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Hello all, I bought a 1050 drive from a nearby vendor that knew nothing about the drive. When I took it apart to service it, the shielding was still in place, so I assumed it was a stock drive. Because my original 1050 had an ICD chip i wanted to find a way to bump this drive up to true double density and high speed I/O so I eventually bought a Happy board from Atarimax. A couple nights ago, I opened the unit to install the Happy board, and following the instructions, I removed the shielding, and that's when I saw the double-height chip with the letters "ICD" on top. So, now the question is, should I go ahead and install the Happy board and remove the ICD Doubler, or just leave the Doubler in place and move on? I suppose I could buy another 1050 unit and install the Happy board in that... I'm not really concerned about the other features of the Happy board, I'm not going to be duplicating copy protected disks, so I'd probably just use it in ICD emulation. Are there any reasons to use the Happy 1050 over the Doubler?
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Hi - I just acquired the ICD FA-ST shown in the pictures below. I know they made these for both the Atari 8bit and the ST lines so I am not sure which system this one is for. Right now I do not get anything when I power it on. No lights, no fan, no sound from the drive. It looks like there is room and power for a second drive as well. 1) Does anyone have a manual for the FaST device? 2) Does anyone have schematics for this? 3) I expect there was/is some software on diskette to setup/config the FaST. Does anyone know of or have these? 4) The power supply fuse is good and the on/off switch is good. I don't know much about trouble shooting when it comes to power supplies. Any guidance on where to start would be very helpful. FYI - I did replace the 3V button battery with a known good one. Smaller in size but it should be a good substitute. Replacing it did not help (yet). FYI - Info on the HDD itself is found at this link: No obvious bulging caps. I tested the fuse and the on/off switch for continuity and they tested good. What do I check next? (please be specific as I am a newbie with power supplies)
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My Ultrasatan is back and I'm experimenting with it again so I have many, many questions. (After having my first Ultrasatan for a day I somehow managed to bork it and it had to be reflashed.) Thank you for reading and any suggestions/advice! System: MegaST2, ICD AdSCSI Micro ST internal interface, Quantum Prodrive LPS (SCSI), external Ultrasatan. I have both the ICD and PP drivers. The internal SCSI drive was partitioned with ICD driver, uses SCSI ID 0. 1. Ultrasatan with 2 SD cards may lock up? Some combinations of cards work, other combinations lock up the Ultrasatan. (Red lights don't blink, ST sees no drives.) All of the cards work on their own. Does it matter if different drivers partitioned the cards? Why do some combinations work but others don't? 2. Spectre128 doesn't understand PP driver formatted partitions? Spectre128 shows gibberish and only 2 partitions. (Displayed partition sizes are very imaginative numbers.) Works perfectly with ICD partitions. (Have 4-5 ST partitions followed by 2 MAC partitions.) Online browsing suggests it SHOULD work with PP partitions. Anyone using PP driver with Spectre128 HFS partitions? (Spectre128 version 3.0.) 3. Is there a way to back up/copy non-GEM/BGM partitions? I'd like to copy/back up my Spectre128 HFS partitions. (Type is OOP as I remember.) The manual suggests using MEG-A-Minute (same author) but I don't want to back up to diskette. 4. Can't use AdSCSI and Ultrasatan at the same time? So far I've not been able to access Ultrasatan partitions when using the AdScsi drive. I've configured the Ultrasatan for SCSI ID 1 and the AdSCSI drive for SCSI ID 0. I've tried both ICD and PP drivers, no luck. I'd like to copy the partitions between drives and also backup the partition to my PC. Just read the AdSCSI manual, doesn't mention any limitations other than SCSI IDs 0-4 must be used. 5. Wondering if I should try the HD driver? Does anyone have experience with Spectre128 HFS partitions using the HD driver? Does anyone have experience with AdSCSI and Ultrasatan with the HD driver? Yes, I will probably eliminate the AdSCSI/SCSI drive at some point but would like to recreate the existing setup (desktop replacement, spectre, etc etc) on the Ultrasatan first. HINT: Quantum Prodrives have internal rubber stops that turn to mush/glue over time and stop the drive from booting. This was a problem back in the 90s when I was using this system, I would reboot until the drive finally spun up. Youtube videos show opening the drive and replacing those gloppy stops but that's as error prone as it sounds. Now that I know what the problem is I've found that heating the drive (to free the armature from the glop) before using it allows the drive to spin up successfully. (Your mileage may vary.) Thanks Again!
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Bottom Line: Can anyone out there recall what their Catbox order experience was like with ICD that may have placed an order around the February 1997 time frame? Verbose Mode Enabled: When Kaybee Toys began carrying the Atari Jaguar at a clearance price of around $20 in late 1996, early 1997, as I recall, I started looking into what I could all purchase for the new console. I found talk of the networking capability of the Jaguar and discovered the Catbox by ICD. I called the 800 number they had and spoke with who I think was Tom (Thomas?) Harker. If my memory serves me, I recall him cautioning me that it was going to take a while for me to get fulfillment of my order, which I think was for 2x Catbox units. I did not mind waiting. Well, I am not sure I ever received the product. I also am thinking that my credit card was charged. I sent a message to Kay Sevetz of the 'ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast' inquiring about getting in touch with Mr. Harker as there is an interview they did with him in 2016. Kay was prompt to reply and said he had not contacted him in six years. He also mentioned the address he had for Mr. Harker did not work anymore. Goal? Why I am bringing this up? I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. I wondered if others experienced good service with ICD around the early 1997 time frame, or if they encountered charges for products that they did not receive.
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Is anyone familiar with the author of this blog, Igor Gramblička aka Igi? It's a really good multipart writeup with a lot of consolidated detail about the US Doubler mod. (in slovak, but google translates OK) I noticed his example pictures of homebrew US Doubler 6810 ram stacks came from a post of mine here on AA http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220482-1050-us-doubler-speed/?p=4011333and MEtalGuy66 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220482-1050-us-doubler-speed/?p=3664839 Link to part 1: Slovak: http://blog.3b2.sk/igi/post/Atari-1050-ICD-US-Doubler.aspx English Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.3b2.sk%2Figi%2Fpost%2FAtari-1050-ICD-US-doubler-Part-2.aspx&edit-text= What I was really impressed with, is the PCB featured in "Part 2" and "Part 3" that not only looks nicer, but addresses his concern of lack of heat dissipation by stacking them vertically. I wonder if these PCB's are still available. The author says they are by Radim Poláška, but I'm not sure how to contact him. Lastly, he described variations of the firmware in Part 4. Interestingly, what he named as "Version 1" firmware is what I previously suspected somebody patched from the original ICD ROM for a faster stepping rate, and his "Version 2" being the original code and stepping rate found in stock US Doubler upgrades. This was previously discovered / discussed in this thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/275166-one-last-eprom/?p=3991800
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Good morning, AtariAge'rs! Has anyone ever found or developed a replacement adapter that will allow ICD's MIO to be connected to the 130XE? If so, could you point me to where I can purchase one? Thank you, in advance! --Timothy Kline
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I was looking at past auctions on Ebay and saw one where somebody had sold an ICD SDX cartridge. It said that it also included "Cart Dumper 2.07 ROM Chip - You can pop this in replacing the SpartaDOS ROM and you have the ability to dump atari cartridge ROMS to a file." I've never heard of this rom/chip. Does anyone know anything about it and if so, has a copy of it?
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I hope it is appropriate to post "for sale" items. Cleaning out the attic, and selling some old Atari 8-bit stuff on Ebay. I was a big Atari geek back in the day, I'd like to see this stuff go to somebody who will appreciate it, instead of the landfill. SpartaDOS X cartridge with SpartDOS Toolkit disk. www.ebay.com/itm/301844912080 Original Atari literature, lot of 5 pieces: (1200XL users guide, 1982 Atari Product Catalog, etc) http://www.ebay.com/itm/301844916921 I'm also selling some Atari ST stuff, if you are interested check out my ebay user page: http://www.ebay.com/usr/chris82369
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Here's one that looks quite interesting... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-R-Time-8-Cartridge-For-Atari-Computers-Never-Opened-/131053324642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e83630962