[sdiy] OT Atari Extra ports schems

[Theo]

No extra midi ports here but I still have two ST's on active duty (Mega &
520)
Actually got the second one cause I needed an extra midi port ;)
Both have plenty DIY inside.
There is the obvious stuff like maxed out memory, overscan (higher screen
resolution) and build in HDs.
The Mega is also hooked up to a 19" monitor, with some limitations this is
now a double monitor system.
(GEM can't access the "old" monitor but home brew software can)

Then there is also analogue clock + start/stop  inputs and outputs for
syncing with analogue sequencer (works only with my own software)
and support for 3 button Atari/Amiga mouse.

The latter one is dead simple but proves quite practical,
as it enables you to do <shift> click (or <control> click) functions with
one hand.
Just a 4066 over the <shift> & <control> keys,
the third mouse button triggers the cmos switch
and a toggle switch on the ST selects between <control> and <shift>
functions.

BTW Overscan works nice,
it improves screen resolution with only a few patch wires on the PCB,
but I had to hack my Cubase version to make it work.

Theo




----- Original Message -----
From: James Patchell <patchell at cox.net>
To: Rude 66 <r.lekx at chello.nl>; Oakley Sound
<oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>; Bennett, Paul <P.Bennett at shu.ac.uk>;
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT Atari Extra ports schems


> Heck, mine is still set up on my desk, ready to use....although, I don't
> use it a whole lot anymore (I have Cubase 2.0 or something like that
> installed on it).
>
> http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/homestudio.html
>
> if you look at the top photo, you will see the Mega ST on the left of the
desk.
>
> >r./
> >(who still has his atari mega ste in storage somewhere..)
>
>          -Jim
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