Dust cover for Atari.

[Atarieterno]

Hi, Atarians;
I've been with Atari devices almost all my life, but I never had a dust cover distributed for those machines. In 1985 I used a cloth that my mother cut to the size of the ST computer and so I reached the 21st century where I started using a transparent plastic.
But this month I bought three dust covers, better late than never.
The opaque has the name Atari painted and the transparent one has the Fuji logo engraved (although it is not easily seen in this photograph). I also got some flexible dust covers, for the computer and the monitor, which seem designed by Spaceman of the KISS group.
Are rigid dust covers officially sold by Atari or are products marketed by third parties?
I will start this thread with images of the ones I have and then I will expand it with other models that I have seen online.

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[Atarieterno]

Well, I start with images obtained from the network.
Another flexible dust cover:

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[ICS]

Here are some of my dust covers, protecting my SF314s, my SC1435 and my 520 ST.
The floppy drive ones were hard to find.

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[Timnaber]

I have the dust cover for a Falcon from Best. Sorry no pics at the moment.

I also have 5 STs (TT030, MSTE, 2 Mega 4s and a 1040STFM) set up on a very long table. I use two bed sheets to cover those. Cool thing about the bed sheets is that they keep dust off of the table too.

[Atarieterno]

I have the dust cover for a Falcon from Best. Sorry no pics at the moment.

I also have 5 STs (TT030, MSTE, 2 Mega 4s and a 1040STFM) set up on a very long table. I use two bed sheets to cover those. Cool thing about the bed sheets is that they keep dust off of the table too.

Please, upload an image of that dust cover for Falcon, when you can.

The sheet is a good solution but a bit drastic, no wife or mother will want to have a "ghost" in some room in the house. I have used transparent plastic conveniently cut to fit the computer, so that the device continues to look (although I am not sure that prevents my wife from continuing to hate my computers).

This is a dust cover for Falcon, recently marketed two or three years ago:

Guardapolvo Falcon.jpg

[Atarieterno]

Here are some of my dust covers, protecting my SF314s, my SC1435 and my 520 ST.
The floppy drive ones were hard to find.

That is nice! Are those of the external floppy drives also original from that time or is it some home made?

This is a modern dust cover for Atari ST:

Guardapolvo ST.jpg

[ICS]

Here are some of my dust covers, protecting my SF314s, my SC1435 and my 520 ST.
The floppy drive ones were hard to find.

That is nice! Are those of the external floppy drives also original from that time or is it some home made?

The floppy dust covers are from back in the day, they are both from different third party companies, exactly made to fit for SF314 or SF354 drives.
Both dust covers were Made in USA.

[Atarieterno]

This model is a classic, with its drawings with polygonal shapes I have seen it in many places.

Guardapolvos Atari (poligonal).JPG

[ICS]

This model is a classic, with its drawings with polygonal shapes I have seen it in many places.

Guardapolvos Atari (poligonal).JPG

I have that one, use it with my Falcon

[Atarieterno]

I have that one, use it with my Falcon

Mate, that is a double beauty, the one that is seen and the one that is not seen when you use the dust cover.


Let's not forget our game consoles:

Guardapolvos Atari.jpg

[Atarieterno]

Current Manufacturing:
https://www.etsy.com/market/atari_dust_cover

Guardapolvos VCS 2600.jpg

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[calimero]

This is a dust cover for Falcon, recently marketed two or three years ago:

Guardapolvo Falcon.jpg

Where this can be bought?

[Atarieterno]

This is a dust cover for Falcon, recently marketed two or three years ago:

Guardapolvo Falcon.jpg

Where this can be bought?

It was announced in several Atari-themed Facebook groups, but with its infamous system of ordering messages it is practically impossible to find that post.

[calimero]

...but with its infamous system of ordering messages it is practically impossible to find that post...

Thanks for replay!


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[Miguel]

The clear plastic ones are kind of nice but just like most dust covers they don't cover devices plugged into the cartridge port such as the Midex or Unitor.

[TheNameOfTheGame]

The clear plastic ones are kind of nice but just like most dust covers they don't cover devices plugged into the cartridge port such as the Midex or Unitor.

Yes, those are the ones I use. I have 3 of them, for my Falcon, STE and 130XE. They are nice because you can still see the computer and they have UV coating protection.

But, on the other hand, as you say, they don't cover anything else so that is their downside.

[DarkLord]

There was a guy over in the 8bit section at Atari Age that had his wife
doing very high quality dust covers. I had one custom made for my STacy
and it rocks...

[Atarieterno]

There was a guy over in the 8bit section at Atari Age that had his wife
doing very high quality dust covers. I had one custom made for my STacy
and it rocks...

Can you post a picture of your dust cover for STacy?

[Atarieterno]

Of course there is also a rigid dust cover for the small 260/520 ST.

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[DarkLord]

Can you post a picture of your dust cover for STacy?

I'm on the wrong computer right now but I'll try to do that later tonight.

[mpattonm]

Of course there is also a rigid dust cover for the small 260/520 ST.

Guardapolvos 520 ST - 003.jpg

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Was it for ST/M only? I would swear I once had one on 1040STFM. You would not know the place to get these, would you?

[Atarieterno]

Of course there is also a rigid dust cover for the small 260/520 ST.

Guardapolvos 520 ST - 003.jpg

Guardapolvos 520 ST.jpg

Was it for ST/M only? I would swear I once had one on 1040STFM. You would not know the place to get these, would you?

These dust covers occasionally appear on eBay.

[DarkLord]

Here ya go.

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[Atarieterno]

Here ya go.

That is a nice dust cover!, and also with dedication.
Thank you very much for sharing those images.

[DarkLord]

Here ya go.

That is a nice dust cover!, and also with dedication.
Thank you very much for sharing those images.

No problem. These are very high quality designs. I love
the fact that they don't care a bit to do custom orders. I
just sent them the measurements and they took it from
there. I can't remember the price, but it wasn't out of this
world levels, worth every penny.

Of course, the quote on the lower right corner was in
response to a certain 8bit owner who made one for
his Amiga with "ST Killer" on it.

Appropriate since there were no portable production
Amiga models...

Nothing like detente, eh?