Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I was beyond excited to have recently had the opportunity to pick up an Atari 520ST complete with an SC1224 RGB monitor and SF354 disk drive! Unfortunately, despite it all seeming to work initially, it was hiding some big problems that will need to be solved.
You can read some more detailed thoughts about my troubles with the ST in a post I wrote here: techtangents.net/2021/07/23/first-contact-the-atari-sts-surprisingly-numerous-faults
This was far from the video I planned on making about this computer. There were so many things that went wrong in this project that I nearly wrote the video off completely a few times. But everything can't go perfectly every time. I am still just as excited about this computer, if not a little defeated though. I will be back to it, the floppy drive repairs will be along very soon. But I need to make some plans for the rest of the issues before I can continue after that.
Playlists of more stuff like this:
Computers: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBjb_EinOYA2QnzaNwryOvfE
1980s: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBgCQCjbuyVorx-YC_HmxX4r
Other Links
Youtube: youtube.com/AkBKukU
Github: github.com/AkBKukU
Thingiverse: thingiverse.com/AkBKukU
Patreon: patreon.com/AkBKukU
Discord: discord.gg/E6xgGs6
I was beyond excited to have recently had the opportunity to pick up an Atari 520ST complete with an SC1224 RGB monitor and SF354 disk drive! Unfortunately, despite it all seeming to work initially, it was hiding some big problems that will need to be solved.
You can read some more detailed thoughts about my troubles with the ST in a post I wrote here: techtangents.net/2021/07/23/first-contact-the-atari-sts-surprisingly-numerous-faults
This was far from the video I planned on making about this computer. There were so many things that went wrong in this project that I nearly wrote the video off completely a few times. But everything can't go perfectly every time. I am still just as excited about this computer, if not a little defeated though. I will be back to it, the floppy drive repairs will be along very soon. But I need to make some plans for the rest of the issues before I can continue after that.
Playlists of more stuff like this:
Computers: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBjb_EinOYA2QnzaNwryOvfE
1980s: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBgCQCjbuyVorx-YC_HmxX4r
Other Links
Youtube: youtube.com/AkBKukU
Github: github.com/AkBKukU
Thingiverse: thingiverse.com/AkBKukU
Patreon: patreon.com/AkBKukU
Discord: discord.gg/E6xgGs6
