Opening Ataris

Guest0 · Post by **Guest0** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:44 am

Is it safe to open the Atari Flashback? Or the following?:
GC
PS2
NES
SNES
GB
GBP
GBC
GBA
GBASP
DS
N64

The instruction manuals usually say to not open or attempt to repair. Is it safe?

Unidentified Assilant · Post by **Unidentified Assilant** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:04 am

If they are plugged in then it isn't safe, I've opened tons of stuff and i've never been harmed

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:44 am

theyre just putting on the warning to prevent people from voiding the waranty. Just be careful of big capacitors, mostly ing the xbox, PSX, and PS2

Ironmaiden13 · Post by **Ironmaiden13** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:10 am

yeah you should have no problems.......unless u cut youself on something metal or plug it in.

Guest0 · Post by **Guest0** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:19 pm

Good...... I am going to open my Atari.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:24 pm

Yeah, most stuff is safe if you dont jam your fingers into things, or jump high voltage connectors.

Guest0 · Post by **Guest0** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:00 pm

Is someone going to make instructions on how to make an Atari Flashback portable?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:03 pm

I don't think anyone will bother, since 2600's cost about the same and can use any normal 2600 games the way they were meant to be, not some ported emulation crap that only lets you play so many games.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:16 pm

ya, i agree with sponge, check out www.benheck.com, he made 7 ataris portable, buying the book would be the best thing

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:35 pm

Atari Flashback is horrible, get an Atari 2600.

someone · Post by **someone** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:27 am

that psone screen is quite the bugger! i burnt my finger on the transformer for the screen (its a lot of volts but really low current)

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:13 am

someone wrote:that psone screen is quite the bugger! i burnt my finger on the transformer for the screen (its a lot of volts but really low current)

And volts are what do the damage. Its just like a fire hose, its not the water or volume that will hurt its the pressure at which its coming out.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:59 am

Sparkfist wrote:
someone wrote:that psone screen is quite the bugger! i burnt my finger on the transformer for the screen (its a lot of volts but really low current)
And volts are what do the damage. Its just like a fire hose, its not the water or volume that will hurt its the pressure at which its coming out.

No, current does damage, voltage just hurts.
Something high voltage will sting like heck, but something of high current will burn.

Stranger · Post by **Stranger** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:12 am

HK-47 wrote:
Sparkfist wrote:
someone wrote:that psone screen is quite the bugger! i burnt my finger on the transformer for the screen (its a lot of volts but really low current)
And volts are what do the damage. Its just like a fire hose, its not the water or volume that will hurt its the pressure at which its coming out.
No, current does damage, voltage just hurts.
Something high voltage will sting like heck, but something of high current will burn.

Like the microwave I was screwing around with...

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:34 am

Put a cd in a microwave... You'll have some fun...

More stupid microwave stuff...
http://apache.airnet.com.au/~fastinfo/microwave/