Drsoren24 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I was wondering if anybody has a case they could sell me for a decent price? Mine is fubared. I bought it on ebay years ago and it came like this because it wasn't packaged very well. It had about 100 plastic chips swimming around in the box also. I recently dusted it off and plugged it in and it didn't work. I threw a processor from a non working 5200 that I have in it and it works fine. As a secondary question, will the pokey chip from said nonworking 5200 work with the new "dragonfly"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrZarniwoop Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 For what it's worth, the Atari 7800 top and bottom case set were part number CB102237 according to the Best Electronics catalog. Unfortunately, sold out. I'm also looking for a decent Atari 7800 top case shell, in the event you get multiple replies or end up with an extra top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 To answer your question. Yes you can use the 5200 pokey for the DF or concerto flash carts. The pokey from Atari is all the same in the 8-bit computers, 5200, 7800 games, and arcade machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Things like this make me want to continue working on the 3D model of the shell that Curt gave me (so they can be 3D printed). I had started to tweak it (it wasn't an exact fit as it was) but then lost interest... Nobody should have that bad of a case Edited February 9, 2021 by PacManPlus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I hate cases and have top and bottom pieces littered all over the house, but I have zero time. Plus, every time someone uses a bottom piece, you create a mutant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratwurst Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 The shape of the 7800 would lend itself really well to a wood reproduction. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drsoren24 Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 4:19 PM, CPUWIZ said: I hate cases and have top and bottom pieces littered all over the house, but I have zero time. Plus, every time someone uses a bottom piece, you create a mutant. I'd be happy with just a top. All the screw holes are stripped or broken off, and the top is definitely worse than the bottom. This is an early model so it has the "expansion interface" without that hole how would I play all my laser disks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 What is a "decent price" for a 7800 console shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Somebody should 3d Print the Bushnell Signature 7800 case and TAKE MY MONEY!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I always wonder if you could fit a 7800 in a Sears Video Arcade II 2800 shell. Is anyone selling those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 8 hours ago, Swami said: I always wonder if you could fit a 7800 in a Sears Video Arcade II 2800 shell. Is anyone selling those? The main issue with this is that top shell buttons wouldn't line up with the 7800 buttons along the lower front. Also the Sears II bottom shell I'm not sure is molded to line up with the joystick ports properly. So either way, you would have to make some case modifications for it and the plastic is still brittle. There are likely fewer Sears II units in the wild than 7800 so I wouldn't want to try and adapter those shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drsoren24 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I looked for sears II units on ebay before I read the reply above. It's cheaper to just get a 7800, they go for more than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 12:59 PM, Drsoren24 said: ...It had about 100 plastic chips swimming around in the box also. Just 100 pieces? C'mon, that would be a kids number of pieces for a jigsaw puzzle!!!!! Sorry.. Yeah, I bought some Prolines a while ago and they showed up shattered... I did glue them back together (it was only about 10 pieces), but I'm not using them... I'm sure if I tried, they'd come apart. Then again I don't think I'd use Prolines anyway, so there is that.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I pieced together a shattered 2600Jr (got for $10) using JB Weld compound, then painted the gray-ish compound with matching black enamel paint. Turned out very well. It was a jigsaw puzzle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) That looks like my secondary 7800 I have as my profile pic. It wasn't shipped that way; the ex did that. I think I'll take a soldering iron to it and the broken pieces. Maybe do something to emphasize the cracks like that ancient Japanese art of using gold to mend broken items. Sans the gold. Edited February 18, 2021 by Lynxpro Inserting "Kaboom" into the cartridge slot was part of the theme... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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