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Upgrading the Atari 520ST to 4MB of RAM

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Blake Patterson

This one’s been a long time coming. I purchased an Atari 520ST back in late 1986. It has a particular charm and is one of the systems I most fondly remember. Shortly after I got it I ordered a system organizer / … Continue reading →

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My Atari 520ST Setup

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Blake Patterson

I’ve mentioned in various posts on this blog that I’ve owned a couple of Atari STs over the years – a 520ST in late ’86 and a Mega ST2 in ’89. I sold them both long ago, but have particularly … Continue reading →

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Putting the Atari ST and TI out Front for “Modern Touch Week” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Blake Patterson

Just a quick post here to share a bit of what I was up to this past weekend. It was “Modern Touch Week” over at Reddit’s r/Retrobattlestations which was a competition to show a vintage system using recent / modern … Continue reading →

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Remembering an Atari Computer Lab in Hampton, Virginia

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Blake Patterson

Recently, I’ve been playing with Atari 8-bit computers for the first time ever, really. I purchased a bundle including an 800XL and 130XE through eBay back in 2002 but I never really did anything with them. What with the recent … Continue reading →

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Four Colors Into Sixteen: Terminal Innovation on the Atari ST

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Blake Patterson

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the growing telnet BBS world lately and it’s really been a blast. I’ve been “dialing” in to my favorite BBSs by way of Paul Rickard’s WiFi232 Internet Modems (which I covered in … Continue reading →

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The Year that ‘Starglider’ and the Atari ST Saved Halloween

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Blake Patterson

(The U.S. presidential election took place yesterday, and today I am greatly in need of some serious distraction, so I thought I’d write a post about a particular computing memory from decades past that’s been on my mind lately, but is not … Continue reading →

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Showing Off the Atari SC1224 for “CRT Week” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Earlier this month it was CRT Week at r/Retrobattlestations. There are many CRTs in my vintage computer collection, but for this contest I focused on the one that has the sharpest display of any 15kHz RGB monitor I’ve ever seen, … Continue reading →

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Found New Time Bandit for Atari ST Retail Pacakge

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Blake Patterson

Ever since I first played it back on my Atari 520ST back in 1986, I’ve loved the game Time Bandit. A few weeks ago, at the request of a reader, I scanned the game’s short manual that I’d kept all … Continue reading →

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Got My Micro Mate 520 STation for Atari ST!

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Blake Patterson

Back in the fall of 1986 I moved from an Apple IIe to an Atari 520ST. I quite enjoyed that ST. One particularly nice and uncommon thing about my ST setup was the system stand I found and ordered out … Continue reading →

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My Little BBSing Resource Page

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Blake Patterson

I have a room full of vintage computer systems and one of the most enjoyable ways I’ve found to spend time with them is to use them to visit online Bulletin Board Systems, much as I used to when these … Continue reading →

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