While watching this I was pleased to be re-acquainted with the magic of your videos. When you are right into the subject, they are so absorbing. Also, admirable restraint on your part for resisting the urge to peel off the film on the case badge. I don't think I could have done it. 😊👍
I wouldn't call it a fail, I'd call it progress. Even if replacing faulty parts didn't change much, they still needed to be replaced, and it will help narrowing down the problem. So keep up the good work and you'll have this Atari fixed in no time! 👍
I still have my complete boxed Atari 130xe. It's just a pity it doesn't work at the moment. It was definitely working when I put it in the attic 20 years ago.
So nice to finally have your capable hands all over my crusty old hardware 😅 I picked up a couple of these years ago so when you said how gutted you were to have lost yours in the fire it was the least I could do. 🙂 Edit: Oh, and I should add that I'm not the one who blew it up, in fact I don't think I ever even plugged this one in...
those sockets are ok, they're very common and never had any issues with them, if you're thinking of using turned pin types, they can cause issues especially if putting in previously soldered chips, the extra thickness stretches/deforms/breaks the contacts and they wont contact well again...
nice, i'd love one of those desoldering stations, i have several boxes of 'scrap' boards i'd like to get the chips off of, a few are full of 4164s and some other types, i've already manually took a few off and were ok..
Leaded solder fumes poisoning you is an urban myth. Lead do not evaporate in any significant amount at soldering temperatures (boiling temp. of lead is 1750°C), all the fumes you see are coming from the flux you use and the flux core inside the solder wire, and this is the same for any kind of solder wire, be it leaded or not. You can get a degree of lead poisoning by solder if you eat it, or if you make a habit of rubbing it with your fingers and then clean the grey oxide on your fingers by licking them. Leaded solder is gradually being phased out ONLY because most electronics go into landfills after they are picked clean of their parts containing precious metals and lead is not one of those, so almost all the lead on those goes into landfills, where they slowly get decomposed by the naturally occurring acids in the soil, contaminating both the soil and underground waters.
@@blahblahblahblah2933 I never said anything about the fume extractor. I don't know how bad breathing flux fumes is, but surely not breathing them must be better. But, I say again, there are no lead fumes involved. It is funny how many people are actually scared to use leaded solder because of this false information.
@@borayurt66 flux fumes can be very bad, i have some 'low residue flux', that make you cough a fair bit if you get the slightest direct waft of it when soldering,, but yes, you're not gonna get lead poisoning from the fumes...! many suppliers wont supply leaded solder to 'hobbyists' only 'professionals' and manufacturers, but its the mass manufactured items that are more likely to end up in landfill, not some enthusiasts one off project!!
@@andygozzo72 Good old rosin core solder is pretty safe compared to high tech chemicals, but I agree, it is better not to breathe flux fumes too. Leaded solder not being sold to hobbyists is the result of this ridiculous myth created by misinformation, unfortunately we are living in the times of polluted information and people believe in anything they see or hear on the internet.
AMAZING STUFF 😎 Since I had a similar problem when my first Atari 65XE from 1988 died all of the sudden, I'd say that ANTIC is dead (bunch of ram chips + antic).
Good to see! I have an Atari 1040STF, thankfully not as far gone as yours but I've never seen or touched an Atari ST before so I feel like I'm in a similar boat (floppy drive is not working). Sockets may be cheap but as long as they're not single wipe, they're fine. Thanks for the video!
wonder what you'd say if you opened up an amiga 1200 full of dried mud(yes really!!), like i did some years back 😲😁 i did clean it up and get it working and eventually sold it off as working but 'may' need further work, as i hadnt recapped it (they looked ok at the time)
Na not an epic fail.. that machine defo had a major problem before... I don't like the saying "Back in the day" either lol. Another fine video Mark. How's the downsizing going? got another place lined up?.. hope it all balances out for you, I'm sure it will :)
I tried. The harder I tried the more I said it. I did try Star Raiders (amazing game) but no luck. I’ll try and get a working ten thirty 😅 j/k so I can compare the activity on the ICs
@@MarkFixesStuff I know what you mean, once you start saying stuff like that, you just can't stop 😁 Have you tried to start the self test by booting up whilst holding the option key down? There is also another diag cart called Sys-check and it can be used to boot from an OS and RAM on the card. Also, the CPU has an extra pin at 35 called halt, which IIRC is active low so worth checking that.
