Bryan Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Do you mean the left and right sides of the image? That overscan area can be cropped out. I mean that something is wrong because your image doesn't look like this. You have banding in GTIA mode 9 and it looks like a LUM1 is missing. Do you have a continuity meter to check connections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I mean that your image doesn't look like this. You have banding in GTIA mode 9 and it looks like a LUM1 is missing. Do you have a continuity meter to check connections? Yes I have a meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Okay, check continuity from Pin 22 of GTIA (as shown) to the jumper located across the 4th row of pins. You should be able to contact the metal in the jumper from the top, or remove the jumper and test to the pin marked TO GTIA PIN 22. Yes I have a meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Also, do your jumpers match this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 It was the shield touching the UAV. Looks much better now. Thank you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Oh, good. I Just put a piece of tape (or better, thin cardboard) on the shield or something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Oh, good. I Just put a piece of tape (or better, thin cardboard) on the shield or something like that. You mean between the shield and the UAV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 You mean between the shield and the UAV? Yes, on the underside where the jumpers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 It was the shield touching the UAV. Looks much better now. Thank you! IMG_0580.JPG Weird... It does not seem those are true Ballblazer colors (NTSC)... and there are no specular (blown-out) highlights either. It is possible that both color-phase and luma-ramps (contrast + brightness) need to be adjusted to extract correct colors and tonality (unless picture exceeds dynamic range of camera or phone used to capture photo). There are NO reds on intro-screen. It is GREEN on the foreground, with a DEEP green on the back-ground (below shown intentionally sub-exposed to demonstrate that highlights are also green, not white): And there is no pure red on dash-board view, either (also slightly sub-exposed): There are reds / oranges, however, on intermediate screen: And when anyone gets hit, it looks something like this: (NOTE: sorry for the aliasing, as my phone is capturing the actual LCD "pixels" structure, as well !) Above images are not gamma-calibrated, or saturation-corrected (on LCD they are brighter and more vivid across the entire tonality range). However, these do show hues pretty closely, and full dynamic range of what is actually being displayed on real LCD. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Same here. My intro screen is green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargoyle Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Same here too. Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Weird... It does not seem those are true Ballblazer colors (NTSC)... and there are no specular (blown-out) highlights either. It is possible that both color-phase and luma-ramps (contrast + brightness) need to be adjusted to extract correct colors and tonality (unless picture exceeds dynamic range of camera or phone used to capture photo). There are NO reds on intro-screen. It is GREEN on the foreground, with a DEEP green on the back-ground (below shown intentionally sub-exposed to demonstrate that highlights are also green, not white): Maybe he uses a PAL system? When using PAL the colors are exactly like in the post #351. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Page 1 of this thread has links for installation in basically every Atari model. I've got one installed in an 800XL, two in 1200XL's and another in a 4-switch 2600. So if you can't figure it out from the links on Page 1, let us know. Hey for the 800XL do you do any other mods or literally just install this to get a good picture? I have an 800XL i've just resurrected and installed the U1MB.. would like to further refine the video Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hey for the 800XL do you do any other mods or literally just install this to get a good picture? I have an 800XL i've just resurrected and installed the U1MB.. would like to further refine the video Thanks! Just this board. Now, you do need to solder a few wires - for a full installation, you need Color in, and you need at least Composite and Luma out to two spots that feed into the video DIN jack. For the best video, run a third output wire for Chroma straight to the unused pin on the DIN for Y-C (S-Video). (UAV-equipped Atari 800XL to Commodore 1702 monitor) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system11 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Are these still available? The 800XL I have at the moment has bad picture with lovely crisp faint vertical lines and plenty of horizontal bleed/tint where light colours and on darker non-black backgrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinez Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 This week the UAV boards were still available because I ordered two of them Just PM Bryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Can Bryan or anyone point me to the proper soldering points on the Rev. D board for a 2600 without the 4050 chip? I have a Rev. 16 board so no 4050 chip. I found a diagram showing the LUM points off the TIA but on the Rev. D board it also has points on it labelled "1", "2", "3", "S", etc that don't match to the diagram. So I'm not sure which ones to follow. Any help is appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Can Bryan or anyone point me to the proper soldering points on the Rev. D board for a 2600 without the 4050 chip? I have a Rev. 16 board so no 4050 chip. I found a diagram showing the LUM points off the TIA but on the Rev. D board it also has points on it labelled "1", "2", "3", "S", etc that don't match to the diagram. So I'm not sure which ones to follow. Any help is appreciated I'm guessing you're looking at the Rev C diagram? The points marked on the Rev D board are correct. Use 1, 2, 3, and S for LUM0, LUM1, LUM2 and SYNC (ignore the '0' input, and shift the others up one). I pulled power from the modulator pins: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'm guessing you're looking at the Rev C diagram? The points marked on the Rev D board are correct. Use 1, 2, 3, and S for LUM0, LUM1, LUM2 and SYNC (ignore the '0' input, and shift the others up one). I pulled power from the modulator pins: Awesome! Thank you very much Bryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Awesome! Thank you very much Bryan You're welcome, and ignore the hacked up board. You can leave everything in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 You're welcome, and ignore the hacked up board. You can leave everything in place. Hahaha. Mine looks about the same too so its all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Same here. My intro screen is green. However, using a CRT with composite cable, the intro screen is now reddish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system11 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 So let's say, hypothetically, that someone were to accidentally set a 800XL via the rev C jumpers instead of the rev D (which I *speculate* would result in a very poor dark picture), would there be any likely damage to the Atari or the UAV? Having corrected them the composite picture is working, I don't have a cable ready yet to test the S-video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 So let's say, hypothetically, that someone were to accidentally set a 800XL via the rev C jumpers instead of the rev D (which I *speculate* would result in a very poor dark picture), would there be any likely damage to the Atari or the UAV? Having corrected them the composite picture is working, I don't have a cable ready yet to test the S-video. No. It shouldn't cause any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system11 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Got a cable, all working. Are there any games people can suggest to me which would be good for setting the potentiometer with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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