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Subject: Basic hardware upgrade help / resources sought
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.174120.47166@cc.usu.edu>
From: slp9m@cc.usu.edu
Date: 26 Mar 91 17:41:19 MDT
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While I have been a 1040 ST owner for several years, I have never 
really been in touch with the ST world.  I bought the machine and 
put it to work on a few simple tasks which it has been performing 
faithfully for about the past four years.  Recently, thanks in a 
good measure to this newsgroup, I have decided to get more use out 
of the ol' Atari.  As a result of this increased activity, I am 
now desirous of upgrading the system and am looking for some 
expert information and/or pointers to same.  While I have picked 
up on related threads in this newsgroup, I am constantly reading 
assumptions that may or may not be correct into the postings.  I 
really need to start back at square one on a lot of these issues.  
(I say square one in regards to my familiarity with the particular 
machine, not computers in general.)

Here are the most urgent issues:

1. Memory upgrades.  How to do them.  What are the alternatives (I 
gather from what I read that there's more than one method)?

2. Adding hard drives.  What type of drives work?  What kind of 
controller do I need.  Who makes a good controller and where do I 
get one?  I prefer to assemble one from a controller, drive, etc.
as opposed to a plug & play model.

Then there are some others, not quite as urgent:

3. OS upgrades.  I am running TOS 1.0.  I assume this means 
changing the ROMs.  Is this true?  Where do I get a set?  Maybe 
this should be in the urgent category, but I don't know better.

4. Mouse alternatives.  I hate the switches in my original Atari 
mouse.  Are there other mice that work?  I just popped the mouse 
open and it appears to be a simple matter to change the switches, 
if I can find better ones.  If anyone knows of a good source for 
better switches, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

All advice is welcome.  However, I am sure that most of the 
information I seek has been well documented in a number of places.  
I would especially appreciate receiving references to books and 
articles (as well as good places to obtain same).  I also need to 
be advised of recommendable sources for mail order hardware.

E-mail or, in cases where it seems appropriate, posted responses 
are welcome.

Based on my past experience with this group, I feel completely 
justified in offering many, many thanks in advance.

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