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troed wrote:Does that sticker imply a universal 100V-240V PSU?
Hippy Dave wrote:troed wrote:Does that sticker imply a universal 100V-240V PSU?
A specification that has 2 fuses implies a switch selectable two range PSU,
not a universal supply.
junosix wrote:Hope this is the right place to post.
I've got what I believed for a long time one of the last STs manufactured, a 1040STE bought from Silica in the UK in June 1994. ST Format had an article around 1993 saying that Atari were going to make one last batch of 10,000 STEs and I've always reckoned my STE was from that batch. Particularly because the label on the bottom is a pretty rubbishy laser-printed sticker rather than the glossy grey one I've seen on every other ST, it just felt like the sort of thing that a swansong manufacturing run would have, get it out the door cheaply, job done, sort of thing. Has anyone else seen a sticker like that before? Took a look inside the machine today and in fact it seems it was put together around late 1991 (all the Atari chips and the YM2149 are branded with numbers like 9135, 9142, etc.). (Dio's post here suggests an ST can be pretty reliably dated as such: http://atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 22#p229122) Does anyone know whether the last batch were truly freshly-manufactured machines, or refurbished returns?
Attached is a photo of the sticker on the bottom of the STE for curiosity's sake, maybe someone can decode the year from the serial number.
(I'm certain that my original 520STFM had been old stock lying around. Bought in March 1990 with the Power Pack bundle, it had TOS 1.02. TOS 1.04 had been around for about a year by then. Was it usual for Atari to have machines hanging around for a year before they sold?)
Zogging Hell wrote:Wasn't the STFM the last ST to be produced, made up with loads of spare parts Atari had lying about after the European offices merged? I vaguely remember the STe was discontinued before the STFM, much to everyone's surprise. I guess ST Format (probably around the time of the massive reduction in page numbers) or the last few issues of ST review would have the answer. I'd be very surprised if it was an STe that was the last to roll off the production line given it had a lot shorter run and there were less spare parts hanging around..
Zogging Hell wrote:Wasn't the STFM the last ST to be produced, made up with loads of spare parts Atari had lying about after the European offices merged? I vaguely remember the STe was discontinued before the STFM, much to everyone's surprise. I guess ST Format (probably around the time of the massive reduction in page numbers) or the last few issues of ST review would have the answer. I'd be very surprised if it was an STe that was the last to roll off the production line given it had a lot shorter run and there were less spare parts hanging around..
junosix wrote:@Dio Haven't taken a picture of the board (can do sometime though), the code on the board is CA4003290 which I've found a photo of here: wiki/images/b/b1/ST_Motherboard_Mega_STE_CA4003290_decky.jpg
junosix wrote:I'd love to know if there are any STEs with dates on the chips that are later than 1991.
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