fisher Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hi, I just got an old Atari 2600 V16 board fixed :-) Although it plays fine, it has a lot of artifacts on screen. I think it may be interference generated by it's circuits, since it has no shielding on the processor part. Would be possible to rebuild the missing shielding? How could it be done? Would this make some big difference? Thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 How is your video connected? There isn't any artifacts usually caused by the circuits unless there is some missing filter capacitors, etc. If it's RF, then it can be helped with ferrite beads and/or better cabling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisher Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 It's by RF. I'll try to find a better cable for it. I'll also look for some homebrew ferrite beads, any suggestion for a good and easy way to do it? 75Ω cable from antenna (RG6) don't seem to fit, but it's what I have laying around. Maybe I should do a composite video mod to it, but I just don't want to do any holes on the case. So the missing sielding should not be the responsivle for that, interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Tibiasm Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I hope this helps here's a video I made not long ago. I'm new here anyways! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisher Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 Thanks!!The image is slightly better now. I changed the cable, now it's a piece of a satellite receiver coax. A little tight fit, but it's working fine. I still have some wavy lines on TV, but the differences of before and after are just like comparing day and night!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 It is 2016. Get a Composite or S-video mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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