anyone purchased a good quality Atari dust cover from 'papa*nannysfunstuff' recently? When you received it did they provide an email address? The last email address I had was a yahoo address and it is bouncing now. Thanks!!

You know you want a few 🤓

Thanks! I have all the PDFs but there's 'nothing like the real thing' 🙂

For sale or trade - one or both. Price negotiable, I'm thinking $15 + $3 shipping 1) Atari ST BASIC Sourcebook and Tutorial 2) 520ST Computer Owner's Manual Two vintage ATARI ST manuals in used but excellent condition, only minor signs of wear. No signs of moisture damage, no odors. These will complement your ATARI ST collection. I will ship with USPS media mail.

[SOLD - as of 3/7/2021] Hi - Let me know if you see any carts that you need. All carts are tested and work. I can provide additional pictures. For some I have the manual to go along with the cart. Prices vary depending on title and condition, etc. PM me with any interest and I will post more pics. Some carts as low as $8 + you pay shipping. Everything is negotiable... Let me know what you have to trade... carts or other 8bit items. Stacked carts are duplicates. Silver label in upper left is Miner 2049er (silver label is faded) When you PM let me know the title and the label color (silver, brown, blue/XE or other). Thanks for looking! (Note: Updated photo 3-Mar-2021) Also 1 Millipede for sale with a good condition original box.

Hi, WTB Atari ANALOG Magazine Issue #7 Thanks!!

FYI/Update - I sold this unit 9/2020

Hi - Do you print and sell replacement labels? If not, can you recommend the printer/process/paper(with peel-off sticky back) etc. I have a couple carts with missing or very torn/damaged labels that could use a facelift. Thanks

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Yes, silver label, far left, 2nd row from the top in the picture I posted. How about $10 + $3 shipping (US lower 48). PM me if interested. Thanks!

Hi - Let me know if you see any carts that you need. I can provide additional pictures. For many I have the manual to go along with the cart. Prices vary depending on title and condition, etc. PM me with any interest and I will post more pics. Some carts as low as $7 + you pay shipping. Everything is negotiable... Let me know what you have to trade... carts or other 8bit items. Thanks for looking!