gambler172 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Hi Guys who owns a 7800 adapter for the 5200 system? I own it and it works fine ? greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I've seen it , Steve Golson had it at his seminar. How did you acquire one?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Got any pics? I'd like to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 The guy who made them,disappeared......lots of people paid and got nothing.....however i was lucky and got mine.... It looks like a 2600 afapter,but 7800 inside... I would like to know,how many people have been tricked... greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattyboombatty Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I never knew about this. Is there a link to the original thread if posted on AA? How long ago was this? And yes, any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I never got mine. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I never bothered at the time, I think remowilliams has one, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 The guy who made them,disappeared......lots of people paid and got nothing.....however i was lucky and got mine.... It looks like a 2600 afapter,but 7800 inside... I would like to know,how many people have been tricked... greetings Walter So, a guy took the 2600 adapter and replaced the internals with a custom 7800 board? Granted, that's pretty much what Atari Inc's/GCC's plan was anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 So, a guy took the 2600 adapter and replaced the internals with a custom 7800 board? Granted, that's pretty much what Atari Inc's/GCC's plan was anyway.That was an 8bitdomain project years ago, I remember it being kind of a big deal and then all of a sudden nothing came of it. In fact here's a thread touching on that from nearly 10 years ago: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/120897-who-here-in-atari-age-has-received-the-7800-adapter-from-8bit-domain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Here is a picture of Steve Golson's prototype from ReplayFX 2016. Also, I had him sign my 2 Atari 7800's and Ms. Pac-Man marquee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 I still contend Atari Inc should've made a ColecoVision adapter for the 5200. That would've stolen a lot of Coleco's thunder had it been released in 1983. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemoretime Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Anyone ever try using a 2600 adapter in it, with the coleco adapter in it? Shock value for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 I still contend Atari Inc should've made a ColecoVision adapter for the 5200. That would've stolen a lot of Coleco's thunder had it been released in 1983. They were considering doing just that, I have recently unearthed documents that show that Atari was in discussions to create 3 types of systems. The first one being a colecovision adapter for the 5200 similar to the 2600 one. The second being a clone colecovision system. The third being a hybrid having both the 5200 and colecovision chips and processors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empsolo Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 They were considering doing just that, I have recently unearthed documents that show that Atari was in discussions to create 3 types of systems. The first one being a colecovision adapter for the 5200 similar to the 2600 one. The second being a clone colecovision system. The third being a hybrid having both the 5200 and colecovision chips and processors.Plus the 7800 R&D and the Famicom deal with Nintendo. Was anybody keeping track of the books to make sure that Atari could afford all these projects ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemoretime Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I had one of these offered to be a few months ago ( the knockoff ones that a few where made), but with my mods, it wouldn t work in my 5200 anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Plus the 7800 R&D and the Famicom deal with Nintendo. Was anybody keeping track of the books to make sure that Atari could afford all these projects ? Well, the 7800 project was GCC's doing. They coaxed Warner into it and Warner forced Atari's hands. Dutchman's stuff was all in-house Atari Inc stuff. They seriously should've brought out the ColecoVision adapter. That would've stolen so much of that console's thunder. Just like with the Colecovision's 2600 Adapter, it wouldn't have sold many adapters but it would've swayed a bunch of consumers to buy the 5200 with the thought that if they really wanted a few ColecoVision titles, they could buy the Adapter at a later date. As long as a compatible ColecoVision BIOS was made in a clean-room environment, there wouldn't have been anything Coleco could have done to stop Atari. Even if they created a new BIOS to try to stop Atari, Atari could've made a new compatible one, produced it on a new batch of chips, and then offered the update for charge - or for free - to owners of the Adapter through the Atari Service Center network. And we're not even talking about what Jerry Jessop and Tod Frye cooked up in response to GCC as a means of getting Warner convinced Atari itself could produce a worthy 5200 successor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I still contend Atari Inc should've made a ColecoVision adapter for the 5200. That would've stolen a lot of Coleco's thunder had it been released in 1983. What Atari needed for the 5200 was more new and exclusive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Plus the 7800 R&D and the Famicom deal with Nintendo. Was anybody keeping track of the books to make sure that Atari could afford all these projects ? Prototypes are common in tech companies, as are competing initiatives under review. There's a big difference between doing the analysis and exploring business deals, building business cases and actually bringing all these things to market. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 " And we're not even talking about what Jerry Jessop and Tod Frye cooked up in response to GCC as a means of getting Warner convinced Atari itself could produce a worthy 5200 successor... " Wait Atari was working on their own 5200 successor? How far did that get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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