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  7. Posted

    It might be worth taking a look inside the FB2 to see if you can follow the composite video output back to the video chip. If it goes to 1 pin then chroma and luma are mixed together. If it leads to 2 pins then chroma and luma will be separate.

     

    There is the possibility that separating the two signals will weaken the signal strength and reduce the brightness of the picture.

  8. Posted · Edited by MRB

    I'd like the Flashback 3 to be mini 7800 though I think an Atari 800 computer with built in LCD screen and educational software would be more successful. Have you seen how much those kiddy computers cost! There's big money to be made teaching kids to add up and spell!

     

    i actually think this is a good idea.

    all that leapfrog crap sells like crazy

    ...and I don't think any of them have the quality that Atari 800 software is supposed to have. Atari would get a new generation of 'kiddy' customers every year, forever. It would be a great long term investment for them.

  9. Posted

    and then blew it again when they failed to do a PAL FB2 for the other half of the globe, and dithered about the FB3 while Commodore brand starts to get stronger again with a load of new products :x

    Yep, it seems strange that they never bothered with a PAL version for Europe. You'd think there would be a big enough market for it over here. Maybe I'm wrong.

     

    I hope we get a PAL version of Flashback 3 and maybe even the Falcon based Flashback 4 Internet computer aka Atari F.B.I. with single tasking operating system for virus and spyware free surfing ;)

  11. Posted

    Nobody seems to be too impressed with the original Flashback though it might be worth buying one as an investment and keeping it sealed in it's box.

     

    The same goes for the 10 in 1 joystick. They'll all be collectible one day and probably hold some kind of historical value aswell.

     

    In 20 years time you'll read about them on the internet as "Two more mistakes that Atari made before they finally had the sense to listen to Curt Vendel and the designers at Legacy Engineering!"

     

    Matt

  14. Posted

    They make it look so easy! It looks as if there are a few jumper wires in there.

     

    I wouldn't be surprised if this Irish 2600 was actually made in China and re-badged as "Made in Ireland" after the composite mod was added.

     

    From a legal point of view, a product that was 'completed' in Ireland would have been "Made in Ireland".

  17. Posted

    Silly.question this, but has anybody got a screenshot that demonstrates the 7800's graphics capabilities at it's very best?

     

    I've seen some screenshots of games on the Atari Age website, but nothing that's really 'clever' or with the 'WOW' factor you sometimes get with the Atari 800 demo's.

  18. Posted · Edited by MRB

    I gave up playing games after selling my ST computer many years ago. I then got back into it after buying a PC and playing on some of the Atari and Commodore emulators.

     

    I have to admit, that when I first played some of the Atari 2600 games, I didn't really understand what all the fuss was about, though I found myself coming back to them and eventually bought a 2600 console.

     

    I only play on it for an hour or two a week as the 'never ending' gameplay on some games (Yar's Revenge?) can get repetitive, but who cares when you're only paying £2 or £3 for a used game on eBay :P

  25. Posted

    Hi. Just wondering if anybody has a picture of the 7800 scart socket that was used on the secam version of the console. I've found a console with an odd looking grey socket on the back right hand side but it doesn't look like a conventional scart socket :?

     

    Thanks

     

    Matt

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