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Ah I just spotted the other two. Shouldn't wear glasses Since I don't need them or do I I guess ET's had too many reeses peeses

Hmm I only count one

I Updated BitHacker Now it is possible to hack up to 6 byte wide graphics and (asymetrical)playfield data

Self flashing RGB LEDs. Have a look at http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ledrgb.htm This gives me another idea: Instead of using a flasher you use a 4 pin RGB LED with common anode. hook anode to 5V and the other pins to 0V, dificulty switch A and difficulty switch B using resistors. Then you can see that the power is on and in which positions the difficulty switches are I really must get one to try this out ! (have another JR with a poor LED)

The moment you change a bit of an instruction instead of graphics you've become a programmer Great to see what BitHacker can do (expect an update soon!)

It's my Multi cart design on an experimental board. Using just two descrete chips it can handle 2K/4K and patched F8,F6,F4 roms.

Having a VCS JR with a faint power LED I decided to replace it with a cool blue one. However the blue one was so bright that I had to stick a piece of milky white plastic (from a beer cap ) under the power LED window. Before After and the result

This realy is fun Took out one of my Controller to see if I could spot any differences. Then I noticed some kind of writing on the right controller Something starting with C and ending in a. I wonder If it is really on the controller or just in the add

The TV Picture is not realy a TV picture but a sticker/adhesive you can clearly see it pealing a little at the bottom left

My BitHacker is similar to hack-o-matic but has a few more options.

Yes I forgot to mention those little things and then there are the hotkeys, scrollmouse support and save changes option BTW if you copy the BitHacker executable (or shortcut) into windows 'send to' folder (hidden on ME,2K,XP) you can use the right mouse bitton context menus send to option to send any file to Bithacker.

That was the tool I. I didn't know there was a version that could save though otherwise I might not have written one. My version however does have a few extra options like descending order (which is very handy for most roms) stretched and inverted view.

Great pictures I'd wish I could look inside of them Thanks For another great picture. Now thats looks very much like famiclone control logic I wouldn't be surprised if you could hook it up directly to a famiclone or NES using a different plug.

Great pictures I'd wish I could look inside of them

I think its a marketing thing "It's a stand alone plug and play" Having a cart slot might suggest its a console that requires carts and people expect carts to be released for it (remember that chess game ?) I hope it can be hacked to play real carts.

Yup, it's new, though someone at [stella] had independently discovered it a few month ago too. Basically it works like this: Enable double size and just before the second copy would be drawn, switch for a short moment to two copies wide and immediately back to double size. Voila, both copies are drawn with double size. The emulators just miss the the double size for the 2nd copy. I get the picture. will search [stella] for it too. I really need some sort of devcart to start testing stuff on real the hardware soon.

A new trick Did you look into it already ? (knowing your curiosity )

) I Was having a look at the latest update at Atariprotos.com (great site, love those proto PCBs pictures BTW ) and it brought me to this topic. I wonder if this is a side effect of a programming mistake (?) that causes the narrowing of the sprites. I'm very currious to check this out. Is it possible to the binary somewhere ?

I never went to a Radioshack But I think they have. the socket is even more common then the 4050. If you can't get the socket or have to place another minimum order of $15 for getting the socket then PM me your address and I'll send you one. But you have to wait for your repairs a little longer as Airmail to the States takes about 8 to 10 days from here.

By socket I ment a IC socket. So it would be soldered instead of the chip and the chip goes into the socket. Right. I do prefer soldering the chip too A socket was just handy for future replacements.

I wish I could realy edit my posts forget that attachment (can somebody delete it?) Get Bit Hacker here

I found a simple hacking tool a while ago and lost it. I remembered it didn't save well or not at all so I didn't bother to look for it again and wrote a little tool myself and here it is. bithacker.zip

Did you get a socket with that ? I'm pretty sure the 4050 will work. If it won't then I think that the problem is located somewhere else than in the capacitor. Your welcome. Looking forward to your next post.