Post by falkn on 29.10.07 at 18:15:05
Additional info about Falkn.
I forgot to mention that I ran a BBS called "Dead Horse Cafe" for 2 years after
I ceased operations as "A-Online Atari."
I used an early 520 STf machine with a memory expansion of 2MB added to it.
(A trade in unit.)
The modem was a SUPRA 33kb version which, as I recall, was the fastest modem
the STf could support due to some kind of hardware bug.
What is remarkable about this is that the files were stored on an
IOMEGA 100MB ZIP DRIVE with scsi connector.
The interface was an ICD SCSI adapter which was plugged directly into the Atari
ASCSI port. (I forget the model of the device but it was the small beige box)
It contained files for ST, 8-bit, Amiga, and PC but anyone was welcome to donate.
Time was kept by a "Realtime Clock" cartridge plugged into the cartridge port.
The ST,s BBS software was donated to me by one of my customers.
(Again, I cannot recall what its name was.)
The BBS required little maintenance by me and would reboot and restart itself after a
power outage. (Common here in Florida during Hurricane season due to the numerous
Lightning strikes and power line failures.)
That stuff is still around here somewhere.
A local television station sent a news crew (Jeff Patterson) here to do a story on me
and Atari shortly after the Jaguar was released.
They recorded about 45 minutes of video in my shop and after editing I was given
about 5 minutes on 2 newscasts that evening. I think it went to national feed also.
(Thanks to FORREST CARR the assistant news director who had purchased a
Falcon030 from me.)
The station is WFLA and it can be found on the net at http://www.tbo.com but I
doubt you will be able to view such an old news item.
I installed hundreds of memory upgrades beginning with a "Piggy Backing" version
where ram chips were soldered onto the existing ram on the motherboard with some
minor rewiring of the first pin on each.
The job became much simpler when the assortment of new memory expansion boards
became available.
Some trivia here....I run NoSTalgia, the ST emulator for MACS and I have been able to
run PC DITTO (Software version) on it. HAH! An emulator, emulating an emulator.
Try it. 8-)
fx9.jpg (Attachment deleted)
I forgot to mention that I ran a BBS called "Dead Horse Cafe" for 2 years after
I ceased operations as "A-Online Atari."
I used an early 520 STf machine with a memory expansion of 2MB added to it.
(A trade in unit.)
The modem was a SUPRA 33kb version which, as I recall, was the fastest modem
the STf could support due to some kind of hardware bug.
What is remarkable about this is that the files were stored on an
IOMEGA 100MB ZIP DRIVE with scsi connector.
The interface was an ICD SCSI adapter which was plugged directly into the Atari
ASCSI port. (I forget the model of the device but it was the small beige box)
It contained files for ST, 8-bit, Amiga, and PC but anyone was welcome to donate.
Time was kept by a "Realtime Clock" cartridge plugged into the cartridge port.
The ST,s BBS software was donated to me by one of my customers.
(Again, I cannot recall what its name was.)
The BBS required little maintenance by me and would reboot and restart itself after a
power outage. (Common here in Florida during Hurricane season due to the numerous
Lightning strikes and power line failures.)
That stuff is still around here somewhere.
A local television station sent a news crew (Jeff Patterson) here to do a story on me
and Atari shortly after the Jaguar was released.
They recorded about 45 minutes of video in my shop and after editing I was given
about 5 minutes on 2 newscasts that evening. I think it went to national feed also.
(Thanks to FORREST CARR the assistant news director who had purchased a
Falcon030 from me.)
The station is WFLA and it can be found on the net at http://www.tbo.com but I
doubt you will be able to view such an old news item.
I installed hundreds of memory upgrades beginning with a "Piggy Backing" version
where ram chips were soldered onto the existing ram on the motherboard with some
minor rewiring of the first pin on each.
The job became much simpler when the assortment of new memory expansion boards
became available.
Some trivia here....I run NoSTalgia, the ST emulator for MACS and I have been able to
run PC DITTO (Software version) on it. HAH! An emulator, emulating an emulator.
Try it. 8-)
fx9.jpg (Attachment deleted)