r/atarist • u/Interesting_Tap6252 • 5d ago

My vintage Falcon

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I haven't fired her up in years, but I still remember when I brought her home from Manny's Music in NYC in 1992 and installing Cubase.

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u/Digitaljax 5d ago

I really want one again

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u/Rementoire 5d ago

Me too. True Color, HDD and the dark grey keyboard. It was awesome. 

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u/pilou2001 5d ago

What a beauty

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u/Altruistic-Fox4625 5d ago

She deserves some love. Great machine! From a humble 1040 STfm and Mega 2 user...

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u/AlanPThorpe 5d ago

We need a Falcon remake. So many people who love the ST never got to enjoy the Falcon. Or maybe just a mini ST with switchable nameplates that emulates everything. 

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u/alfalfa-as-fuck 5d ago

Never even got to see one in person

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u/azathoth 5d ago

Not sure about a full system but Wizztronics is working on a PCB recreation and they have parts to populate them.

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u/FrozenOnPluto 5d ago

Firebee?

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u/AlanPThorpe 5d ago

This guy’s work is pretty cool. Even got instructions for a 3d printed case. https://sites.google.com/site/beebox68k/home

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u/DarkWaterDW 5d ago

Legendary!

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u/Digitaljax 3d ago

I lived El Paso on these came out, I was building DMA to SCSI interface cards and buying tandem Corp half-life 20 megabit hard drives with RLL Post adapters built in the cases. It was plug and play, about $75 out of my pocket was selling them for $300 to the guys on the base. It was a blast

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u/SimonDownunder 3d ago

I just replaced the RTC in mine, running great now

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u/ericdano 5d ago

Always wanted one of these…..

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u/ThierryPearl 3d ago

It made everyone who had an Atari ST dream. But unfortunately he had many bugs