12 'Broken' Atari VCS Tear-Down & Restoration: 40-Year-Old Atari Juice
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Gabi
My also very old Atari 2600 is very much connected to my 46 with surround sound set, that sound is still so cool, and those giant pixels are so big and so cool, i still love it. I love Pong on this, Indy racing on ice tracks, Warlords, and so much more, and a lot of games are so much harder now that i am old: P Black version, with the old controllers, and extra ones, 2 designs extra, plus tennis paddles and racing paddles, the whole thing, so happy i still have it. But i love that old sound the most. I did accidentally leave it on for a while while i thought i had turned it off, but it lived, but the cable receiver on my TV did not, so now it'srouted through a VCR connected with SCART.
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My also very old Atari 2600 is very much connected to my 46 with surround sound set, that sound is still so cool, and those giant pixels are so big and so cool, i still love it. I love Pong on this, Indy racing on ice tracks, Warlords, and so much more, and a lot of games are so much harder now that i am old: P Black version, with the old controllers, and extra ones, 2 designs extra, plus tennis paddles and racing paddles, the whole thing, so happy i still have it. But i love that old sound the most. I did accidentally leave it on for a while while i thought i had turned it off, but it lived, but the cable receiver on my TV did not, so now it'srouted through a VCR connected with SCART.
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bluephreakr
Should had seen this sooner. The adapter for RF he is holding is often found as RCA to F-type. Few people aside from Eric Winston knows why it's called F, but presumably it was because its primary purpose was to carry very high and ultra high frequency connections, so the F by extension might be simply called Frequency. Cinch connectors, Phono, oftentimes referred to as _RCA_ fro its developer Radio Corporation of America was made as a low-cost way of having single-cable two-pole connections, which invariably ended up on the Atari VCS' video output.
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Should had seen this sooner. The adapter for RF he is holding is often found as RCA to F-type. Few people aside from Eric Winston knows why it's called F, but presumably it was because its primary purpose was to carry very high and ultra high frequency connections, so the F by extension might be simply called Frequency. Cinch connectors, Phono, oftentimes referred to as _RCA_ fro its developer Radio Corporation of America was made as a low-cost way of having single-cable two-pole connections, which invariably ended up on the Atari VCS' video output.
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GreenWeeney
Giggling my old ass off. Watching you both move in slow motion, and in confusion. This was awesome in the 80's and we moved faster with smiles and dirty hands and knees from playing in the dirt just moments before cause our parents told us to go outside and play and make friends. We weren't aloud inside! Boy the memories. If your parents had money to afford this new thing, you were popular and kids would go to your house to play with this. With open mouths and full of wonder. Till they too kicked every one out to again go play outside. Fun times.
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Giggling my old ass off. Watching you both move in slow motion, and in confusion. This was awesome in the 80's and we moved faster with smiles and dirty hands and knees from playing in the dirt just moments before cause our parents told us to go outside and play and make friends. We weren't aloud inside! Boy the memories. If your parents had money to afford this new thing, you were popular and kids would go to your house to play with this. With open mouths and full of wonder. Till they too kicked every one out to again go play outside. Fun times.
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Stephane
When fixing/refreshing an old console/computer you'll want to replace all of the electrolytic capacitors. They can start to leak and destroy the board if they're not replaced. They might look fine (especially if the console/computer has been unused for a while) but can start leaking later when power is applied. Replacing the power supply if it's DC is also a good idea. AC-output power bricks are safe: they fail by sending nothing. old DC-output bricks can fail by sending slightly too high of a voltage and burn the system.
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When fixing/refreshing an old console/computer you'll want to replace all of the electrolytic capacitors. They can start to leak and destroy the board if they're not replaced. They might look fine (especially if the console/computer has been unused for a while) but can start leaking later when power is applied. Replacing the power supply if it's DC is also a good idea. AC-output power bricks are safe: they fail by sending nothing. old DC-output bricks can fail by sending slightly too high of a voltage and burn the system.
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Theorica
I remember coming home from school in '77 (grade 5) and there was a strange woodgrain box sitting on the floor in front of the TV. An Atari Video Pinball console in colour. 8) I wish I still had it. Just for nostalgia. I had never actually seen a video game as yet until that day. Playing Break Away with every kid on the block for hours at a time. It was king until I got a PET 2 years later. I had the coolest parents and grandparents. Wish I still had them too. Anyway, that trip just went dark. Ha!
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I remember coming home from school in '77 (grade 5) and there was a strange woodgrain box sitting on the floor in front of the TV. An Atari Video Pinball console in colour. 8) I wish I still had it. Just for nostalgia. I had never actually seen a video game as yet until that day. Playing Break Away with every kid on the block for hours at a time. It was king until I got a PET 2 years later. I had the coolest parents and grandparents. Wish I still had them too. Anyway, that trip just went dark. Ha!
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Dan
You guys cleanred all of this the hardest way possible. When I restore old systems, I take all the cases apart then 409 the cases for under 5 minutes and then rinse them off under water before finally spraying them with 90% isopropyl alcohol to make sure the water doesn't leave any minerals behind and it comes out like new! If I find that I must clean grooves or details, I use a detailing brush (or nylon toothbrush) to just brush in some 409 and then rinse as before. Flawless cleaning.
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You guys cleanred all of this the hardest way possible. When I restore old systems, I take all the cases apart then 409 the cases for under 5 minutes and then rinse them off under water before finally spraying them with 90% isopropyl alcohol to make sure the water doesn't leave any minerals behind and it comes out like new! If I find that I must clean grooves or details, I use a detailing brush (or nylon toothbrush) to just brush in some 409 and then rinse as before. Flawless cleaning.
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daro2096
I believe the 4 switcher was released in time for Christmas 1980 or late 1980. It was made between late 1980 and 1982 when it was replaced by the all black 4 switch model and the all black version was replaced by the smaller case junior model originally supposed to be in 1983/84(they were manufactured but not sold at that time because of the games crash, they are the short rainbow models) but delayed until late 1985/86 and that was made until 1990(in the US) and 1991 in Europe.
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I believe the 4 switcher was released in time for Christmas 1980 or late 1980. It was made between late 1980 and 1982 when it was replaced by the all black 4 switch model and the all black version was replaced by the smaller case junior model originally supposed to be in 1983/84(they were manufactured but not sold at that time because of the games crash, they are the short rainbow models) but delayed until late 1985/86 and that was made until 1990(in the US) and 1991 in Europe.
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afelias
Also, uhh DON'T pull chips with a flathead screwdriver. A chip-puller helps you lift the chip off without bending those pins. If you pry them from one side only, all of those pins will bend as it gets lifted off, and those pins will break if you keep trying to bend them into place. You can always try using your fingers. kinda? Depends. Or if you want to really try with screwdrivers, try to pry it upward with two flatheads, one on each side.
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Also, uhh DON'T pull chips with a flathead screwdriver. A chip-puller helps you lift the chip off without bending those pins. If you pry them from one side only, all of those pins will bend as it gets lifted off, and those pins will break if you keep trying to bend them into place. You can always try using your fingers. kinda? Depends. Or if you want to really try with screwdrivers, try to pry it upward with two flatheads, one on each side.
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EdgyNumber1
The 'difficulty' switches basically acted as toggle switches external to the program on the cart. Basically if a condition was 0 or 1 (A or B on the switch, it would change a condtion in the program to, for example, change a variable, or in some games activate a different subroutine. The fact it changed difficulty, and for each player, was common practice. You could use them for carious other functions if they were programmed to do so.
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The 'difficulty' switches basically acted as toggle switches external to the program on the cart. Basically if a condition was 0 or 1 (A or B on the switch, it would change a condtion in the program to, for example, change a variable, or in some games activate a different subroutine. The fact it changed difficulty, and for each player, was common practice. You could use them for carious other functions if they were programmed to do so.
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Guest
OMG TRUE STORY One day in 1982 I was in 12th grade high school and I was over G friends house playing that exact Atari with G friends mom. We were sitting on the floor leaning up against the couch and G friend was laying on the couch behind us sleeping when all of a sudden G friend starts moaning and has a wet dream. The dirty looks her mom gave me OMG. The next day in school G friend says moms making me go on the pill.
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OMG TRUE STORY One day in 1982 I was in 12th grade high school and I was over G friends house playing that exact Atari with G friends mom. We were sitting on the floor leaning up against the couch and G friend was laying on the couch behind us sleeping when all of a sudden G friend starts moaning and has a wet dream. The dirty looks her mom gave me OMG. The next day in school G friend says moms making me go on the pill.
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