sniperstorm #1 Posted March 18, 2006 When I boot my STE the Atari Emblem comes up in the left corner then it does a memory check. Can someone tell me what version I have. Back in the day I used to be friends with a teach at Case Western Reserve here in cleveland, and he was given all the versions of TOS months before they came out. And we used to burn copies all the time. Also My self and my buddie got out STs working again, and have them hooked up to telnet now working perfectly. We ran as you remember "Elite" BBS systems back in the day. And they have aprox 680Megs of all the files we had on the bbs still there. Is there anything wrong with putting the bbs back online for all you to have access to the files, or do you think it would be legal since the stuff is not around anymore. If its ok I will give you all the telnet address and you can all have at all the stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #2 Posted March 18, 2006 When I boot my STE the Atari Emblem comes up in the left corner then it does a memory check. Can someone tell me what version I have. Back in the day I used to be friends with a teach at Case Western Reserve here in cleveland, and he was given all the versions of TOS months before they came out. And we used to burn copies all the time. Also My self and my buddie got out STs working again, and have them hooked up to telnet now working perfectly. We ran as you remember "Elite" BBS systems back in the day. And they have aprox 680Megs of all the files we had on the bbs still there. Is there anything wrong with putting the bbs back online for all you to have access to the files, or do you think it would be legal since the stuff is not around anymore. If its ok I will give you all the telnet address and you can all have at all the stuff. If its an STE, and its not been updated, then its probably TOS 1.6 or 1.62. If it won't boot up into medium resolution without a patch in the AUTO folder, then its TOS 1.6. If it boots up fine into medium res, then its TOS 1.62. (all of this is IIRC). About the software. It depends. Some stuff is copyrighted for a long time. I'm sure all freeware, shareware, public domain stuff is fine. Commercial games? I dunno, better be careful there. Disk images seem to be okay - most of the emulator sites have'em online. Congratulations on getting your BBS back up, BTW! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sniperstorm #3 Posted March 18, 2006 When I boot my STE the Atari Emblem comes up in the left corner then it does a memory check. Can someone tell me what version I have. Back in the day I used to be friends with a teach at Case Western Reserve here in cleveland, and he was given all the versions of TOS months before they came out. And we used to burn copies all the time. Also My self and my buddie got out STs working again, and have them hooked up to telnet now working perfectly. We ran as you remember "Elite" BBS systems back in the day. And they have aprox 680Megs of all the files we had on the bbs still there. Is there anything wrong with putting the bbs back online for all you to have access to the files, or do you think it would be legal since the stuff is not around anymore. If its ok I will give you all the telnet address and you can all have at all the stuff. If its an STE, and its not been updated, then its probably TOS 1.6 or 1.62. If it won't boot up into medium resolution without a patch in the AUTO folder, then its TOS 1.6. If it boots up fine into medium res, then its TOS 1.62. (all of this is IIRC). About the software. It depends. Some stuff is copyrighted for a long time. I'm sure all freeware, shareware, public domain stuff is fine. Commercial games? I dunno, better be careful there. Disk images seem to be okay - most of the emulator sites have'em online. Congratulations on getting your BBS back up, BTW! So 1.62 boots and shows a Atari Emblem in the left corner, then a memory check, then a countdown bar? This is what mine does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atarian1 #4 Posted March 19, 2006 When I boot my STE the Atari Emblem comes up in the left corner then it does a memory check. Can someone tell me what version I have. Back in the day I used to be friends with a teach at Case Western Reserve here in cleveland, and he was given all the versions of TOS months before they came out. And we used to burn copies all the time. Also My self and my buddie got out STs working again, and have them hooked up to telnet now working perfectly. We ran as you remember "Elite" BBS systems back in the day. And they have aprox 680Megs of all the files we had on the bbs still there. Is there anything wrong with putting the bbs back online for all you to have access to the files, or do you think it would be legal since the stuff is not around anymore. If its ok I will give you all the telnet address and you can all have at all the stuff. It looks like you have a TOS 2.06 upgrade in your STE. Check the Desktop Info under the Desk menu when you reach the GEM desktop. If the copyright date is 1985-91, then you have TOS 2.06. TOS 2.06 is the only version of TOS on the ST/STE that I know of that boots up with the Atari logo and a memory test. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #5 Posted March 19, 2006 So 1.62 boots and shows a Atari Emblem in the left corner, then a memory check, then a countdown bar? This is what mine does. No, that sounds like TOS 2.06. Again, congratulations - thats a very desirable TOS to have in your machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geosteve #6 Posted March 19, 2006 the TOS 1.6 and 1.62 versions have the rainbow colored fuji logo, unlike the black in all other versions, added to distingiush the STEs differences from the earlier STs. This version is also larger than earlier versions (256K instead of 192K) which caused some backwards compatability problems, mostly games I replaced those ROMs in my 1040STE with 2.06s too, several years ago, a worthy upgrade in fact I might still have them if anybody's interested [the early 1.6 version shown] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sniperstorm #7 Posted March 19, 2006 the TOS 1.6 and 1.62 versions have the rainbow colored fuji logo, unlike the black in all other versions, added to distingiush the STEs differences from the earlier STs. This version is also larger than earlier versions (256K instead of 192K) which caused some backwards compatability problems, mostly games I replaced those ROMs in my 1040STE with 2.06s too, several years ago, a worthy upgrade in fact I might still have them if anybody's interested [the early 1.6 version shown] What is the largest hard drive size I can have with that TOS 2.06 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ijor #8 Posted March 19, 2006 There are several "sysinfo" or similar small utilites that will tell you exactly which ROM version you have (among many other things). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jens #9 Posted March 19, 2006 What is the largest hard drive size I can have with that TOS 2.06 I think it's one gig as long as you don't use a Link adapter which can give you access to every F32 partition together with MiNT or MagiC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyprian #10 Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) the TOS 1.6 and 1.62 versions have the rainbow colored fuji logo, unlike the black in all other versions, added to distingiush the STEs differences from the earlier STs. TOS 1.4 has rainbow colored fuji logo, too Edited March 20, 2006 by Cyprian_K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jens #11 Posted March 20, 2006 TOS 1.4 has rainbow colored fuji logo, too Indeed, as 1.06 is not more than the STe-enhanced version of 1.04. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krupkaj #12 Posted March 23, 2006 but 1.62 has fixed some bugs. I think the best way how to find out which version of TOS you have is use one of those utilities from Belgian ftp server. ftp://chapelie.rma.ac.be/atari/utilities/sys_info Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jens #13 Posted March 29, 2006 (edited) The control panel (xcontrol.acc) tells you about your TOS version as well. Edited March 29, 2006 by jens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackcat #14 Posted April 5, 2006 When I boot my STE the Atari Emblem comes up in the left corner then it does a memory check. Can someone tell me what version I have. Back in the day I used to be friends with a teach at Case Western Reserve here in cleveland, and he was given all the versions of TOS months before they came out. And we used to burn copies all the time. Also My self and my buddie got out STs working again, and have them hooked up to telnet now working perfectly. We ran as you remember "Elite" BBS systems back in the day. And they have aprox 680Megs of all the files we had on the bbs still there. Is there anything wrong with putting the bbs back online for all you to have access to the files, or do you think it would be legal since the stuff is not around anymore. If its ok I will give you all the telnet address and you can all have at all the stuff. If its an STE, and its not been updated, then its probably TOS 1.6 or 1.62. If it won't boot up into medium resolution without a patch in the AUTO folder, then its TOS 1.6. If it boots up fine into medium res, then its TOS 1.62. (all of this is IIRC). About the software. It depends. Some stuff is copyrighted for a long time. I'm sure all freeware, shareware, public domain stuff is fine. Commercial games? I dunno, better be careful there. Disk images seem to be okay - most of the emulator sites have'em online. Congratulations on getting your BBS back up, BTW! Did you know that tos 1.62 was called rainbow tos and the logo glowed rainbow colours Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #15 Posted April 5, 2006 Did you know that tos 1.62 was called rainbow tos and the logo glowed rainbow colours Actually, that was TOS 1.4 (or 1.04)... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jens #16 Posted April 6, 2006 Actually, that was TOS 1.4 (or 1.04)... ...and 1.6 respective 1.06 as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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