7 Feb
2003
7 Feb
'03
3:06 a.m.
Hi Curt!
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
I just want to play...
So, I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll spot something cheap
on eBay or at the Trenton Computer Festival in May.
AERCO was a small Texas company that made little
gadgets for the Atari ST, Amiga and Timex/Sinclair
computers. When I worked for Zebra Systems, Inc. We
sold their products...
Regards,
Al
From: "Curt Vendel"
<curt(a)atarimuseum.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:13:41 -0500
Hi Al,
Never heard of that particular memory board
before, don't know where you can get a manual.
For a HD you can go to www.myatari.com and buy
a "ICD LINK" Adapter which will give your DMA/ASCI
port full SCSI capabilities, also ask them about
ExtenDOS Gold, its a drivers disk that will allow
the TOS to recognize and use CD-ROM drives too, they
also have a large selection of ST software on
CDROM's
Curt
7 Feb
7 Feb
3:19 a.m.
And thusly Al Hartman spake:
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
An IDE card for the C64 is $89 US and the SCSI controller is $249.
Cheers,
Bryan
P.S. The SCSI drive (CMD-HD) acts just like a 1541 drive.. ie it is a
"smart" device.
12 Feb
12 Feb
3:13 p.m.
Al actually has a very good point, the Atari DMA port is also referred to as
an ASCI (Atari Small Computer Interface) which basically translates into
(Atari wanted to keep costs down so they incorporated a cheapo semi-SCSI
port where the drives would incorporate an Adaptec adapter or semi
interface) so then the HD's would be more expensive... go figure. Well the
Link II and ADscsi interface are just a small handful of chips and I think a
PAL 16L8 and some connectors, so there is not much there and quite frankly
that really should cost about $19.99 each these days, but its that pesky PAL
on it that causes the issue, since ICD no longer makes them and you can only
use what little existing stock that is still around, they sell at a premium,
kinda s*cks.
Yeah, Ebay is gonna be your best hope I supposed.... you could always keep
an eye out for a Mega STe or TT030 or a Falcon030, the Mega STe and TT030
has DB25 SCSI 1 ports, the Falcon has a SCSI II port on it
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope(a)wordstock.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Atari ST Help
And thusly Al Hartman spake:
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
An IDE card for the C64 is $89 US and the SCSI controller is $249.
Cheers,
Bryan
P.S. The SCSI drive (CMD-HD) acts just like a 1541 drive.. ie it is a
"smart" device. 
7 Feb
7 Feb
7:34 a.m.
I don't know if ICD still sells them, but the Link II I bought new from
them in 97' was only $99.00 plus shipping. Of course I have a fair
number of spare scsi hdd's around along with a bunch of clone power
supplies. I'd guess the whole thing cost me about $130.00.
Now, if you get a scsi controller for the ST, you can use it on ANY ST
which means if you luck into a Mega or MegaSTE then you won't have to
buy anything new.
Regards,
jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Al Hartman
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:03 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Atari ST Help
Hi Curt!
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
I just want to play...
So, I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll spot something cheap
on eBay or at the Trenton Computer Festival in May.
AERCO was a small Texas company that made little
gadgets for the Atari ST, Amiga and Timex/Sinclair
computers. When I worked for Zebra Systems, Inc. We
sold their products...
Regards,
Al
From: "Curt Vendel"
<curt(a)atarimuseum.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:13:41 -0500
Hi Al,
Never heard of that particular memory board
before, don't know where you can get a manual.
For a HD you can go to www.myatari.com and buy
a "ICD LINK" Adapter which will give your DMA/ASCI
port full SCSI capabilities, also ask them about
ExtenDOS Gold, its a drivers disk that will allow
the TOS to recognize and use CD-ROM drives too, they
also have a large selection of ST software on
CDROM's
Curt
9:06 a.m.
Somewhere here I have the manual for installing the
Marpet Xtra Ram upgrade. If you think that might help
I could scan some relevent pages.
There was also an Aussie that was producing an IDE
interface and some other things whose site I can't find on
my bookmarks now. IIRC his name was Mario ------ and
the price wasn't too bad. The nice thing about the IDC
Link is that you can hang numerous SCSI peripherals
off the HD port like Zip drives, CDROMS, and Scanners.
Likely why they still command a good price.
Lawrence
On 7 Feb 2003, , Al Hartman wrote:
Hi Curt!
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
I just want to play...
So, I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll spot something cheap
on eBay or at the Trenton Computer Festival in May.
AERCO was a small Texas company that made little
gadgets for the Atari ST, Amiga and Timex/Sinclair
computers. When I worked for Zebra Systems, Inc. We
sold their products...
Regards,
Al
> From: "Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atarimuseum.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:13:41 -0500
>
> Hi Al,
>
> Never heard of that particular memory board
> before, don't know where you can get a manual.
> For a HD you can go to www.myatari.com and buy
> a "ICD LINK" Adapter which will give your DMA/ASCI
> port full SCSI capabilities, also ask them about
> ExtenDOS Gold, its a drivers disk that will allow
> the TOS to recognize and use CD-ROM drives too, they
> also have a large selection of ST software on
> CDROM's
>
>
>
> Curt
lgwalker@ mts.net
9:33 a.m.
BTW, the Link II's they are selling are NEW. Call and ask or leave an
email. I just checked their catalog. The link I bough was from them
IIRC. It came in it's original packaging and was perfect in all
respects. Still is perfect though now used... ;-)
Regards,
Jeff
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be...
lgwalker@ mts.net
3:36 p.m.
Hmmm how did my address get into this ?
As the old flame went "check your attributes"
and in this case your deletions.
Lawrence
On 7 Feb 2003, , Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:
BTW, the Link II's they are selling are NEW. Call
and ask or
leave an email. I just checked their catalog. The link I
bough was from them IIRC. It came in it's original packaging
and was perfect in all respects. Still is perfect though now
used... ;-)
Regards,
Jeff
lgwalker@ mts.net
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY
too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be...
lgwalker@ mts.net
12 Feb
12 Feb
3:12 p.m.
Hi Al,
Hey dude, good to see you still around too! Trenton Computer Faire in
May, huh??? I may have to make a trip down there if the picken's are good.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Hartman" <alhartman(a)yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Atari ST Help
Hi Curt!
Yes, I know about that site, but they want WAY too
much money for a used adapter for an old computer.
You would think that at this point, they'd be about
$20.00 or so, since I can buy whole ST's for about
that price. I just can't justify spending $150.00 or
more to put a hard drive on a $20.00 computer.
I just want to play...
So, I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll spot something cheap
on eBay or at the Trenton Computer Festival in May.
AERCO was a small Texas company that made little
gadgets for the Atari ST, Amiga and Timex/Sinclair
computers. When I worked for Zebra Systems, Inc. We
sold their products...
Regards,
Al
> From: "Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atarimuseum.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:13:41 -0500
>
> Hi Al,
>
> Never heard of that particular memory board
> before, don't know where you can get a manual.
> For a HD you can go to www.myatari.com and buy
> a "ICD LINK" Adapter which will give your DMA/ASCI
> port full SCSI capabilities, also ask them about
> ExtenDOS Gold, its a drivers disk that will allow
> the TOS to recognize and use CD-ROM drives too, they
> also have a large selection of ST software on
> CDROM's
>
>
>
> Curt
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