| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 160.1 | I do like rack handles however. | FRACTL::HEERMANCE | In Stereo Where Available | Tue Jul 12 1988 15:29 | 7 |
| Sounds good, although I'm fairly satisfied with the way the
1040 has been packaged. I use to have an 800XL and that was
cable city!
I think the main advantage would be the detachable keyboard.
Martin H.
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| 160.2 | I'd like the keyboard part | PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ | Jeff Lomicka | Tue Jul 12 1988 15:49 | 6 |
| I'd be interested in the detached keyboard case alone. I'd put the
rest of the system in a cheap MSDOS/clone box. (I've already ordered a
"Baby/AT" case for my hard disk project.) It would be nice if you made
these available separately.
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| 160.3 | I rest my case....for the keyboard at least | TENERE::DEIGHTON | | Tue Jul 12 1988 18:47 | 19 |
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You already have a keyboard case!......If you have a 520ST and I believe this
also applies to a 1040ST......the keyboard is actually connected to the
motherboard via a connector and cable. Basically if you wish to re house
the mother board you take all the guts out of the Atari plastic. Cut the case
lengthwise along the plastic indendation behind the function keys and glue
a suitable back onto the keyboard section having re-installed the keyboard
PCB and arranged for a suitably long cable between the connector on the
keyboard and the motherboard in its new housing.
I believe that system boxes including PSU and housing for disk drives
are available from a number of German and English companies. I suspect that
further boxes to integrate the old 520 and 1040 motherboards with the
expansion slot capability of the Mega STs are also being planned.
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| 160.4 | | LDP::WEAVER | Laboratory Data Products | Tue Jul 12 1988 19:28 | 16 |
| Re: .3
With a little work, you could easily detach the keyboard by extending
the serial line that connects the keyboard controller to the main
system. The problem with this approach on an old 520 STM is that
the mouse and joystick connectors are mounted on the main unit,
with a connector to transfer signals to the keyboard controller.
It would take a bit more than simple cutting, but having a single
serial line would probably be more reliable (obviously you need
to get power as well). There are also inductors mounted on the
main circuit board that handle the mouse and joystick signals if
my memory is still serving me correctly.
Or you can upgrade to a Mega ST like I did... :-)
-Dave
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| 160.5 | Industrial ST | UTROP1::JONG_MARC | | Thu Jul 14 1988 04:31 | 9 |
|
There are indeed rack mounted ST's available. There's a German
manufacturer that redesigned the PCB and put all the ST components
on their own PCB. It looks very compact. It's designed for industrial
use, a sort of "ruggedized" ST.
I think it was designed for 19" rack mount, though I'm not sure.
Marc
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| 160.6 | what about in US | FREKE::LEIGH | | Thu Jul 14 1988 09:27 | 14 |
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> There are indeed rack mounted ST's available. There's a German
> manufacturer that redesigned the PCB and put all the ST components
> on their own PCB. It looks very compact. It's designed for industrial
> use, a sort of "ruggedized" ST.
> I think it was designed for 19" rack mount, though I'm not sure.
> Marc
Are these available in the US?
Chad
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| 160.7 | I wouldn't know, I'm in Holland | UTROP1::JONG_MARC | | Fri Jul 15 1988 03:58 | 9 |
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re.: .6
I wouldn't know since I live in Holland. But I do know that when
the Tramiels were in Germany recently and were shown this IST they
were flabbergasted. They hadn't heard of it at all. So I assume
there's no US representative for this product, at least not yet.
Marc
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