520 ST Rev B: IT LIVES!

[yell0w_lantern]

I got a full setup from my uncle a few years ago but never tried to hook it up until tonight.

I got it from a white screen with rainbow blocks to a white screen with 19 bombs to GEMS within an hour. A little Deoxit and chip re-seating can go a long way apparently.

 

520 ST Rev B with TOS 1.04 and stock RAM

Atari mouse

Atari SC 1221 monitor with cable

Atari disk drive

Laser 3.5" floppy drive modified for the ST (I disassembled this to get the interface for use with my HXC)

 

I understand Exxos sells a 1.5 booster and a 4mb RAM upgrade which will work even with this ST.

I plan on gaming so should I move these up in my purchasing priority or will they not make too much of a difference? I will get them eventually even if they won't change game play a lot.

Edited August 15, 2018 by yell0w_lantern

[ParanoidLittleMan]

Accelerators, boosters can make some games running better, and making some not work at all. Or getting unplayable. Lot of it is coded for concrete 8 MHz CPU clock, and tested only with it. Changing CPU clock can have pretty much unpredictable results. It's not like car engine turbo.