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    From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 31 21:17:37 2018
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 1 08:18:46 2019
    Le 01/01/2019 à 06:17, artisan213574@gmail.com a écrit :
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21


    Hi,

    The ST always tries to boot on the floppy first. If there is no floppy inserted, then it boots on the hard drive.
    If your HD doesn't boot, it looks like there is some problem...
    Do you have the original disk for the MegaSTE (it contains a tool, AHDI,
    to install the boot sector on the HD, format it, verify it, etc) ?

    Guillaume.

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 1 13:10:52 2019
    Le 01/01/2019 à 12:26, artisan213574@gmail.com a écrit :

    Unfortunately, I do not have the original disk. I was thinking that it would be something like that with the boot option. Even if there is no floppy disk, it tries to boot the floppy drive. Very strange. I am thinking that getting the Megs STE floppy
    boot disk might be a good idea, for obvious reasons. Do you know where I could find the boot disk? Thanks.

    Hello,

    Here is a page:
    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    take the "Atari Mega STe with Hard Drive Language Disk, English-US,
    Revision A"

    Guillaume.

    –Artisan21


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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Tue Jan 1 03:26:31 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21



    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Unfortunately, I do not have the original disk. I was thinking that it would be something like that with the boot option. Even if there is no floppy disk, it tries to boot the floppy drive. Very strange. I am thinking that getting the Megs STE floppy
    boot disk might be a good idea, for obvious reasons. Do you know where I could find the boot disk? Thanks.

    –Artisan21

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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Tue Jan 1 10:05:09 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Thanks for the help. I have another question. Can I just dump these files I downloaded from a PC to a floppy disk? Or, do I need specialized software on the PC to make a TOS-compatible disk? Thanks again.

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to Arachide on Tue Jan 1 17:26:02 2019
    On 01/01/2019 12:10, Arachide wrote:
    Le 01/01/2019 à 12:26, artisan213574@gmail.com a écrit :

    Unfortunately, I do not have the original disk. I was thinking that it
    would be something like that with the boot option. Even if there is no
    floppy disk, it tries to boot the floppy drive. Very strange. I am
    thinking that getting the Megs STE floppy boot disk might be a good
    idea, for obvious reasons. Do you know where I could find the boot
    disk? Thanks.

    Hello,

    Here is a page:
    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    take the "Atari Mega STe with Hard Drive Language Disk, English-US,
    Revision A"

    Guillaume.

    –Artisan21


    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.

    Dave

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 1 19:33:39 2019
    Le 01/01/2019 à 19:05, artisan213574@gmail.com a écrit :
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Thanks for the help. I have another question. Can I just dump these files I downloaded from a PC to a floppy disk? Or, do I need specialized software on the PC to make a TOS-compatible disk? Thanks again.


    The format for a disk if compatable with the MS-DOS format.
    On the PC, if you can format the disk in DD 720kB, that will do the job,
    just copy the files ont it and the Mega STE will read it.

    Or, as David said, you can wait and let the MegaSTE boot to the desktop.
    Put a floppy in it and select FORMAT (so you can also verify that the
    atari drive works!)

    Guillaume.

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  • From " @21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 1 22:58:12 2019
    To: houten.van@orange.fr (Arachide)
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
    Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
    2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply,
    Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, David Wade wrote:

    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.


    Dave

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this
    action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to AtariSales@sdf.org on Wed Jan 2 11:32:40 2019
    On 01/01/2019 22:58, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers <AtariSales@sdf.org> wrote:
    I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
    Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
    2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply, Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=


    Hi Ben,

    The TT030 is very particular about its SCSI drives. I believe that you
    need a 50 pin drive that is less than 1BG drive. You can use the
    licenced version of the ICD host software or the Atari AHDI 606 which
    appears to be here:-

    http://umich.edu/~archive/atari/Diskutils/

    If you have some money then HD Driver really is the best package...

    https://www.hddriver.net/en/

    Dave



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, David Wade wrote:

    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.


    Dave

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21


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  • From " @21:1/5 to Arachide on Wed Jan 2 15:32:27 2019
    To: houten.van@orange.fr (Arachide)
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, Arachide wrote:

    The best is to use a floppy with HD Driver.

    I Have Both HD Driver And ICD's Current Host Software! I Only Want To
    Use ICD!

    Simply boot on the floppy, and install the driver on the disk.

    I'll Try That With My ICD Host Software!

    I think that SCSI 2 won't be supported, and older SCSI 1 is better!

    Thank You, I May Have To Get A Smaller SCSI 1 Hard Drive!Please Reply,
    Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers!Thanx! =-Ben-=

    Guillaume.

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 22:58:12 +0000 (UTC)

    I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
    Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
    2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply,
    Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, David Wade wrote:

    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.


    Dave

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Wed Jan 2 13:47:53 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hi again, folks!

    OK. Here is the recent news. I used a MegaSTE Language Disk floppy and got three inaccessible hard drive partition icons on the screen. I also commandeered a copy of the MegaATE Advanced Hard Drive Utilities floppy disk. I ran the AHDI program on the
    disk, and the computer said that the hard disk was not boot-loaded. We are seemingly getting closer to the hard disk working, but what lack I yet?

    I think that there may be a desktop .INF file in the hard disk. Could that be an issue? How do I make the hard disk self-boot without ruining the data on there, in short, without wiping out the drive? Do I need to have HDINSTALL run to set up the hard
    drive and can I do that without erasing the data? Thanks.

    –Artisan21

    P.S. I also have hard drive recovery applications. I might want to try these, but I need your advice first. Thanks again!

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 2 23:12:46 2019
    Le 02/01/2019 à 22:47, artisan213574@gmail.com a écrit :
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hi again, folks!

    OK. Here is the recent news. I used a MegaSTE Language Disk floppy and got three inaccessible hard drive partition icons on the screen. I also commandeered a copy of the MegaATE Advanced Hard Drive Utilities floppy disk. I ran the AHDI program on the
    disk, and the computer said that the hard disk was not boot-loaded. We are seemingly getting closer to the hard disk working, but what lack I yet?

    I think that there may be a desktop .INF file in the hard disk. Could that be an issue? How do I make the hard disk self-boot without ruining the data on there, in short, without wiping out the drive? Do I need to have HDINSTALL run to set up the hard
    drive and can I do that without erasing the data? Thanks.

    yes, if you install the driver, this won't erase the data.
    If any action should erase data, you get some warnings and have to
    confirm deletion.

    Guillaume.


    –Artisan21

    P.S. I also have hard drive recovery applications. I might want to try these, but I need your advice first. Thanks again!


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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Wed Jan 2 15:05:12 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Correction: when I run AHDI from a floppy, the internal hard drive does come on, but it is an amber light that does not turn green, and then AHDI says it is not boot-loaded. I opened HDX and it recognizes the drive as Unit 0. Or, so it seems. Please tell
    me, am I doing something incorrect with the setup? Please bear in mind that I have never used a MegaSTE before. I guess I am a novice at this. Sorry for all the inquiries. Thanks.

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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Wed Jan 2 14:55:48 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    OK. Now, when I want to use the HDINSTALL program, all the physical drive numbers are ghosted. They cannot be accessed. I was able to get into the hard drive at least twice before. This is very strange. I cannot get the hard drive to even boot. The
    internal floppy drive is OK. I am wondering if the hard drive was so old that it eventually died on me.

    The internal hard drive light does not even turn on at all, even if I do not use a floppy disk. So, maybe it did die out. Please tell me, if this is the case, what kind of hard drive will my MegaSTE accept if I cannot resurrect this hard drive? Thanks.

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  • From Michael Allard@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Wed Jan 2 18:39:54 2019
    On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 5:05:13 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Correction: when I run AHDI from a floppy, the internal hard drive does come on, but it is an amber light that does not turn green, and then AHDI says it is not boot-loaded. I opened HDX and it recognizes the drive as Unit 0. Or, so it seems. Please
    tell me, am I doing something incorrect with the setup? Please bear in mind that I have never used a MegaSTE before. I guess I am a novice at this. Sorry for all the inquiries. Thanks.

    See if this might be of some help.

    https://www.manualslib.com/manual/693807/Atari-Mega-Ste.html

    Hope that helps

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  • From Michael Allard@21:1/5 to Michael Allard on Wed Jan 2 18:53:25 2019
    On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 8:39:55 PM UTC-6, Michael Allard wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 5:05:13 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact
    is I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Correction: when I run AHDI from a floppy, the internal hard drive does come on, but it is an amber light that does not turn green, and then AHDI says it is not boot-loaded. I opened HDX and it recognizes the drive as Unit 0. Or, so it seems. Please
    tell me, am I doing something incorrect with the setup? Please bear in mind that I have never used a MegaSTE before. I guess I am a novice at this. Sorry for all the inquiries. Thanks.

    See if this might be of some help.

    https://www.manualslib.com/manual/693807/Atari-Mega-Ste.html

    Hope that helps

    If you use that book, jump to page 72. There is a troubleshooting question that exactly matches your issue.

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  • From " @21:1/5 to David Wade on Sat Jan 12 15:00:46 2019
    Hi David,

    I Have Both But I Prefer The ICD Software Over HD Driver! I Guess I'll
    Need A 1 GB Drive!Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx!=Ben=

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:32:40 +0000

    On 01/01/2019 22:58, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers <AtariSales@sdf.org> wrote:
    I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
    Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
    2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply, Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=


    Hi Ben,

    The TT030 is very particular about its SCSI drives. I believe that you need a 50 pin drive that is less than 1BG drive. You can use the licenced version of the ICD host software or the Atari AHDI 606 which appears to be here:-

    http://umich.edu/~archive/atari/Diskutils/

    If you have some money then HD Driver really is the best package...

    https://www.hddriver.net/en/

    Dave



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, David Wade wrote:

    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.


    Dave

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21


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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 12 19:24:12 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    I have a question. Does anyone know if there is a person in America I can turn to to recover my MegaSTE's internal hard drive? Since I cannot access it, and I have tried, it might be kaput. It can only read floppies. It does not automatically start the
    hard drive when the floppy is absent from the drive. Ben, you still have Bravo Sierra as your business. I understand your health situation, but can you give me some options? Thanks.

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to AtariSales@sdf.org on Sun Jan 13 08:49:07 2019
    On 12/01/2019 15:00, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers <AtariSales@sdf.org> wrote:
    Hi David,

    I Have Both But I Prefer The ICD Software Over HD Driver! I Guess I'll
    Need A 1 GB Drive!Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx!=Ben=

    Sounds about right, although less is fine for many things. Don't you
    have one in stock? They are getting hard to find second hand?

    The other trick that should work is a SCSI2SD board.

    https://store.inertialcomputing.com/category-s/100.htm

    The V5 is reported to be compatible with the TT but only with HDDRIVER software.

    You will need a PC to configure it. You can set up multiple emulated 1g
    disks on the one card.

    Dave


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:32:40 +0000

    On 01/01/2019 22:58, Atari Sales & Service Bravo Sierra Computers <AtariSales@sdf.org> wrote:
    I Have A TT030 And I Have Problems Booting The Internal Hard Drive, Just
    Like The Mega STE! Can I Do This With ICD Host Software?With A Fast SCSI
    2 Seagate Hard Drive? Do I Need An Older SCSI 1 Hard Drive?Please Reply,
    Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=


    Hi Ben,

     The TT030 is very particular about its SCSI drives. I believe that you need a 50 pin drive that is less than 1BG drive. You can use the
    licenced version of the ICD host software or the Atari AHDI 606 which
    appears to be here:-

    http://umich.edu/~archive/atari/Diskutils/

    If you have some money then HD Driver really is the best package...

    https://www.hddriver.net/en/

    Dave



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, David Wade wrote:

    http://www.atari.org/services/systemdisks.php

    It should boot to a desktop with NO disks inserted. Any blank floppy
    should speed the boot process.


    Dave

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform
    this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21



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  • From " @21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Thu Jan 17 06:47:59 2019
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 19:24:12 -0800 (PST)

    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive.For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer.Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

    I have a question.Does anyone know if there is a person in America I can
    turn to to recover myMegaSTE's internal hard drive?Since I cannot access
    it, and I have tried, it might be kaput. It can only read floppies. It
    does not automatically start the hard drive when the floppy is absent
    from the drive. Ben, you still have Bravo Sierra as your business. I
    understand your health situation, but can you give me some options?
    Thanks.

    Dearest Future Customer,

    I Must Apolgize Ahead Of Time But I Dont Know Your Name So Please GiveMe
    Your First Name! Please Take Advice From My Very Wise,Brilliant, & Blind Psychiatrist Who Is My Best And Favourite Doctor!"When Youre Overwhelmed
    & Life Get's Hard,Shrink Your Vision By Changing Your Focus To OneSquare
    Foot And Work With That!"! Make Things Easy On YourSelf And Switch To An External Hard Drive For Your Mega STe? All You Need Is A SCSI Hard Drive
    Case With Cables And Power Supply! You'll Also Need A Host Adapter, With
    Host Software! Then You Can Take Your Hard Drive Out Of The Mega STe,And
    Put It In A SCSI Case!I Can Sell You A SCSI Case With All Cables & Power
    Supply As Well As An ICD Host Adapter,ICD Host Software & Manual! E-Mail Me!Please Answer,Please Reply Irregardless of your answers!Thanx!=-Ben-=

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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Thu Jan 17 10:40:58 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hello again,

    Ben, my name is Steve and I live in North Central Minnesota. I was wondering about how to fix the drive because there is good stuff on it. Applications are on there that I would love to back up. I do have an external FA•ST SCSI drive from ICD, however
    I never have tested yet. I do not know if the thing works. I asked you because of your Atari experience and I have heard of your business on the West Coast. I have been to your site as well.

    So, that is why I asked. Sorry about your health. I was looking for referrals for hard drive recovery. Maybe, when I have the cash, Best Electronics might be able to do it. It is still a ways from Minnesota, but perhaps. In the meantime, I can try the
    drive I have. Thanks anyway, and to everyone as well.

    –Artisan21

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  • From " @21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Fri Jan 18 16:15:09 2019
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    Dearest Steve,

    I'll Always Be Happy To Help! I Believe Your ICD Drive Is The Solution!I Believe You Can Put The Mega STe's Internal Hard Drive Mechanism IntoThe
    ICD Case, & It Will Work Better Than In The Mega STe, Because Of The ICD Host!Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx!Ben

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    On Thu, 17 Jan 2019, artisan213574@gmail.com wrote:

    Hello again,

    Ben, my name is Steve and I live in North Central Minnesota. I was
    wondering about how to fix the drive because there is good stuff on it. Applications are on there that I would love to back up. I do have an
    external FA?ST SCSI drive from ICD, however I never have tested yet. I
    do not know if the thing works. I asked you because of your Atari
    experience and I have heard of your business on the West Coast. I have
    been to your site as well.

    So, that is why I asked. Sorry about your health. I was looking for
    referrals for hard drive recovery. Maybe, when I have the cash, Best Electronics might be able to do it. It is still a ways from Minnesota,
    but perhaps. In the meantime, I can try the drive I have.

    Thanks anyway, and to everyone as well.

    ?Artisan21


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    Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 19:24:12 -0800 (PST)

    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive.For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because
    I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still
    very novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual
    for this computer.Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

    I have a question.Does anyone know if there is a person in America I can
    turn to to recover myMegaSTE's internal hard drive?Since I cannot access
    it, and I have tried, it might be kaput. It can only read floppies. It
    does not automatically start the hard drive when the floppy is absent
    from the drive. Ben, you still have Bravo Sierra as your business. I
    understand your health situation, but can you give me some options?
    Thanks.

    Dearest Future Customer,

    I Must Apolgize Ahead Of Time But I Dont Know Your Name So Please GiveMe
    Your First Name! Please Take Advice From My Very Wise,Brilliant, & Blind Psychiatrist Who Is My Best And Favourite Doctor!"When Youre Overwhelmed
    & Life Get's Hard,Shrink Your Vision By Changing Your Focus To OneSquare
    Foot And Work With That!"! Make Things Easy On YourSelf And Switch To An External Hard Drive For Your Mega STe? All You Need Is A SCSI Hard Drive
    Case With Cables And Power Supply! You'll Also Need A Host Adapter, With
    Host Software! Then You Can Take Your Hard Drive Out Of The Mega STe,And
    Put It In A SCSI Case!I Can Sell You A SCSI Case With All Cables & Power
    Supply As Well As An ICD Host Adapter,ICD Host Software & Manual! E-Mail Me!Please Answer,Please Reply Irregardless of your answers!Thanx!=-Ben-=

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  • From artisan213574@gmail.com@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Fri Jan 18 09:24:46 2019
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is I
    do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hello again,

    I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that this is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the cause or not. We will find out.
    Thanks.

    –Artisan21

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  • From Michael Allard@21:1/5 to artisa...@gmail.com on Fri Jan 18 17:02:48 2019
    On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:24:47 AM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hello again,

    I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that this is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the cause or not. We will find out.
    Thanks.

    –Artisan21

    I bet the nodded ROMs are keeping it from recognizing the hard drive. I hope you can get ROM versions that were originally in the machine. Keep us posted because I'm curious.

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to Michael Allard on Sat Jan 19 09:26:10 2019
    On 19/01/2019 01:02, Michael Allard wrote:
    On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:24:47 AM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    –Artisan21

    Hello again,

    I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that this is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the cause or not. We will find
    out. Thanks.

    –Artisan21

    I bet the nodded ROMs are keeping it from recognizing the hard drive. I hope you can get ROM versions that were originally in the machine. Keep us posted because I'm curious.

    Why? If it came with a hard drive and it once worked the most likely
    cause is a duff hard drive. These drives are all around 20 years and
    they are all getting flaky. I would try a SCSI2SD first...

    Dave

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  • From " @21:1/5 to David Wade on Sat Jan 19 13:51:25 2019
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:26:10 +0000

    On 19/01/2019 01:02, Michael Allard wrote:
    On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:24:47 AM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For
    some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do >>> not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very
    novice at this, plus the fact is I do not have an owner's manual for this >>> computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

    Hello again,

    I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I
    purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that
    this is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the >> cause or not. We will find out. Thanks.

    ?Artisan21

    I bet the nodded ROMs are keeping it from recognizing the hard drive. I hope you can get ROM versions that were originally in the machine. Keep us posted because I'm curious.

    Why? If it came with a hard drive and it once worked the most likely cause is a duff hard drive. These drives are all around 20 years and they are all getting flaky. I would try a SCSI2SD first...

    Dave

    Dear Dave, I Agree! =-=Ben=-=

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  • From " @21:1/5 to Michael Allard on Fri Jan 25 20:16:13 2019
    To: atarisales@sdf.org (Bravo Sierra)

    Dear Michael,

    I Tried E-Mailing You But No Reply! I Need To Make Some Money And I'm
    Waiting With Your Order! Please Read And Reply To Your E-Mail! Please,
    Please Answer, Please Reply Irregardless of your answers! Thanx! =-Ben-=

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:02:48 -0800 (PST)

    On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:24:47 AM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello!

    I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at this, plus the fact is
    I do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips on how to perform this action?

    Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.

    ?Artisan21

    Hello again,

    I found something that qualifies as unusual. I did not know this when I purchased it, but I have a modified ROM for TOS on my STE. We think that this is causing a conflict with the hard drives. I don't know if this is the cause or not. We will find out.
    Thanks.

    ?Artisan21

    I bet the nodded ROMs are keeping it from recognizing the hard drive. I hope you can get ROM versions that were originally in the machine. Keep us posted because I'm curious.

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