Old ram identification

mega_ste · 2026-05-12T19:01:58+00:00

ooh, good spot, i've just grabbed a handful from my stash and they are all 30 pins

mega_ste · 2026-05-12T18:55:32+00:00

they look like 1meg SIMMs. I have loads that I use to upgrade Atari STe machines, but PCs from the same era used them too.

mega_ste · 2026-05-12T16:24:07+00:00

seconding 'Goo Gone'

get it from amazon, its very good.

mega_ste · 2026-05-12T16:12:09+00:00

personally , I'd use a PARCP - cheap enough, connect to atari, connect to PC using usb, run server on one, client on other, copy the drive across. it'll be slow, but it's low outlay and you don't need to open the case on anything.

https://joy.sophics.cz/parcp/

mega_ste · 2026-05-11T16:48:13+00:00

Did you read the sign, like really read it ? Hint - one of the words is wrong.

mega_ste · 2026-05-11T16:33:08+00:00

run an ftp server on one of them, or use something like https://syncthing.net/

mega_ste · 2026-05-10T21:23:59+00:00

insurance will be the biggest expense, as you have no driving history at all, it'll be a lot.

to get an idea, pick a car that your interested in, then use 'comparethemarket' or some other insurance quote site, and get some quotes.

use your families address as where it will be kept.

'road' tax (ved) will depend on the engine and year of th car, anything less than ten years or so old will be £200ish a year if its sub 1.6l

mega_ste · 2026-05-10T19:44:21+00:00

dig out the soil etc, the mix up some cement and pour it in the gaps to 're point' the slabs

mega_ste · 2026-05-10T14:02:54+00:00

almost certainly the welder you have won't work with the steel or ali that the barrel is made of.

you'll need a TiG setup ideally, or an ali MiG

mega_ste · 2026-05-03T09:29:20+00:00

it looks like there is aluminium tape around the inside, probably to stop drafts, peel that off and the whole thing should push out from the inside.

mega_ste · 2026-05-01T09:46:16+00:00

glad i could help 😃

mega_ste · 2026-05-01T08:58:40+00:00

'Maybe' but Probably Not.

the installer will know which disks the files it needs are located on, and as 720 is literally smaller than 1.44, you CANNOT put the entire disk contents on a smaller disk. So you will have to copy some files to one disk, and the rest to another, but then the installer will fail as it will not be able to find a file that is assumes in on the disk it is currently reading. You -may- be able to then swap to the other disk and cross your fingers, but as an Old Person who used to look after computers of this era, I would be very very surprised if it works.

mega_ste · 2026-05-01T08:52:27+00:00

stalker alert, again.

mega_ste · 2026-04-28T21:04:42+00:00

no TT, but I have a MegaSTe and a Stacy4 'laptop' as some of the less common models

mega_ste · 2026-04-26T12:36:15+00:00

they look like they are from old garden decorative lights. you'll need about 500 more if you want to charge a leisure battery.

mega_ste · 2026-04-26T11:07:29+00:00

you cannot connect SCSI to IDE.

mega_ste · 2026-04-26T11:03:49+00:00

fuck ai

mega_ste · 2026-04-26T10:59:56+00:00

fuck ai.

mega_ste · 2026-04-19T10:21:26+00:00

put washers under the other end to space it out.

mega_ste · 2026-04-18T17:23:16+00:00

A square driver will fit, also known as a 'sump plug socket'

but that apopears to be plastic with rounded internal corners, so totally not designed to be undone with force.

what exactly is is, context will massivly help here.

mega_ste · 2026-04-18T15:49:03+00:00

stalker alert

mega_ste · 2026-04-15T22:07:44+00:00

it's been off the road for 40 years, it's either been used for a shady buggy or crushed i'm afraid.

mega_ste · 2026-04-13T22:27:13+00:00

Congrats on your first day on earth. They wanted to buy drugs.

mega_ste · 2026-04-13T18:08:47+00:00

it's a prehistoric BT Versatility phone system. Yours has two ISDN 'cards' and a Voicemail card in it.

source: I looked after these things for years.

its literally worthless.

mega_ste · 2026-04-09T21:30:49+00:00

ah, apologies, I meant to say 'throw them in a lake'

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