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Kidney Failure! Bad News/Good News! [message #381674] Thu, 07 March 2019 08:35
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Originally posted by: AtariSales

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 11:11:41 -0800 (PST)

I'm sure thinking of you. We've never met, but you're always so nice on
here and I think I've bought some things from you.

> Thank You! I Try Not To Get Into Flame Wars, And I Try Not To Make
> Promises I Cant Keep!

I'm hoping for good news.

I'd be in the market for a 1040 or a Mega around now except that myLinux
desktop had a motherboard issue and I went a little wild on the upgrade/
replacement. I'm planning to get pricing from you when I'm back in that
market.

> I'm Having Problems With My SALT Unit That I Use To Test ST Computers!
> For Those Of You That Do Not Know, A SALT Unit (Acronym) Stands For A
> S.tand AL.one T.est Unit! The Problem Is And Comes Up Lately As I've
> Been Testing A Couple Of Mega ST's And They Both Have The SameSymptoms,
> An RS232 Error And A Clock Increment Error! I Believe The Problem Lies
> With The SALT Unit,Particularily The RS232 Cable Hooked Between Salt &
> The RS232 Port On The Mega ST! If This Works, I'll Have Two Mega ST 2s
> To Sell! Both With TOS v.1.4, Both With An (Mystery?) Upgrade With A
> Toggle Switch On The Back(I Dont Know What The Upgrade Does)!One Of The
> Toggles Is Broken Off And May Be Replaceable! One Mega Has 2 Megs, The
> Other Has 4 Megs! TOS v.1.4 Is Good If You Have A Hard Drive! With An
> ICD Host Adapter And ICD Host Software,You Can Have Bigger Partitions!
> GEM Partions Of 32 Megs,Instead Of 16 And BGM Partitions Of 512 Megs Of
> Partition Space, Instead Of 256 Meg Partitions! ICD Host Software Also
> Supports (I Think?) Upto 64 Partitions And With 8 SCSI ID #s, You May
> Have Multiple SCSI Units! Like A ZIP Drive Or A CD ROM! Please Reply,
> Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers!Thanx!=-Ben-=

Games/Software, Hardware/Accessories & Books/References!Atari Computers,
8 Bit & ST Lines + Atari 2600/5200/7800, Jaguar & Lynx Games, Consoles &
Hand Helds! FREE Catalogs At BensCatalogs.Atari.org You Can Also Goto
BenSells.Atari.org Or Request Catalogs By E-Mail At BenSells@Atari.org
Specify Atari 8 Bit, ST, 2600/7800, 5200, Jaguar Or Lynx!!!!! Or Request
Catalog Archives In Either .ARC, .ZIP Or .ZOO Formats! Call Ben Anytime,
(503)256-9974!Come For The Sales, Stay For The Service!Sent On My Atari!
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