Atari Forum Falcon FAQ

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Video Graphics subsystem

How to get more colour & higher Rez on a Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2850 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10267
Nova: http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12207

Can my Falcon use a LCD panel?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8708 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10017

What Screen grabber are available for the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7545

Is there a tool for me to convert images from xxx to yyyy?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9736 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6304 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12453

Hardware

What is a Clock Patch / SCSI patch ?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13506 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13827

How do I restore the Falcon PSU & TV output fix?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8312

What are the keyboard pins on the Falcon motherboard?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10414

How to fix dead battery / NVram in falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9790

How to fix "Coprocessor protocol violation" issues?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10233

What is the Revisions of Falcon motherboard?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12119

Re-Casing

Can the Falcon be put into a Rack?

2U rack : http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3460
Case : http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11854

Networking/Internet

How to setup Internet access on the Atari?

PPP: http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11134 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12597
Linux: http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9725
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14263

Can Internet Radio be used on the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3799

Storage subsystem

Can I have a IDE cd-rom or CD Burner on the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3287 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7736 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11752 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13833

Can I have Compact Flash/SD card on the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6285 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6924 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6931 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9030 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11382 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12130 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13432

What Hard disk defragment tools are there?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6033

What is the HDD size limit of the Falcon ?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10649

Can I connect a ST SCSI drive to a Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5934

How many IDE devices can I put in the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5826 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6924

Can I connect a HDD to both a Falcon & PC?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8123

Multimedia

Can I encode MP3 on the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5757

How do I connect my music stuff to the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10794

Why does Cubase refuse to read/write on scsi HD?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9669

Floppy Drive subsystem

What floppy drives can you use with a Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7149 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11687 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13509

Is the Falcon floppy drive compatible with the ST?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10839

Operating Systems

Can I dual boot MINT/MAGIC on the Falcon?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7057

How do make MINT output to the RF TV?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12384

Accelerators

What CPU accelerators are there for Falcon (old & new)?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4401 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11149 http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13807

Why does EtherNAT hang on bootup?

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9637