Hardware hacks

DIY stuff you can do to your Atari hardware !!

Atari Chips

• Add a Blitter chip to your STFM - Procedure to add a Blitter chip to your STFM
• DMA Fix - Procedure to potentially fix hard disk problems on the STE machines

Atari Graphics

• Atari ST to Amstrad CM14 monitor - How to connect an Atari ST/STE to an Amstrad CM14 stereo monitor.
• Atari ST to VGA adaptor - Describes how to wire a cable to connect an ST to a VGA/SVGA monitor.
• Atari ST VGA Cable Procedures - by Techie Alison
• Atari ST SCART Cable - Various ways to make your own ST SCART cable
• Atari ST Composite Out - Add a video composite out socket
• Falcon to VGA Cable - Describes how to connect a Falcon to a VGA monitor
• Falcon Switchable Multisync Cable - How to connect an ST compatible multi-sync monitor to a Falcon (it will not enhance the use of a VGA monitor)
• ST Monitor Switcher - Switch between two connected monitors
• Jaguar SCART/PHONO/SVHS cables - Make your own Jaguar SCART, PHONO and SVHS cables
• ST RGB Video DAC upgrade - Improve the RGB video quality of your ST with this RGB DAC upgrade by exxos.
• STE RGB video ghosting fix by exxos.

Atari Hard disk interface

• DIY IDE adaptors - DIY projects to give an ST access to IDE mass storage
• IDE-SCSI interface on Atari Falcon/TT
• SATA hard disk drive on an Atari Falcon

Atari Power Supplies

• Pico PSU Falcon - Replace the stock Falcon PSU with a Pico PSU
• Pico PSU Atari ST - Replace the stock Atari ST PSU with a Pico PSU
• ST PSU servicing and upgrades - In-depth diagnostics and upgrades to stock ST PSUs by exxos.
• STF/M/E/030/MST PSU replacement - Ultra efficient low noise and ripple PSU by exxos.

Atari Floppy disk interface

• Drive Select Swap Mod - Swap Drive Select A/B signals to boot from internal or external floppy drive (or HxC Emulator)
• Connecting an HxC Floppy Emulator to an ST - How to case you HxC Floppy Emulator and wire a cable for it
• Replace internal 720k DD Floppy Drive with 1.44MB HD Floppy Drive - Atari ST floppy drive replacement
• Floppy Drive Capacitor Fix - Capacitor repair on Sony drives by Gadget
• Sony MPF920 Floppy Drive conversion - Pages by Exxos.
• Exxos's Automatic 720K & 1.44MB floppy upgrade kit.

Atari Input/Output Interfaces

• ST Serial Port Upgrade - Upgrade the ST's serial port from 19,200bps to 38,400bps

Atari Processor

• Make a decelerator for your ST - Useful hardware hack for slowing down games and tracking down bugs

Atari Sound

• D/A converter - Details to create Digisound output via parallel port
• STF Stereo Modification - A modification to give stereo sound output on the pre-STE range
• Stereo sound via printer port - A modification to give stereo sound output on the pre-STE range
• SDMA Patch - Atari's fix for crackling noise when recording large samples to hard disk on Falcon
• Cubase Mod - Various input and output sound mod improvements for Falcon
• Falcon Clock Patch - In-dept article investigating the Falcon clock patch, SDMA issues and more! By exxos.
• STE Audio FIX - Help reduce noise,wines,crackles and pops in the STE audio by exxos.

Atari TOS

• STE TOS Upgrade - Explains how to upgrade to TOS 2.06 and how to use have a dual or quad TOS ROM
• Changing the TOS of an Atari (STF/STE/Mega) - How to upgrade your TOS on an STF, STE or Mega ST

Atari Memory

• STE SIMM Memory Upgrade - Walkthrough of SIMM memory upgrade in an STE
• Easy 520STFM 512K to 1MB memory upgrade
• Medium 520STF or 520STFM to 1MB memory upgrade
• Hard 520STFM 512K to 4MB memory upgrade

Atari Keyboard

• STFM keybrd to TT - Hooking up a STFM keyboard to a TT030
• STF Keyboard fix - Service your keyboard to solve common problems with the ports etc - By exxos.

Atari Joystick

• How To rewire an Atari joystick extension cable to use Sega controllers
• How To Convert a Sega Genesis Controller to Atari Standard Pinout
• How to make a four player adapter
• How to make a mouse/joystick switcher
• How to make an automatic mouse/joystick switcher
• How to make a lightgun for STE
• Modify autofire on Quickshot 1 or 2
• How to reposition the mouse and joystick ports

Atari Clock

• Dallas RTC - Simple procedure to add a Real Time Clock internally to STE rom socket
• NVRAM - Battery mod for original Falcon NVRAM chip (without removing the chip)
• NVRAM by Maeslin - Battery mod for Falcon NVRAM (remove chip and replace with new circuit board with replaceable battery)
• NVRAM by Black Cat Hardware - Battery mod for Falcon NVRAM (remove chip and replace with socket and new circuit/chip board with replaceable battery)
• NVRAM RTC by exxos - Replaces the Falcon 030 DS12887A NVRAM RTC with a new compact module with removable battery.
• Atari ST(E) IKBD clock mod with battery power
• ST RTC - FMCII remake

Mouse Adapters

• Eiffel 3 Interface PS/2 - Allows connection of PS/2 keyboard & mouse and LCD
• Tom Kirk's PS/2 Mouse Adapter - Allows use of PS/2 Mice
• Tom Kirk's Serial Mouse Adapter - Allows use of old PC serial mice
• Rewire PS/2 Mouse for Atari - How to convert a PS/2 mouse to an Atari mouse
• Rewire an Amiga mouse for Atari - How to convert an Amiga mouse to an Atari mouse

Disk Duplicating Hardware

• Synchro Express - Make your own!

Cables

• Null Modem Cable - Diagrams to connect your ST to another ST/E, Mega STE, Spectrum, Z88, Mac Plus, Apple 2, Amiga, 8-bit Atari, BBC-B or Mega to Mega

External Hardware upgrade mods sites

• - The LaST Upgrade -

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