UK is my biggest market. But I'm in the UK so... Next largest is USA. Germany and France are half and half again. I guess if I count all EU sales they would be comparable to the USA sales..which seems odd in some ways.. Interesting, I would have thought Germany and France to be quite big in terms o...

Yes, nothing on A1 is suspicious, but I see also that you’re sampling at 50 MHz which might be close to the limit for a 25Mhz signal. You might want to sample at 100Mhz to make sure you don’t miss quick transitions.

As it happens on two different STs (the 1040 and the Mega 4), I would suspect an issue with the ST536. I have two ST536 and they both had a similar issue at first. I reflowed some suspicious joints on one of the ST536 and the issue disappeared on this card. So I would recommend double checking all s...

Yes, they actually didn’t have a machine for the review, it’s mentioned they got all information by phone. From what I understand they were supposed to get a machine but a fire at Atari’s French headquarters made it difficult to get production machines on time, which is why they finally did the revi...

Just read the full article and it seems they are complaining about a production machine, not a review board. They mention that their initial review (2 month before) was done on a « review machine » which had proper SIMM slots while the new one only has SIP. So I guess it’s a very early production ru...

As it’s a 1040 STF, unless you have a special add-on, the TOS version is < 2, so you can safely boot without floppy. What happens if you boot with the keyboard but without the floppy ?

Yes clearly, I need to find a better way, even though I’m not sure the fan is necessary with a Meanwell. Maybe simply reverse it to extract air from inside the Atari case.

I recently installed a Meanwell (RD-65A) in a MegaST and this time I used a zip tie to hold it in place. By using one screw from the original PSU and the zip tie around PSU+Metal plate, it sits firmly in place and no need to modify the original plate. IMG_0886.jpeg No metal plate or original Atari p...

Seems there is a problem with gmail accounts. I tried confirming my address a few times but never received the email. I switched from my gmail address to my iCloud address and received the email within a few seconds. So if you try to register and have multiple emails, do not use the gmail one for th...