mdivancic Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 hours ago, DarkLord said: Was this after you took it apart or had you not done that yet? I have not yet taken it apart. It was just sitting on the floor next to the desk until I powered it up today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 @Caribeno @DarkLord parts are on the way to start this project. 4mb ram board may make it this weekend. As you both have taken the STacy apart I was wondering if there is any way to do this and still use the built in LCD? I don’t have a local ST monitor solution here and would like to be able to confirm everything is working before I put it all back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 You can do a "bare assembly", sort of layout on your work desk. That's what I did (and usually do) when working on my STacy (or any Atari, for that matter). Keep in mind, you'll be plugging some things together that you will probably have to take back apart for a full re-assembly, but it's worth it IMHO, to test everything before closing the STacy back up.... PS Just watch and place everything carefully - you don't want anything touching that's not supposed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Well damn it, ordered the wrong UltraSatan adaptor! Anyone have this in the US? I need a MegaSTE internal adaptor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) @Caribeno @DarkLord thanks guys for all you have posted on the STacy. I successfully added 4mb of memory today. If I had the right adaptor I would have gotten the ultraSatain installed as well. You wanted pictures so here you go. LCD cover off: LCD off body: Top off body: Where the damn UltraSatin should go... Goo: More goo. Lots of goo from the hard drive. Most of it had collected in the back right corner of the STacy. Ended up pulling the motherboard to get it cleaned. Note the expansion port is permanently sealed. In the background is the hard drive cover which the goo has effected the paint. This is why I ended pulling the motherboard. I was worried about the long term effects of the goo. It’s alive! ...with 4mb of ram. Edited August 29, 2020 by mdivancic Notes added to photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Very nice! (we do love pictures ) About the internal adapter, AFAIK, Lotharek is the only one selling them at the moment. I ordered an internal one for my Mega STe when I put the internal US in it, it works great. I got my STacy from a user here in Kentucky named Phantom (Barry). He was kind enough to sell it to me for $400, which was a decent price at the time, even though it came in box, disassembled. To be fair, he told me the shape it was in. He even let me make payments on it, which is rare. Anyway, the 10 meg factory hard drive was DOA, and like yours, had leaked that nasty "goo" all over the place. I did the same as you and cleaned everything, fearing possible corrosive effects. Oh, about the expansion port - some models had the removable cover and at some point Atari dropped it (save costs maybe?). It's like the back plane cover - some of them have the mechanism to raise the STacy, some don't. Mine has both the removable expansion port cover and that mechanism. Really glad to see you've got her going, STacy's deserve the best! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Any one have the Stacy Language Disk with the Stacy specific programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Almost there: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) a little more progress: Edited September 9, 2020 by mdivancic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 And a little bit more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribeno Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) Hi! Sorry that I'm just replying; had too many things happening. The upgrades look great! Unfortunately, I don't have a second STE adapter for the UltraSatan. ? Question: Did you have to cut the metal shield above the memory/TOS/keyboard card, so it could fit the 4 Mb expansion? I did have to do that... Andres. P.S.: The tray looks amazing! Edited September 9, 2020 by Caribeno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 21 hours ago, mdivancic said: Any one have the Stacy Language Disk with the Stacy specific programs? https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=328716&sid=4b54a10fcc8f97f3471a0c962502ef1e#p328716 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 18 hours ago, AtariGeezer said: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=328716&sid=4b54a10fcc8f97f3471a0c962502ef1e#p328716 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 And done. Made some slight changes to the files and the face plate is boring but it works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 20 hours ago, Caribeno said: Question: Did you have to cut the metal shield above the memory/TOS/keyboard card, so it could fit the 4 Mb expansion? I did have to do that... @Caribeno Looks like I will have to cut it out. What do you think about leaving the shield off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 All right shield cut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Well she’s back together. Lone screw left over. Damn. She is less than stable. I may need to cut away more of the shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribeno Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 7 hours ago, mdivancic said: All right shield cut... Yeah, I did something similar... I think it is better to leave the shield in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribeno Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 6 hours ago, mdivancic said: Lone screw left over. Damn. She is less than stable. I may need to cut away more of the shield? Oh, that sucks... I hate when I have extra screws left. ? Mmmhhh... It could be the shield but my cut, although similar, it is even smaller than yours (it is basically only for the memory; the shield around it was left intact). Maybe it is touching something? What if you remove the shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Hmm, maybe I'm missing something here. Are you all talking about replacing a 2 meg RAM memory board with a factory 4 meg board? If so, I pretty much did that way back in the day when I first got my STacy. It was a 2 megger and I upgraded it. I don't remember having to do anything with the RF shield to get it to fit and work though. Old, and not good quality pictures but here's mine with the 4 meg in place: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 5 hours ago, DarkLord said: Hmm, maybe I'm missing something here. Are you all talking about replacing a 2 meg RAM memory board with a factory 4 meg board? Replaced a 1mb ran board with an upgraded 2mb board from Best. Does not fit under the shield. Here’s what the US looks like closed up. At least this part of the project came out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 So I can open a STacy in 30 minutes now. Not sure this is a good skill? ? The 4mb board is the problem. Any pressure on the right side causes bombs, or even a reset. Put the 1mb board back in, no issues. Well damn. I guess I can use it with 1mb for now. So I had time, took apart the bad keyboard and found the bad trace. There is no apparent damage to the trace. Can anyone recommend a good conductive paint pen to fix this? Is there a better way to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 OK, the damn board was sitting there taunting me so what the heck. I reseated ALL the socketed chips and tried it again. Damn. Can’t make it fail. Running a long test now that wouldn’t make it before. Next step is to install the shield and run the test again. I hate old computers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 16 hours ago, Caribeno said: Oh, that sucks... I hate when I have extra screws left. The extra screw was for the SCSI card... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 12 hours ago, mdivancic said: Replaced a 1mb ran board with an upgraded 2mb board from Best. Does not fit under the shield. Here’s what the US looks like closed up. At least this part of the project came out nice. Hmm, weird. Seems like I did have a couple of spare boards that had "mixed" SIPP/SIMMs and it made for a tighter (but still workable) fit. The US and your mounting looks awesome. Seriously, 2 thumbs way up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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