Archive for the ‘Atari’ Category

Atari 2600 S-Video Mod PAL 6-switch Modell

Freitag, August 28th, 2015

Putting the good old Atari 2600 to a proper view, needs some help of a little s-video pcb.

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I done the mod and show some pictures comparing video Signal and S-video. I will prefer S-video and better RGB see other post.

Opening the 2600 and go to the TIA chip. Here you have to solder some wires

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upper side

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(lift pin 9 and 13 and solder the two wires directly to the TIA Chip)

wiring of S-Video/A/V cable

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Some pics

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(Video Signal)

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(S-Video)

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(Video)

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(S-Video)

found a Atari 2600 PAL Prototype of Adventure LAB Labels

Dienstag, April 21st, 2015

Recently I bought a huge package of loose 2600 cartridges. And what appears? One of my favorite Games: A PAL PROTOTYPE of Adventure

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Atari 130XE cleanup

Donnerstag, Oktober 2nd, 2014