Atari 2600 Jr. PAL Portable (Argh2600) [lots of pictures]

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:13 am

Nice work so far, getting it nice and small!

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:04 am

In this post I'll try to use very few words:

relocated cartslot

wiring

foot

two carts at once. No picture in picture function...

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:03 am

you've finally successfully relocated a cart slot. we're proud of you, kyo.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:07 am

My favorite picture is the "foot" picture.
Not because of the foot, but because of all the really sharp electronic wreckage on the carpet. I wouldn't walk there in socks.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:11 am

I knew all along that with the power of friendship I could do it. I mean, it's only an atari one, but still. Every accomplishment is an accomplishment which you can show off to your friends on xbox live... or something.

I also learned that the hot glue coming out of your gun turns yellow if you accidentally leave it on overnight...

I used a different iron for this. My father gave me two irons with the station, one that works with magnets, and one that is tunable with a pot. I suspect the tip of the other one might have been too hot? Or maybe I just suck, I don't know.

Well, what you might also be able to tell in the above picture is that I started flattening the board. It's good to have a broken atari handy while doing this, because that way you can pull components from it if you screw up.

Anyway, I successfully removed the original cart slot (hard task!) and am back in the case planning phase. The batteries I will add after I'm done with the case because they keep falling down and the wires keep snapping.

Now, I'm not going to use the molds I made earlier because 1) it would take me FOREVER to sand them down. I underestimated the work that is connected with it, and 2) because I trimmed off the top of the psone screen, I can make the case smaller.

I'm still undecided what I'll do about the case. I don't really feel like spending more money on clay right now (because all my money is going into screens while the prices are down!), so I'll either frankencase something, or I'll use wood for my mold.

I'm sure I'll find a creative solution. Or maybe an uncreative one.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:20 am

jjhammerstein wrote:My favorite picture is the "foot" picture.
Not because of the foot, but because of all the really sharp electronic wreckage on the carpet. I wouldn't walk there in socks.

Heh heh, exactly how my carpet looks.

Every once in a while my foot gets stabbed with a wire clipping from an LED or something.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:24 am

Same here. Though it's clean now, as I'm in the process of cleaning my room. That usually ends with a really clean floor and really messy desks. You know, when I look around in my room, there is not one piece of wall exposed. There's desks, cupboards, beds and various other things everywhere. I guess I have too much crap.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:46 am

You and I would make good friends. Or at least our rooms would.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:00 pm

here are all the screws I found on desks, cupboards but mostly on the floor while cleaning up my room (so far):

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:53 pm

That's nothing compared to what was on my floor. I had a whole jar full of screws. I took apart broken electronics I found in trash cans, salvaged the good parts, and the screws would fall on the floor and be forgotten. Finally cleaned up awhile back.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:01 pm

Kyo - I will be cheeky here, as you mentioned about not being able to use the molds you made before, etc: if you want to buy my case front and back; no extras, (you know the size of my case) - I will offer you a very good price to help you out if you are interested. PM me if you want to know more...special price just for you...

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:11 pm

Thurty Fo Fifty -- I give you bes price.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:52 pm

khaag wrote:Thurty Fo Fifty -- I give you bes price.

Are there keys missing on your keyboard or are you drunk?? What is that post saying?

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:53 pm

Say it out loud: Thirty Four Fifty. He was joking around.

$34.50

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:03 am

Ah, bacteria you know what I think about buying other peoples cases. Thanks, but no thanks. I got a better solution anyway. (More on that later!)