ralph@laas.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (03/28/89)
In article <352@cstw01.UUCP>, meulenbr@cstw01.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes: | ... Where are the long ago promised blitter upgrades for 1040 | owners??? It seems that the blitter is on sale for 1040 ST's here in France! Around 250 FF. It has been advertised in the trade journals, such as ST Magazine. No, I don't have one. -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!mcvax!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: SOBEK@FRMOP11.BITNET sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU
Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com (03/30/89)
Ralph Sobek writes: >It seems that the blitter is on sale for 1040 ST's here in France! >Around 250 FF. It has been advertised in the trade journals, such as >ST Magazine. An Australian Atari user group newsletter recently printed instructions on how to install a blitter chip into the newer revisions of 520/1040s, using parts purchased from Mega dealers. The installation involves unsoldering the 64 tiny holes in the motherboard where the blitter goes, installing a socket for the blitter, and installing the "Mega ROMs" in place of the current ROMs (if the machine doesn't already have them). However, the availability of blitter chips as replacement parts for Mega STs in no way implies that Atari is any further along toward releasing a "blitter upgrade" for older machines than it was a year ago. Indeed, the fact that the new revisions of the 520/1040 motherboards HAVE a place for the blitter, but DO NOT even have a socket installed, seems to indicate that Atari has no immediate plans to make it easy for those machines to have blitters installed as a "retro-fit." BobR
ralph@leonard.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (04/07/89)
In article <16413@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes: | I, Ralph Sobek, write: | | >It seems that the blitter is on sale for 1040 ST's here in France! | >Around 250 FF. It has been advertised in the trade journals, such as | >ST Magazine. | [ comments on how to do it yourself deleted ] | Indeed, the | fact that the new revisions of the 520/1040 motherboards HAVE a place for | the blitter, but DO NOT even have a socket installed, seems to indicate | that Atari has no immediate plans to make it easy for those machines to | have blitters installed as a "retro-fit." Maybe some Atari dealers are more adventurous than others, but my local official Atari dealer (Logisoft -- the makers of Turbodos) says that they'll install the blitter for about 200 FF (1$US 6.40 FF) extra. Next time I drop by I'll ask them for more details if others are interested. Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!mcvax!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: SOBEK@FRMOP11.BITNET sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!mcvax!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: SOBEK@FRMOP11.BITNET sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU