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faceta;[<]■rpcacq10[>]
facetb;[<]■CRT06[>]
facetc;[<]■EXTFLOPPYACSI01[>]
facetd;[<]■SOFTSEQ03[>]
sum; [<]N/A01[>]\[<]SYSSEQ02/SEQ06[>]MODULE01
{5FT AC Cable + USB-to-DB9 mouse adaptor + Atari 1040STF} + Logitech Wired USB Mouse + {5FT AC Cable + molded 14 Pin connector + Atari SM124} + {Adaptor + molded 14 Pin connector + Custom 720K ACSI Drive} + 720K disk containing Steinberg Cubase 2.0
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; ~7; 120VAC (0.8Acalc) 95W Max + 117V 60Hz 0.46A + 100/240VAC (0.8Aest) 96WStatus: Working; Used as primary compositional sequencing application. (A)>
Breakdown of system; Component 'A' is a computer which contains only an operating system with no applications; it does however feature
an integrated MIDI interface and, as is immediately apparent, a keybed; the ball mouse is theorhetically, in the case of the 1040STF, the only
crucial peripheral besides the monitor which isn't encapsulated within the main unit. Component 'B' is the proprietary Atari monitor which is
the intended - and for a long time the only - medium of monitoring the system, which is essential. 'C' is just as integral to the usability of the
computer in my situation, with the integrated floppy drives on these being oft nonfunctioning - the ACSI floppy drive port is the only way to
access, read and often write data if a Gotek isn't installed, which my modified example does include thanks to prior modification.
Appeal: since hearing it mentioned by Skinny Puppy's Cevin Key in one of his retrospective album discussions and recalling Richard
D. James using an 'Atari' as well, I became intent on obtaining one of these appliance-music-computers, a niche that really doesn't
exist anymore in the market. Being a bit debilitated by the optional-paralysis of modern systems on top of visceral disagreement with
facets of modern offerings like design (think Arturia KeyLab 49 with the incessant RGB cycling), compliment of I/O or something else,
I do tend to gravitate toward or celebrate devices of antiquated design languages / interfacing types and so on. And while the validity
of this 'vintage championing' is subjective, it is my restriction to self-impose.
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