Vardelith

ya, now I'm not an adventure fan,and I don't know what it SHOULD look like. Anyways all the levels had a grey background when I played it! I got to the black castle and it was visable in front of the grey background! Sooo, I'm not exactly sure as to WHAT is causing the problem with your set-up! Would you be able to take some close-up shots of your mod so I can see what you've done! you make sure you used the right type of resistor or pots? this can make a big difference as in my case with my current pots...they suck and are causing me problems because I can't fine tune them! I was thinking, if you wired your set-up wrong you might not be getting your luma information correctly, (I think it's the luma that dictates brightness.) Hmm....I need to learn more about this stuff! Sorry for the long wait, to reply! I tend to forget stuff!

did you try running through the RF connection to test the game that way? I've been using his mod on my 2600 for a few months now and never had that problem! I'll give adventure a test today and see again, but I think it runs fine for me! I've got mine connected to a c64 1702 monitor, I find I get good picture with that, but when using this mod on a TV I get bad results! I think in my case I have poor quality POT's, but I"m not sure! I get a rather fuzzy and unclean picture when using this mod with a TV! color and clerity is superb on my c64 monitor though! I'm still trying to figure it out!

Well I was looking around for the last couple months, wit the intention of doing an AV mod to my 4switch 2600, I finally decided to use the mod done buy Ben Heckendorn. The fella that make the ever so cool portable Atari units! Wish I could buy one of his new revision 6 units! sigh! http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp/ look under the info tab then under how-to's! he has instructions there for 4 switch, 6 switch and Jr.'s! cost me like 3CDN for all the parts. How well does it work! Well I've got mine current test machine hooked up to a c64 monitor and I have super good picture, I am running into a few problems hen testing it on my TV, but I'm hoping that will change once I actually finish soldering things together and shorten some of the wiring I have attached! I'll keep you all posted as to the final results of this mod.

I know nothing about these things but do want to be able to do my one carts at some point! If so the price is excellent , and it SOUNDs like it's a good little machine. Is the basic pocket programmer package all a person needs to get up and running for doing Atari roms? what about other cart based systems? Thanks!

All 4 units do exactly the same thing? Not to be rude, but do they all do this on a few different TV's? Are you using the same connectors to connect them to the TV? what are you using to connect them? Just want a bit more information so people can get a clearer view as to what's happening to these machines. Are you using the same power supply for all of them? Very curious indead!

I'm almost sure that if you have a win95 boot disk and fat32 formatted drives you will not see the fat32 drives, I believe win95 was simply FAT! Vardelith

I currently have three versions of the Freeway cart! I have the colored pic, the black and white pic (Not really black and white as it has red lines) and an international version that is color but says international version on the cart. I've had a few of each of these over the last while so I personally don't know if rarity wise any one is more rare then another. I've seen a lot of other cart changes in the last while I have a couple Missile Command carts, all with different text, a bunch of International versions as well, I keep them hoping to find a cart one day with a design no one remembers seeing! It helps pad out my collection! makes it look bigger and more impressive anyway! I guess the more of us that collect the varients, the better we can decide which are rare and which varients are not! Happy hunting!

Ice Cold: I just finished building a stand alone arcade joystick that plugs into both my Atari's ( a 2600 and a 7800) I'm also building a cabinet or two as you already know, but I still like my actual consoles! so I built a control panel that sits over your legs with some spare parts from my cabinet making projects! It plays very nice! BTW: Your going to have to show us your cabinet when it's done! Personally! I think it's more fun to play the Atari games when you have a good joystick. I enjoy even the nasties games if I can at least get my joystick to move smoothly! I improved my score in stampede by a couple thousand today testing my latest controller modifications!

Is there still a plan to make these mods for the 2600? I have an NTSC unit that as of today looks like it needs a mod or a replacement RF modulator. The mod would be preffered, I would think. If no one has prebuilts for sale I could do with a diagram or plans as I would be able to just build my own! Thanks!

Any good ideas on how to fix or replace an RF modulator (At least that's what I understand the largish silver box in the lower RH corner on the 2600 PCB. If I'm wrong please correct me quickly! I was trying to adjust the screw in it like I did to clear up the noise and fuzzyness on my 7800, gave the screw a fraction of a turn and it just stopped turning. Could not turn back or forward. I now get a blank screen no signal! Has to be bad me thinks! Any suggestions, links or whatnot to fix this problem?

BeerGnome: Yes, I remember those Nintendo Cabinets! Didn't they have a big angled Nintendo logo on the sides? We are going to start with one design and go from there, if things take off and we are able to keep the flow of product positive then we will see about branching out to other product lines that have a similar appeal. Believe me I personally want a Cocktail table set-up just for Pac games! I've been hunting for a real one for a long time! (At an affordable price that is!) A small update on the material used, It's looking right now like we will be using melamine for the main aspects of the cabinet. That way we can go with a pre-finished look without a person needing to paint it. The possibility of a less expensive model made from MDF is a very possible reality, once we have the plans finalized, the materials used become less important as long as we can find a good price point for the different cabinets made with different products. The melamine gives us some flexibility in that we can make a few different looks all by changing the melamine used. IceCold: Yes, Thank you for the link! I have to go respond over there to a post, looks like I've received a few replies there. As for the control interface we are testing a few options but the i-pac is looking to be our favourite. Price range, the best I can say till the final materials list gets done would be that we are aiming for less then 1000 for a complete cabinet (assembled) with a basic control panel. (2 joy w/ 6 buttons each and the needed player and coin buttons etc., and probably a trackball or spinner w/ buttons) As a person added features like decals or a marquee, or an enhanced control panel etc. the price will vary. We will also be offering a cabinet without controls for the person who prefers to DO IT THEMSELVES The control panel will be removable to help facilitate this as well as for repair or replacement if a person wishes to upgrade!

BeerGnome: Thanks for the input! I agree that they should be as simple as possable. And I think we will try to go with pre-drilled, holes and the use of glue and screws, I've never been a fan of those lock bolt things. The never feel secure to me. We are planning on having the main areas of the cabinet made from good plywood and the lesser seen sections like the TV shelf etc, made from MDF. If the cost of plywood is to high for a kit form we may go with all MDF construction, but I personally do not want to go that route. We are still finalizing the development, so these things may change closer to production time! And again thank you all for your input, sofar I've had more success getting feedback here then any of the other places I've posted!

Ok, here we go! allstater4by800: yes the cabinet will be designed to fit a TV! There will be two designs to start with. The first one will be a cabinet designed to interface with a PC, on this set-up you would basically plug your PC into the cabinet! the case goes underneath. And the Control panel would plug into your computer. (Very like the picture you posted.) You could use a monitor in place of the TV if you really wanted, but that would be a personal preference. The second would be a cabinet that looks almost identical to the one in the picture but with a blank consol (IE no joysticks or buttons) to be used more as a consol system cabinet. Note the one with buttons can still be used as a consol machine cabinet, but would be a bit of a waste. I will be placing my Atari and Nintendo in this cabinet along with my PC. IceCold: Thanks for the help on that, that is in essence what we want to provide. Note: once you have the PC installed you will be able to use the control panel with most emulators that allow you to map keystrokes to the different game functions, most NES, some Atari and so one emulators also have the ability to use the controls. IceCold & allstater4by800: We will be installing and wiring the controls so that you can hook a PC up as soon as you get the cabinet. As for the "KIT" version of the cabinet, we are still deciding if the control panel will be wired or if the buyer will have that responsibility. We may build them anyway just so we can verify functionality, and for quality control purposes. At this time the control panel will only ineffaceable with the PC, we may look into building other versions in the future that are capable of working with other systems, like some of the more popular consoles. This point is still in discussions. As well, please note that our cabinets will not likely be wood finished like the one in the pic linked by allstater4by800. We are aiming more towards the classic cabinet style, painted wood with decals. If there is enough interest we MAY look into a wood finished style for you people that want a machine that could sit in the family room and match the rest of the decor. There would have to be considerable demand for this to happen. Vardelith

I'm still pricing out the cost of materials for the units, trying to balance cost vs. quality. After all, I want my cabinets to be sturdy and strong when done! But still be able to sell them reasonably enough! I'm hoping to have a better idea as to price within a couple, two weeks. I don't want to promise something today and not be able to keep it! allstater4by800: as for what you do with it...It will be designed to hold up to a 27" TV without side speakers, IE a unit with bottom mounted speakers. As for what you hook up to that TV, that is up to you! My personal intention will be to house a dedicated MAME Machine with a video card capable out outputting to a TV! I have a quick question for you guy's? Where else would be a good place to post a message about this cabinet of mine? I'm trying to find out how much interest there is in something like this, and I personally feel that a page mainly for Atari stuff may not be the best place to get my overall feel for the market I want to reach? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes it would have instructions! It would be a kit with all the parts needed You provide the power tools! Basically the idea would be to give you all the wood (pre-cut), and accessories and you build it and decide what to paint it and such! We would also do the build on the unit for you if requested, but there would be a building fee and shipping and handling would be higher, do to the larger size! And again you would decide on things like decaling and the marquee. We would also be providing custom or premade graphics for these aspects of the units. The control panel would have a default configuration w/ alternate styles available! 2 controllers w/ 6 buttons each a track ball with 2 and a start / credits pair for both players! Trackball would be under player one. Might have a configuration with a spinner as well.

Ok, a friend of mine and myself are working on an arcade cabinet design. We are each going to build one for ourselves. While we do this we are designing it to be easy assembly. I have family in the furniture building business, that will be helping. The question is...how many people out there would be interested in a "Do it yourself" kit. We are thinking of also providing decalling and marquee creation services if we do decide to sell these kits! Feedback and input welcome, Tks.

Skiing or Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle. And for some reason I keep forgetting how bad Stampede is and plug it in every once and a while! But my all time favorite game for Atari would have to be Pac-Man!

I've desoldered the connector and three of the lines were not connected inside the back of it! they were basically just sitting in the hole making minimal contact! Now what is the best way to add new lines from the board to the back of the connector? I tried soldering a new wire in but there is no room inside the space at the back to get a good solder point! Any suggestions or ideas?

Ok I've checked all the pins with the Voltometer, I get a reading from all of them but one! I'm assuming that that means the one that is not registring is actually toast! If that is the case then I guess I need a new connector!

Ok I've checked all the pins with the Voltometer, I get a reading from all of them but one! I'm assuming that that means the one that is not registring is actually toast! If that is the case then I guess I need a new connector!

Got a voltometer I could borrow first! Is there any other way of knowing if it's the connector itself that is bad? I'm currently attempting to open and clean everything I can find that is associated with that controller! sofar no luck! I'm wodering if I borrowed a voltometer, and check the connector set to ohms I want to make sure there is activity correct? that the needle or whatever actually shows a spike of power? I'm not very electrically minded so if you can explain, very cool! If it is the connector I know I can remove and replace I"ve done that before with other things. Not worried! Now a buck ain't that bad but what's the shipping cost! JK

I've checked all the pin's are there! I'm trying to find out if the connection is loose somewere, but sofar I've not found anything that looks different. Anyone have any suggestions?

I just picked up 103 carts at one of my local thrift stores at 1.25 per game CDN. Got about 15 copies of Defender, Astroids and Combat combined, but added 50 games I didn't have to my collection. Two days later I got 2 2600's with 4 paddles and 16 games with manuals for $30CDN. I put my name on file! Y ou can add a working 7800 with 2 controllers and two paddle controller sets and one game to the first batch! fella gave it to me due to it's lack of cord. I had a good week!

I have a 2600 that has a problem with the player one game port. It no longer wants to recognize the fire button! I've tested the joystick in player two port and also on my other 2600, and the joysticks work! Is there any way I can check and find out what is causing this problem? Any suggestions on were to look? etc? Tks.