Dev Kit Mysteries - Exploring a 1988 #Atari Mega ST

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs! 🛠 This Atari Mega ST was a game dev powerhouse used and owned by Richard Costello. Today we're taking a look at the condition of it and seeing if anything can be salvaged from the original 1988 hardware, and we find some very interesting things along the way! #atari #gamedev #retrogaming 🏆 Your support is what keeps our museums and preservation efforts alive. Patrons create a reliable monthly income that help us achieve this. If you'd like to support The Retro Collective and become part of our community of supporters then please visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroCollective ● Support the Sponsors of The Cave Come and visit the channel! Book a visit at https://retrocollective.co.uk ● Subscribe Please take a moment to subscribe to the channel http://www.youtube.com/rmcretro?sub_confirmation=1 ● Series Links Episode 1: https://youtu.be/kEYqpvXdpec Episode 2: Work in progress ● Episode Links and credits Buy BlueSCSI from Flamelily at https://shop.flamelily.co.uk/ Find out more about BlueSCSI at https://bluescsi.com/ Building the Dev Den: https://youtu.be/S6DlSfEj0as Richard Costello interview on The Dev Den: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuMf33EPlBA ● Chapters 00:00 Richard Costello's Mega ST 01:48 Atari Mega ST background 04:07 Thank you PCBWay.com 04:36 Checking the condition of the Atari Mega ST 10:56 Can the Hard Disk be Salvaged? 13:49 BlueSCSI Initiator Mode! 15:50 What's on the Hard Disk? 19:46 Have we saved the dev environment? ● Join me on social media Twitter: https://twitter.com/RMCretro Facebook: https://facebook.com/RMCretro Insta: https://instagram.com/RMCretro ● Come and chat on the RMC chat server Discord: https://discord.gg/RMCretro ●RMC Merch Shop for RMC books, posters, mugs, and a whole lot more https://rmcretro.store ● RMC Podcasts Enjoy my Podcasts with your favourite app using the links here: Retro Tea Break - https://audioboom.com/channels/5001251 This Week in Retro - https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro ● Music Thanks to Wallsy1703 for the music used in this episode. Other music is licensed from Epidemic Sounds, sign up at https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/o2y1uw 🧠Take care of your Mental Health, visit https://www.mind.org.uk for information and support.🏆