2600 converted to composite

satan165 · Post by **satan165** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:59 am

im sure this qualifies as small beans to a lot of people
but it was more involved then i thought it would be
but it worked on the 1st try
im pretty damn happy with myself right now

i mounted the pots and the resistor to the tiniest circuit board radio shack had
should be plenty of room for it in there

its funny right when i first put the game in and turned the thing on it didnt come up
it was a fluke however because i was seating the game very gingerly since there was no top on, i was trying to be gentle, too gentle it seemed
my heart sunk for a minute

i reseated it and it came up immediately

ive never even played starmaster before so i have no idea what the colors are supposed to look like
im goign to check my emulator now and/or AA for screenshots so i can tune the thing up

satan165 · Post by **satan165** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:07 am

i was also wondering how others got the RCAs out of their console
i broke away a few links of that vent in the front (4 to be exact) and fit em thru there
kind of weird to have the cabling come out the front instead of the back but its actually more practical the way i have my console in respect to my TV

Unidentified Assilant · Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:48 pm

I've learned what Composite is!!!! Woo! Go me!

Nice mod, maybe you could try the 4x4 square mod by Ben for your atari too, to make it very small, just suggesting.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:34 pm

Unidentified Assilant wrote:I've learned what Composite is!!!! Woo! Go me!

Nice mod, maybe you could try the 4x4 square mod by Ben for your atari too, to make it very small, just suggesting.

Im pretty sure its a JR, not a 4-switch- so not 4x4 square...

Though good job man! Its pretty nice!

satan165 · Post by **satan165** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:35 pm

yeah this is my home console anwyays, i have no intentions of making it portable, im working on a VCSp seperately anyways

I've learned what Composite is!!!! Woo! Go me!

and i dont knwo what this means
how you can have 500 posts on here and not know....so i assume its some kind of sarcasm? not very funny.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:38 pm

Its the format the video uses. It uses the yellow RCA plug. Its just the type of connector basically.

satan165 · Post by **satan165** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:48 pm

when i said 'i dont know what this means'
i meant that i dont know how someone on this forum with 500 posts isnt familliar with composite video
obviously I understand it, i just did the mod!!!

i was construing his ignorance (feighned) as sarcasm

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:02 am

Cool! I really need to get an atari....

this-is-me · Post by **this-is-me** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:26 am

I just bought an atari with the joysticks and paddles and 14 games for $5!

Unidentified Assilant · Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:09 pm

Oh... thats a JR, not a 4-Switch, he could always do the mod ala Vagabond 2000

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:34 pm

this-is-me wrote:I just bought an atari with the joysticks and paddles and 14 games for $5!

holy crap! who in there right mind would sell that for so cheap! lol

this-is-me · Post by **this-is-me** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:47 pm

I 'm glad he doesn't visit these forums... He's a frend of mine at work. He also sold me an nes, 3 games and connections for ~$10.

EDIT: It is a 6-switch not a 4 switch.
Mine is like this one:

@chicken strip, also, he's left handed, so he's the only person I know of that's in his _right_ mind. LOL

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:13 pm

does it even have the rounded edges at the bottom? If so, you have a heavy sixer, the best (and originalest) Atari out there! (other than one of Ben's, of course)

this-is-me · Post by **this-is-me** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:38 pm

EDIT: Looks like it is _not_ a Heavy Sixer. I have the tele-games logo on the front.

Unidentified Assilant · Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:28 pm

I didn't know that composite is a term for what we call SCART here in the U.K, maybe thats why I didn't know, we don't usually use SCART, infact, over here, the PS2 is the console that uses an RGB plug, and that connects to a SCART anyway.