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Pretty sure only Indy 500 used the driving controller.

Okay, so I'm preparing the controls at the moment and maybe I shouldnt be worrying about this yet but I can help but wonder why all the colours have messed up so badly since chopping down the board? Before chopping, they were almost bang on, post chopping they are garish and messed up. The colour ...

Well... it took me about two hours, and that included getting the Dremel back out of the shed and cutting off the IC section, (Seems I'm as rubbish at desoldering as I am at soldering!!!) and also watching some of Smokey and the Bandit which was on ITV but.......

IT LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bwa ...

Thanks again Mad Hacker! Do way would i have risked trying this on my shaky logic!

Here I go again! Wish me luck!

Rik,

Evil Nod you beat me to it by 5 minutes! :-D Thank you very much though! Do you know what each letter means? I know the connections to the TIA and RIOT chips and have worked out that W is where the IC unit needs to go to. I'm also figuring Z is ground and I know Q is Audio and X is Chroma. So it's ...

Thanks for the note mad hacker! I've always loved the Atari ever since my older Brother got one christmas 83! So it had to be my first!

Got another question for you guys. I've found this - http://portablesofdoom.org/images/2600_pal_back.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - which ...

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OK. So I've been lurking around these boards for... well... years. Every now and then I toy with the idea of making a portable Atari, and then convince myself it's beyond my capabilities! Mainly due to two factors: -

1. I can't solder to save my life.
2. I live in the UK and I see that the PAL 2600 ...