Old TT motherboard restoration
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
Great news @mgi another TT is alive.
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
Now need to find a case for it and some space
What are my options regarding the case? Any known substitutes? Big tower maybe? Anyone has experience?
What are my options regarding the case? Any known substitutes? Big tower maybe? Anyone has experience?
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Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
As case a PC AT Bigtower will fit. With some metal work on a spezial housing back panel ...
https://forum.atari-home.de/index.php/t ... #msg240785
Rolf Rocke Atari TT Tower Case ...
... or ask BEST for a original Atari TT case.
https://forum.atari-home.de/index.php/t ... #msg240785
Rolf Rocke Atari TT Tower Case ...
... or ask BEST for a original Atari TT case.
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
This tower looks great! Not sure about my skills on the metalwork though...
I guess I would settle on standard case if I could find one but will keep my eyes peeled for a big AT tower too.
I guess I would settle on standard case if I could find one but will keep my eyes peeled for a big AT tower too.
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
Hi,
So the resurrection is progressing but not without issues. I managed to fit the board into the case and happily boot from Ultrasatan.
I can run Mint and Geneva but I have few issues and maybe someone can help?
Main one is SCSI which is probably not unusual after reading few posts. I tried attaching external SCSI but it is not visible and what’s worse HDDRIVER will not run but crash. I run diagnostics cartridge and it fails on SCSI test:
Other than this I have odd issues in Mint like Tos2win crashing etc. Geneva seems to be much more stable.
Any suggestions?
So the resurrection is progressing but not without issues. I managed to fit the board into the case and happily boot from Ultrasatan.
I can run Mint and Geneva but I have few issues and maybe someone can help?
Main one is SCSI which is probably not unusual after reading few posts. I tried attaching external SCSI but it is not visible and what’s worse HDDRIVER will not run but crash. I run diagnostics cartridge and it fails on SCSI test:
Other than this I have odd issues in Mint like Tos2win crashing etc. Geneva seems to be much more stable.
Any suggestions?
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
Make sure your terminations are correct. I think you need to terminate the external device, but I'm not 100% sure whether you need to remove or keep the internal termination resistors... I always forget, maybe try with and without to see what happens. Always run an 'auto-configure' in hdr-util after each change.
Re: Old TT motherboard restoration
I have no terminators inside - do I need them without any device attached? I would imagine HDDRIVER should still run? I can run HDDRutil but little point without the driver?