What's this? A new Atari portable!?

Rekarp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:20 pm

hailrazer wrote:

Rekarp wrote:

Tibia if you are drilling through brittle plastic (Like Atari cases) you can't go wrong with some cheap Forstner bits. Once I moved to these I have never cracked an Atari case.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=1903

Do you need a piece of wood or something behind the plastic when you drill (Like you have to do with a spade drill bit) ? Or will it work drilling straight through?

I just drill straight through. Just make sure to drill straight and slowish. If you are melting the plastic then you are going to fast.

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:25 pm

Tibia, I meant to respond to your question sooner but forgot. My answer is "kinda yes", considering I have drilled exactly three holes with this bit. Once I've gotten a bit more use out of it on future projects I will be able to give a more definitive answer.

On another note, the replacement Flashback is on its way in the mail. I await it with eager anticipation.

Bionicomander · **Joined:** Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:25 pm **Posts:** 97

Me to.

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:09 pm

Got the new flashback in today and it works perfectly. So, yeah, that first one was defective. I hope to make some good progress on the portable tonight. There really isn't much more to do aside from cutting the circuit board down a bit so that it fits. The only other main hurdles are mounting the joystick and deciding what batteries to use.

Rekarp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:17 pm

You check that out yet? XD :mrgreen:

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:02 pm

chainfire95 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:40 pm

eagle5953 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:06 pm **Posts:** 1843

Lookin' great!

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:51 pm

Sorry for the lower than usual image quality but it's just so much easier to snap a pic with my Droid Eris phone and have it upload directly to my Photobucket account. I made some good progress tonight. Time to catch some sleep before a long day tomorrow of tests and work.

...of course now that I look at the pictures on my computer's screen they don't look all that bad so never mind.

Metallica Man X · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:05 am

Wow! That thing looks seriously late 70's! If that isn't perfect for the system, I dunno what is! All you need is some brushed aluminum on the sides, and you're in business :lol:

themadhacker · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:45 am

i like it. it kind of reminds me of an old cell phone.

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:21 am

Oops. I kinda chopped off a bit too much. This is the player one controller jack... chopped off. I mapped where everything goes so it is no big deal, but still...

At least the board fits where I wanted it to go, which was the whole point of trimming the board.

Bionicomander · **Joined:** Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:25 pm **Posts:** 97

droids ftw, i have the motorola one. Lookin sharp by the way

retrodelee · **Joined:** Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:35 pm **Posts:** 67

I like this... looking good thus far

Life of Brian · **Posted:** Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:07 pm

Mounted the cartridge connector today. It's not pretty, but thanks to JB Weld it is rock solid. Plus it will be one of those things that are on the inside that you will never see once the portable is done.

I also installed the power jack. That Unibit I mentioned before made a cool recessed bevel... thing. Whatever you call it, I like how it came out.

What's this? A new Atari portable!?

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