Hello all,

As I am moving back to PA very soon (and bringing back the composite audio/video mod service), I don't have much more time to work on projects before I leave. I attempted the mod before, but this time, I'm successful.

I'd like to credit Ben Heckendorn for his fantastic turning a Atari into a portable FAQ, as this guided me in the right direction.

First I took a 4 switch, cut it into a 4" square.

From there, I got a 4 pin molex to 3 pin fan adapter, cut the wires. Soldered the 12v to the switch, then split to the input of the 7502 and the color POT. From there, the 5V got soldered on, and I made an access point for the several devices that needed the 5V. I also added my audio/video mod, and fired it up to see if it runs.

Sure enough it does. Next up the joysticks. I didn't have internet access for a while, so I pointed towards my Field Manual I got that gives me schematics of the 2600 6 switch and 4 switch, as well as troubleshooting and a parts list. From there, I soldered on the joysticks and they worked, playing a quick game of quadrun to test it out.

As its already working better than my last attempt (the controllers never worked, using a 6 switch board), so from there I proceeded. Installed everything else, difficulty switches, black and white switch, and paddles, and here's the mess.

That's a fully working atari 2600, running off of a power supply.

From there, I gutted a non working cd rom drive, and mounted the atari.

I cut the hole for the top, the thing just needs repainted (that's where I'm at now).

Being I work swing shift and I have neighbors, sanding is kinda hard to do without a day off, as the people around where I live are quite... bitchy. So, I had fun with the dremel. This is the back of the cd rom plate.

I painted the faceplate, installed everything but the a/v jacks, I did install them now and its ready to be put together, but I didn't get an updated picture of it. To help cool the 7502, I mounted it upside down, so the 7502 is mounted on the bottom of the cd rom, allowing the cd rom to be basically like a huge heatsink. Its working good so far, worked perfectly for a nice mini marathon of Gremlins and Poo!

Here's a pic of the atari with the faceplate almost fully installed (as I said, its completely installed now).

Now, all I have to do is find the time to sand and paint the cd rom case itself and paint the front screws black. Then it should be ready to be mounted for hours of gaming to come. Unfortunately, the shuttle only has one PCI slot, so I went on newegg and I found a USB 2.0 capture device, non MPEG 2 hardware encoding. This allows me to play the 2600, on the pc, through the pc, with no lag.

Let me know what you think! When this is done, I just might make a 2nd one and sell it on AtariAge... using two cd rom slots instead, one to insert the cartridge, and one exactly like how I have it now.