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  1. Posted

    1 hour ago, Voxel said:

    Very nice!

     

    Sometimes it makes sense when you're starting out to pay a bit more, you're experience will be so much better.

     

    I'm very happy for you.

    Thanks, I cant wait to see an s-video Atari on a Commodore monitor. Its gonna look great.

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  2. Posted · Edited by donjn

    I ended up getting a modded 4 switch Ben Heck s-video and LED power light one on Ebay. Set me back $120 but cant wait until it gets here.

     

    Then I bought an s-video to chroma / luma cable and I am going to run it through the back of my Commodore 1702 monitor. I should be fine!!

     

     

     

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  5. Posted · Edited by donjn
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    I am currently having issues coming up with the best way to play the 2600.

     

    Maybe someone could help as I tell you what I have. I have an Atari 800 xl with UnoCart which I love. A lot of those games have the great sound effects like the 2600 and some games have been recreated to match the 2600 (Raiders, etc). I play my Atari 800 xl through a Commodore monitor because I can't stand joystick delay.

     

    So here is what I've been looking at:

     

    Real Atari 2600

    Get Harmony cart. Only works through RF and worried it will look crappy on an LCD TV.

     

    Atari Flashback 2

    Looked at this because it had composite out so I can hook it up to my Commodore monitor. But only 40 games and I don't like soldering to add more.

     

    Atari Flashback 9 or X

    You can easily add the whole library to these. How is the input lag? Do they look okay on an HDTV? Non gold right? If I am sensitive to response time would wired be better than wireless? Would there be a reason to choose X over 9? Which one has paddle issues?

     

    Retron 77

    Not sure I trust that controller. Is the input lag better or worse compared to the Flashback series? Looks like you can easily add games though.

     

    Stella Emulation

    This is what I do now and it works fine. Almost no input lag and I use the 2600-daptor with 2600 controllers. Maybe between this and my real Atari 800 that should be enough for me?

     

    Thoughts?

     

     

     

  6. Posted · Edited by donjn

    Not sure if this has been asked Tommy, but are you going to include the original versions of games? I don't think you should overlook this, even if emulated. When I originally saw the new controllers I pictured digital touch overlays for the old games! Nintendo DS did this brilliantly. A lot of the new remakes seem to have bombastic dance music and stuff these days and some look a little too...busy for my taste (Night Stalker)

     

    It would be nice to have the classic versions included as well.

     

    EDIT
    Just did some time searching and found my answer, can't wait!

    Have Lock N Chase and Locomotion been considered? Thanks!

     

     

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  10. Posted · Edited by donjn

    I have a Commodore 1702 monitor and I want to use the Chroma / Luma connections in the back for both my Atari 800XL and my Commodore unit.

     

    Instead of having to plug and unplug them each time I want to use a computer, I was wondering would something like this work, in theory?

    Does it simply pass the information or is it very specific? If not, does anyone know of a way to select between two different chroma/luma connections? Thanks!

     

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  12. Posted

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    I was able to score a nice, 17" 750 lines JVC TM-H1750C PVM for $20 from a local electronic recycling shop. The picture is really nice, even in RCA through the BNC adapter.


    Here is the info:http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/tech_desc.jsp?model_id=MDL101336&feature_id=02

    Now, I have a friend close to me who is going to sell me a Commodore 1702 monitor for $40. I am beginning to wonder if I even need it now..

    Keep in mind the following. I will not be hooking up NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Playstation or anything of the sort. This is strictly for 8-bit computers (Commodore 64 and my Atari 800XL).

    Is the JVC overkill for what I am doing and would I be better served getting the Commodore 1702 monitor (which would look nicer in my retro setup)? Then maybe I could sell the JVC and make a profit? How much better would the JVC look through s-video on my Commodore vs using the Commodore Chroma and Luma on the 1702?

    Thanks!

     

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  14. Posted

     

    No you are correct, I just had to go back and edit my previous post. That cable is suppose to have audio on the red and white, and of course the yellow is intended to be composite. I'm wondering if the manufacturer goofed on your cable, and swapped the yellow for one of the audio leads instead. Might be worth checking out by plugging the yellow into an audio input and see what happens ;) .

    I didn't think of that, I will try it.

    Is there a chance my Atari 800XL is messed up?

  15. Posted

    I was simply trying to zero in on what was truly happening, and that seemed to be the simplest way to do so. Wasn't trying to be critical.

     

    So in other words you probably got one of the video connections mixed up for the audio connection, and yes that will produce something akin to a buzzing sound. I have that exact same cable as yours, and it works fine for me by hooking it up with the red and white RCA going into left and right audio channels on my monitor/TV, with the Mini-DIN plugged into the S-Video input. And as it was already mentioned, the red and white RCAs on that cable are already internally 'Y' connected, so no need to provide one externally.

     

    Hope that helps :) .

     

    EDIT: corrected color code for audio connections as being red and white and not red and black as I originally stated. If this doesn't work for you, then it suggests that the cable you purchased is defective.

     

    Yeah, sorry if I was cranky!

    I should have known better, I guess I assumed RCA red and white are always left and right but I was wrong. Its odd because the description of the cables mentioned left and right audio, I guess they meant that for that one white plug.

    Thanks!

  16. Posted · Edited by donjn

    I'm also curious as to what the OP meant by 'feedback', because no matter how things were hooked up, audio feedback would not be the end result. So I think the OP must be referring to something else.

     

    Example of audio feedback, and what causes it.

     

    I get a bit frustrated when people takes things too literally but I will try my best. Everyone else who read my post knows what I meant. I did not mean "feedback" in the typical way, you know. That high pitched noise that happens sometimes when people speak in public? I think everyone who read this thread knew that. Achieving that would be impossible with my setup because that requires a microphone.

     

    It was just massive, loud "noise", not TECHNICALLY feedback in the traditional sense.

  21. Posted

    Okay I might not be explaining. Below is a picture. On the left side is the Atari 800XL cable.

     

    When the red cable is plugged into a speaker system I get massive feedback and noise.

    When the white cable is plugged into a speaker system I can only get audio from the left speaker.

     

    I don't I need stereo but I do want to hear sounds from both speakers.

     

    So I want to make use of the white RCA plug (which only has sound on the left side) and have it plug into the 3.5mm you see on the right side and produce sound in both speakers..

     

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  24. Posted · Edited by donjn

    Ok just reread your OP... to get doubled-mono audio to a stereo 3.5 headphone plug, you'd need these two items connected in series:

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/312251786406

    Then:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/252060824459

     

    But if all I want IS composite and then audio going to speakers that creates audio in both speakers wouldn't this be all I need?

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-800-1200XL-65XE-130XE-Audio-Video-RCA-Cable-NEW-Tested/273771757388

     

    I am not interested in s-video. I would rather buy new cables from within the USA.

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