Sorry dub post

Not too sure of the lotharek board, looks like a RGB breakout. The GBS device is an upconverter; brings the low ST scan frequency up into the range used by a VGA monitor. But I could be wrong.
Yogi

Or here>>>
http://coolnovelties.co.uk/coolnovelties/24-atari-st

You can buy cable here:
http://www.st-freakz.co.uk/page4.html

Lotharek is developing something loke GBS...
http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=103

Damn sorry, been a few days since I read the other page of this thread. So like I posted before, the GBS scan converter is said to do a decent job of RGB to VGA for about $30 on Ebay, although some purists find fault with minor screen issues. Here is a thread that may help-
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.ph … ;hilit=GBS
If you skip to one of the last pages there is a minor circuit that improves the ST's sync into the GBS.
  There is a thread over @ AtariAge that has some info for building a multi sync switchable cable or Best sell a similar one (but kind of spendy).
Yogi
P.S. If you do build your own cable, the one you ordered may be good for the 13p DIN plug; If you shop for a new DIN look for the type with solder cups, think JamesCo (or Digikey ?) stocked them at one time.

Ah... well then, I'm fucked because it's an STF. No modulator here. So Pin 2 outputs only composite sync signals, not the complete composite video signal. Hmmm I will have to fuck around on the web and see if I can make some kind of little box that can turn the composite sync + rgb signals into a full composite video signal. Must be possible. I hope.

DAMN YOU OLD COMPUTERS AND YOUR STUPID VIDEO OUTPUTS.

That should do the trick, just a matter of picking off the composite video sig on the 13p DIN. Of course the ST must have a video modulator to generate the composite sig in the first place I've built such a cable and the few bucks I saved didn't equal the time of working with the cramped 13p DIN. So yea $12 is worth it.
  Good deal with your Monitors! You should be good to go. Fingers crossed that the ST is working.
Yogi

Two of my three PC screens have a composite input (yeah... weird, I know) so I bought myself this cable. Any idea if I just wasted 12$ because my screens won't sync, or am I good to go? I honestly don't care much for pixel perfect quality.. I just want to be able to use musicmon.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/3903222 … mp;viphx=1

The name of this tool is STj ! I used it live a couple of time because it can run without any screen
http://www.preromanbritain.com/stj/

Best will be to buy:
Ultra Satan SD card adapter...
Or FDD SD card emulator...
www.lotharek.pl
Also Atari PS/2 adapter is good choice...
http://www.vesalia.de/e_micromysv4.htm
Look at maxYMizer Tracker:
http://www.preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/
There is also DJ tool by GWEM...
You should also upgrade 520 to 1mb:
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/store.htm
And look at STfreakz at ebay...

I wish I will see Atari on street too. I have seen only Amiga 500 but was broken and PCB in very bad shape...

w00t. Price is just fine, no worries there. Shipping this would be a pain in the ass anyways. I once had an amiga shipped to me with the screen. Damn thing ended up costing me more in shipping fees than what I paid for the machine. Never again

And yes, a disk or two to get me going would totally rock. I've been looking at XLR8 and it looks petty decent. I really hope I can get the low res thing worked out soon so I can try Musicmon 2.5. It really looks kick ass.

Let me know when you're planning to come to Montreal and we'll get this set up!

It is because it cost an arm and a leg that I didn't bought one until I had the chance to bought a mega st (without the cord for the keyboard )and I got it with it !
I will test my SM124s and I will throw you the best one for sure !
For the mouse and the screen I will just ask you something like 20$ + the money for my bus (another 20) because I will not try to ship that (kinda heavy !)
You're cool with that ? I can throw you disks with Musicmon 1.0 and XLR8 if you want so you will be able to do some stuffs with your ST (no sid, buzz, digis in musicmon 1.0, pure YM)

@yogi. Yeah she's a keeper. She got all excited when I told her what I planned to do with the machine. I told her I missed my old A1200 and she wrote the name down and promised she'd try to get me one. If she scores me an old 1200, I will marry her ON THE SPOT.

@xyno. SIX YEARS? Dammit I looked around the interweb and there's a couple SC1224 for sale, mostly packaged with an ST, but they cost a fucking arm and a leg. I hate myself now because I threw an SC1224 out in the trash a few years ago when my old ST died just a week after getting it. I would totally take you up on the mouse offer though! And if you have too many SM124's laying about, I could buy one off of you if you're not using them. That would at least get me up and running to see if the computer works properly and check if the disk drive is still good and all that jazz before I start investing in replacing the TOS chips and getting an SD card drive and all that jazz.

I've started cleaning it up. There were a couple of scratches on it that I thought I wouldn't be able to get rid of, but they came riiiiight off. It's a fucking beauty now. I SO VERY MUCH WANT TO USE IT DAMMIT.

It's a little bit hard to get a Low/Med res monitor in Quebec (took me something like 6 years to get my hands on a SC1224 when I have 2-3 unused SM124 in my attic)
Sucks only Musicmon 1.0 and XLR8 works on Hi-Res because these monitors are neat !
I think I have 1 mouse that I don't use somewhere in my boxes ! I will totally give it to you next time I will go to Montreal (when I will find it ! )

Have to say that the composite video of a (mine) STFM is not so great. Maybe on a CRT/TV it is better but on the LCDs I have on hand with composite in, spending more then 15 mins on it would give me a headache. Been on the lookout for a multi sync that will do low res but to no luck. Found one that does Hi Res, (beware not every multi-sync LCD will do HI Res). Ended up with a scan converter from Ebay, GSB-8220 I think, fingers crossed for Lo/Med Res. Yet to get it all hooked up but heard OK reports. 
Point being: not having composite out isn't too great of a loss, as most will end up wanting a better display sooner or later
Yogi
P.S. Great score by your GF, she's a keeper!