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Video Graphics subsystem

How to get more colour & higher Rez on a Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2850 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10267 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14325 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16559
Nova: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12207

Why does the Falcon slowdown in higher video Modes?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13270

Can my Falcon use a LCD panel?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8708 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10017

Where can I find the VGA adapter pin out for the falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17122

What Screen grabber are available for the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7545

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Hardware

What is a Clock Patch / SCSI patch ?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13506 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13827 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16181

How do I restore the Falcon PSU & TV output fix?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8312

What are the keyboard pins on the Falcon motherboard?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10414

How to fix dead battery / NVram in falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9790

How to reset NVRAM of Falcon??

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12700 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12831

How to fix "Coprocessor protocol violation" issues?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10233

What is the Revisions of Falcon motherboard?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12119

How to fix non-booting white screen Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14186

How to make the Falcon CTR14 memory board work?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15665

Why does the falcon sometime crashes?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15450

How to revive an Falcon with clicking sound form HDD?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14255

Can I use a ATX PSU on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16381#p147218

What are CLab customisation ?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17979

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Re-Casing

Can the Falcon be put into a Rack?

2U rack : https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3460
Case : https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11854

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Networking/Internet

How to setup Internet access on the Atari?

PPP: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11134
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12597
Linux: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9725
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14263 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16687 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16687

Can Internet Radio be used on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3799

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Storage subsystem

Can I have a IDE cd-rom or CD Burner on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3287 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7736 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11752 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13833 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16943

Can I have Compact Flash/SD card/SSD on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6285 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6924 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6931 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9030 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11382 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12130 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13432 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15948

What is the speed of a CF on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14403 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14248

What Hard disk defragment tools are there?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6033

What is the HDD size limit of the Falcon ?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10649

Can I connect a ST SCSI drive to a Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5934

How many IDE devices can I put in the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5826 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6924

Can I connect a HDD to both a Falcon & PC?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8123

What is the proper way to install a driver for the Falcon SCSI-2 device?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14813

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Multimedia

Is there a tool for me to convert images from xxx to yyyy?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9736 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6304 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12453 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13087

Can I encode MP3 on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5757

How do I connect my music stuff to the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10794

Why does Cubase refuse to read/write on scsi HD?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9669

How to play movies on Falcon under GEM??

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13096

How to remove the bass from the falcons audio output ?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16708

How to correct sound system failures in falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=18419

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Floppy Drive subsystem

What floppy drives can you use with a Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7149 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11687 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13509

Is the Falcon floppy drive compatible with the ST?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10839

How to set the External drive to High Density FDD?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13362

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Operating Systems

Can I dual boot MINT/MAGIC on the Falcon?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7057

How do make MINT output to the RF TV?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12384

How to capture output from the LPT port into a file?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17722

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Accelerators

What CPU accelerators are there for Falcon (old & new)?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4401 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11149 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13807 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16006

Why does EtherNAT hang on bootup?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9637

Why do I get bad data when I run 800x600x256 on my CT63?

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16303

Some tips on getting cuBase working on Falcon CT60.

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15928

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