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title: "The Retro Corner Today: A Snapshot of the Whole Setup"
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section: "retro"
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tags: "retro"
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description: "A tour through every retro system currently in the home, which ones are set up and running, and which are boxed and ready to use."
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layout: base.njk
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parent: "/retro/"
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---
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<h1>The Retro Corner Today: A Snapshot of the Whole Setup</h1>
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<div class="detail-content">
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<p>What started with childhood memories of an Atari ST and an Amiga 500 turned into a full-blown home retro-computing corner after 2020. Here's a snapshot of the whole setup, which machines are actually set up and running right now, and which are boxed and ready to use on demand.</p>
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<h2>The study</h2>
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<p>The study holds the bulk of the serious gear. The <a href="/retro/mist-mister-fpga/">MiSTer FPGA</a> and the MiST FPGA are set up here, both connected to a <a href="https://www.nec-display.com/" target="_blank">NEC 1970NXp</a>. The <a href="/retro/atari-mega-st-fleet/">Mega ST 4 "Low"</a> machine is set up and running on a <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0957KH8X7/" target="_blank">Dell SE2722HX 27</a> that handles 15kHz, serving as the demo- and game-machine.</p>
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<p>The rest of the Atari hardware is stored here but not set up, mainly for lack of space:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>The Mega ST 4 "High"</strong>, the upgraded workstation, is boxed and can be set up on demand. It has its own EIZO monitor (1024×768) for the ET4000, and when I use it I set it up in the living room on the dining table.</li>
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<li><strong>The heirloom Mega ST 4</strong>, kept factory-original, is not set up.</li>
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<li><strong>The Mega ST 2</strong>, the spare and donor machine, is not set up.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>The living room</h2>
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<p>The <a href="/retro/batocera-living-room/">Batocera box</a> is the couch-friendly setup for casual sessions across dozens of systems, no FPGA timing precision required. The Raspberry Pi 400 (running Hatari and <a href="/retro/pimiga-journey/">PiMiga</a>) also lives here, connected to a small NEC 18-inch monitor as the flexible, high-resolution alternative to the original hardware. The <a href="/retro/the-a1200/">A1200</a> console is on pre-order and will join this setup.</p>
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<h2>On the move</h2>
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<p>Outside the two rooms there's a small collection of <a href="/retro/mini-arcade-handheld-roundup/">handheld emulation devices</a> for retro gaming away from a screen.</p>
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<h2>How it all connects</h2>
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<p>All machines share the same network infrastructure, with FTP access to the NAS for file transfers. Disk images and software archives are stored centrally and served to individual machines as needed. The MiSTer and MiST both use SD cards for storage, while the original hardware uses CompactFlash adapters or SCSI-to-IDE bridges depending on the machine. The Raspberry Pi 400 accesses the same NFS shares as the other Pis in the flat.</p>
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<p class="note">The honest status update: several open items remain, documenting the exact handheld models, and the full-size <a href="/retro/the-a1200/">A1200</a> is on pre-order ahead of its 4 December 2026 launch. Retro computing, it turns out, is never really "done."</p>
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</div>
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