Archive for Juli, 2017

Atari 800 RGB Mod via Sophia

Donnerstag, Juli 13th, 2017

Atari 800 was my first computer after Sinclair ZX81 and its time to make the picture better. After checking the A/V Out it contains Video and S-Video in a good qualitiy. So i decided to replace the original DIN Connector and replace it with a DIN 13 like used in Atari 7800 french and Atari ST. I used some not needed pins from the Din 13 to put in Video and S-Video too. So its possible to use RGB-Output via a standard french Atari 7800 RGB Cable and with a special Cable made I can use Video and S-Video too via the same connector.

To put the DIN 13 in the right position i need some plastic and drilled holes downunder to make the Din connectors accessable

 

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replaced DIN 5 to DIN13

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downunder chaos

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because of no space at the CPU Board I needed to move the Sophia Board to another place. I uses some ribbon extension like this

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and here we go. In front you see incognito board too :-)

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after finishing up it looks like this

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