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From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
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Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
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Took a dead Atari board and a beat up 2600 case and combined its main board with a raspberry pi and Arduino to make the Atari+ -
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From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
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From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
It's so gorgeous... -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
It running and having a good time! -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
Look how sexy it looks! -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
Time to let it bake in the extreme 100 degree heat today -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
You betcha! -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
Prepping the body for painting and I sealed all of the I/O on the back, no need for them anymore! -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
The final look of the I/O panel completely removed -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
Beat up and dead, I decided to do something with it! -
From the album: Epic Atari 2600 Mod (Atari+)
The EPROM that will act as the key to turn on the Atari+ -
Love this series! The 80's vibe and story telling are amazing! Im setting up a projection system with sound this weekend for my wife and I to binge watch the first season. Season 2 is already in the writing stage.
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34 Years Ago Today, the Greatest Movie of All Time Was Released
LimaTek replied to Rowsdower70's topic in Television & Movies
I knew one of the animators who worked on that film! It was a real challenge for them to do any kind of 3D animation back in the day because, well, the software for it didn't exist. So everything had to be designed with simple shapes in mind so that they could do 3D transformations (e.g. translation, rotation, scale, squash/stretch) more easily. Thats why everything had a 'simple' design to it. For example, that light cycle sequence is ALL math, from rotating 90 degree angles manually to all those shapes to translations. Those guys were pioneers. They used a Evans & Sutherland Picture System 2 system to produce the 3D graphics. To think, most of that film was shoot using green screen techniques. We wouldn't see anything like that for nearly 22 years later with 'Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow' and shortly after that, 300. -
Coming this Christmas - Atari Flashback 7 and....
LimaTek replied to Arenafoot's topic in Atari Dedicated Consoles
I soooo want that portable!!! Look so fun and hackable too... -
From what I can see (so far) are they splicing these cables to ground? I think it may be good to trace these wires that are spliced with a multimeter in tone-test mode and go into continuity mode, see if you can get two probes, one on the socket and then trace the cables around the cabinet and see if it beeps. I'm thinking many of those weird, spliced cables may be grounded to the coin mechanism If I were you, I would trace each one of those cables and remove those janky looking cables with some newer cables that are not oxidized in any way, they may be brittle now. You mentioned your cabinet is in a bit of rough shape, I would recommend doing that once you get a good idea of where these cables are going. While you're at it, get some of this: https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-G5S-6-DeoxIT-Contact-Enhancer/dp/B00FC4YO60/ref=pd_lpo_236_tr_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1E3GS6GR65RRRW3QA1G3 I totally swear by it, it removes any kind of oxidation (safely) from any electronic component. You can actually get some at your local Radio Shack, too!
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I'll take a look at the schematics and see what those wires are doing. It doesn't look pretty, I hate hack jobs.
