Mega Boosting the Mega ST 

Nice. I always wondered if those accelerators would work! The ST4 is great looking machine.

great video. nice to see ST still running.

One thing I really like about the Atari ST cases is that the box screws have square holes, so as to tell them apart from screws that hold things in place inside the case.

Very nice! I grew up with a 520STm then a 1040STf. (The 520ST ran our BBS). I always wondered about the Mega’s so it was neat to see the insides. also very cool seeing the ET4000 upgrade here - I have an ET4000 slated to go into a Mega STE I bought a few years back that I need to get to. I like this channel. Subbed!

Great video. Both those upgrades I eventually wanna add to my Mega ST or Mega STE. Godspeed for your channel too.

Your videos are awesome, please keep creating them.

No way you get to put a Tseng Labs ET4000 in an Atari ST-line of computers .... that's so amazing 🤩🤩🤩

I got a Mega ST 4 myself fairly recently. One that came modified by its previous owner. Amongst other things, it has two internal floppy drives.

I appreciate you posting this, and it's interesting to see inside a mega st, but - no disrespect here - isn't this a case of a broom with a new handle and a new brush? I mean, new processor, new ram, new rom, new graphics card, cf card instead of the original hdd, new desktop, and even a new psu! Is it really an ST any more? I guess you could argue you can play (some) original games, but would it not be easier and a lot cheaper just to use an emulator on a pc?

For a long while i always thought the 1040 STFM had a blitter as well as the extra memory.

great job . appreciated

Nice

Love the video! Were you able to find a TF536 assembled, or did you assembly yourself? Also, did you look at the exxos “ST Edition”?

I had a 1040ST in the mid 80's with a PC Ditto card to DOS. I would love to get another one

New Sub! Dryden, MI! Never had an ST or any atari computer: Just my First Love, the 7800 Wouldnt Mind having one & Cleaning it up for Dads room of Junk as Mom calls it lol

I had a Mega ST2 and solded sockets on the motherboard and upgraded it to 4mb.

My God, put some black tape over the EEPROM's window man :D:D:D Nice and inspirational video... I'm off ordering a meanwell PSU to fit in my MegaST :D

Wow, a really spiced up Mega and in really good shape! 👌 According your video(s): You should use a clamp microphone or similar, as your audio is barely understandable most of the time from 10:30 onwards (opening the case).

I have a Mega 4 in an AT fliptop case, an SST030, a Genlock adapter, and a 450mb Seagate SCSI hard drive. I was always going to try and put in an CD drive, I wonder if I could find a SCSI Dvd unit somewhere? I have plenty of bays!

Wow, great video! I have 2x1040s,2x520s, and just recently got 2xMega/2s. I love the simple ide/tos solution you originally had in there. Are there gerbers available for that or can you post a link to where I can buy? I am more of a Apple/Commodore but would love to get more into Atari.

Never had an Atari ST. I only have an Atari PC3 and Atari PC4LC, still I stay intrigued about the ST's. Who knows, someday...

Huh? I had no idea you could use terrible fire boards on Atari ST's, but considering how similar they were to the Amiga's on the CPU side of things it should've been obvious.

That's a pretty minty looking ST4. Not much yellowing if any.

Can we modify the body of laptop and put inside more modern specs hardware? Such a beautiful body does not manufacture nowadays design

Does the IDE interface of this accelerator still works on the MEGA 1?

You've likely already seen these, but just in case you haven't, Steve Jones, a long time staple of the Commodore scene and maker of the Checkmate series of cases, is releasing a retro monitor. It's an LCD rather than a CRT, so take that for all the pros and cons as usual, but the important thing is it's not a wide-screen ratio, aesthetically it's in keeping with the older Commodore and Atari monitors, it has a bit of depth to it so it doesn't look like a sleek modern flat-panel, and it has these slot connectors for various input modules, so it will be flexible enough to do just about any retro computer or console. Sure, it doesn't have the charm and softness of a real CRT, but you might find it more convenient to use and easier to film for RU-vid, being an LCD. Personally I'd like to see them with a slightly curved and slightly diffuse lens over the screen, to ape the geometry and fuzziness of a real CRT a little, but I can see why others might think that's a bit too far into the naff.

Did you paint that dell monitor white?🐞

do you have links where to purchase this hardware? thx.

Didnt know that Mega Sts have blitter and mechanical keyboard. Though, that 030 CPU is probably faster than the inbuilt blitter.

i guess my comment was deleted, lol. so what atari computers would you recommend that has a dspchip?

I wonder if Atari were still making computers we would have seen the Atari GIGA ? Or perhaps the Atari TS ? 🤔

1040 ste atari compatible ?

I have an Atari PC and the motherboard looks near identical.

Don't you have a mouse?

1 Thought: how much can you upgrade a system and you are no longer “playing” with a vintage computer? I mean, if you upgrade a vintage computer to a point, why not just buy a system with the advanced features you want and leave the vintage system for people that want a vintage experience.

Often times you only need to say often.

Informative share! Wondering if any custom PCBs may help for upcoming content? Would love to sponsor and reach any YT collab together if there's a chance! (PCBWay zoey)