Wally1 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Hi everybody, I want to get an ST. Which one should I get?!? and why? 520, 1040, color or mono? I would like to game, code, BBS and also word proc and maybe MIDI in the future... thanks much, Walter Edited November 28, 2015 by Wally1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Part of the question also is what are you looking to spend? If I could have only had one, I probably would go Falcon or TT (plus you can use VGA monitors). For a BBS machine, I'd probably go with a Mega STE or Falcon (can do 56k on the serial pretty easy with a Lantronix box). For more gaming, I think people generally say 1040STE for the max compatibility. As a guy with a lot of them, from the 520ST to a TT and a lot in between, I would say to decide what price point you're looking at. Sure, you can get great deals on anything from time to time... but that can start the process of elimination, especially since by the time this thread is done, you're going to get an overload of information and just about every ST model will be recommended at some point for some reason... (Which is to be expected, they're all great for their own reasons). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) well, I wanted to stay as stock and inexpensive as possible while remaining all purpose. leaning towards an new 520STFM for $250 from Best, with $99 factory reconditioned goldstar color monitor and maybe in the future get a mono monitor and the ole switch box thing. what do you think? oh just light gaming, emphasis on coding and maybe desktop publishing but probably definitely MIDI in the future... thanks a lot, Tillek Wally Edited November 28, 2015 by Wally1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 If you don't want spend much money avoid Best. 99$ for old monitor is not wise - you can get LCD monitor what is capable to show all ST resolutions including monochrome + cable for that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 can you tell me how this is done? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 can you tell me how this is done? thank you Best got the cable your looking for, best webpage is suck in the 90's. http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/cables.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 thanks walter will this monitor display all 3 resolutions? http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-NIB-SONY-GVM-2020-R-20-NTSC-COLOR-MAME-ARCADE-MONITOR-COMPOSITE-RGB-RGBHV-/111748174489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 That monitor will most likely only display the lower two resolutions, but for gaming, that will fully suffice (there are very few "mono exclusive" games on the ST, and most of those are mediocre PD stuff), but for a start, I'd aim for a NEC Multisync 1970VX or NX. These are dirt cheap and sync to 15 kHz/50 Hz (despite this not being an official feature). Are broadcast RGB CRTs really that expensive on your side of the pond? For a used Sony BVM 20M4E I have spent 50 Euros here in Hamburg - cash on collection though. While that was very cheap, I wouldn't spend any more than 200 for such a monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 does the NEC1970 display the high res mono? thanks Gunther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Yes, but you'll have to solder a 13 pin DIN plug (i.e. the ST monitor connector, Kenwood used the same connector for some of their car stereo equipment, but they are still quite expensive on your side of the pond) to VGA cable with a 4x switch - which is necessary to switch between mono and colour modes: http://info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/interfaces.php#multisync_switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 but wont the cable from Best electronics do the trick without soldering? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryoder Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I am also a noob and got the best cable and the NEC monitor. The monitor displays primary colors very well but in games you see banding with In large areas of the same color. It's annoying. It does run mono, low and medium resolutions. I am borrowing my brothers Amiga monitor and it's just so small and fuzzy it gets on my nerves. I would like a modern flat crt that syncs to 15hz to avoid lcd banding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) which NEC did you get, the VX or the NX? (1970) and what is this banding? and syncing? thanks, Ryoder Edited December 2, 2015 by Wally1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 which NEC did you get, the VX or the NX? (1970) and what is this banding? and syncing? thanks, Ryoder Check this out! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/230561-lcd-monitor-that-supports-st-low-res-nec-multisync-lcd-1970vx/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 that thread answered just about all of my questions! thanks Walter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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