jeffrond

Tough to tell if this is worth archiving or if it is due to bit-rot. Strange they would put code in the program if they have the hardware to limit the selections already.

I have had my fun with this. Time to let it go to a new home. See info at: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/261948-atari-2600-pop/page-1 Also, more info at: http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/2600displays.html Thoughts?

I have finally read an Atari rom properly! It does not match the Atari VCS Point-of-Purchase ROM (1982).bin above perfectly. In the above rom memory location 0390 contains 0F. In my rom, location 0390 contains 07. This is what I used to read the rom. Here is my rom: Atari VCS POP.BIN What do you think rom experts? Can any of you tell what will happen with that 07 vs 0F at location 0390?

Right. You have to sit and wait and sooner or later it will cycle to the copyright screen and then the game selection menu.

Game Select Screen

Copyright Screen

Startup Screen

Ok, cleaning legs on the chips worked! I now have a functional POP unit. But again, I would like to get a copy of the POP rom out there for people. At some point in the future, these chip could be gone forever.

Ok, I am starting to work on this again and I need help. I bought an old $5 TV from the thrift shop, and plugged it in. Initially I had static on the screen. I noticed some of the legs on the processor chips were crusty. I popped out the chips and cleaned the legs. Now I get an all black screen. sometimes on power up I get a few blue/green horizontal lines. At this point I was thinking it was the POP rom chip. I removed that and tried to read it on a Minipro TL866A programmer. I tried to load that in an emulator and nothing. Black screen. Any ideas if this programmer will really read an Atari rom chip? I popped out another game chip from the board and tried to read that, but I get absolutely nothing when I try and read that. No data at all! I would like to make sure I am reading chips properly, then I would like to compare my POP chip rom with someone elses rom to make sure I didn't have bit damage. Thanks, Jeff

It is.

Sad Sunday. I finally had time to plug the unit in. This is what I get. Doe anyone have any ideas where to start?

If you are asking me, it has been 25 years since I put it in storage. I bought it years ago and I think it was from a local pawn shop that is now out of business. But my mind is pretty fuzzy on that.

Thanks for everyone confirming the power supply. For posterity, here are photos.

Experts, help please. I did find my cable. Is this original or did someone make it. The buttons do not look like other POP buttons that I have seen. It halfway looks like a factory job though.

Has anyone removed the POP rom and read it? Wondering if I should do that or not.