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Post by Electric Rain » Sun May 14, 2006 12:47 am

I wish I had the money to get my PCB manufactured... it's even smaller than Gannon's, and has more features... *sigh* Then everybody would want to give me money for my boards. :P
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Post by gannon » Sun May 14, 2006 1:14 am

What's the size?
IIRC (don't have one on me), mine is in the area of 2.25"x2.5", maybe a bit bigger. I know it could fit in an atari cart though.

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Post by dankicksass » Sun May 14, 2006 9:33 am

Pardon me for being dumb, but where's the cart slot go on your Atari board, Gannon?
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Post by jeroen » Sun May 14, 2006 9:46 am

gannon wrote:Cartridge slot? Euhm.......... :oops:

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Post by SpongeBuell » Sun May 14, 2006 11:43 am

I think you solder that on separately with a ribbon cable, which is much more flexible when it comes to the actual portable (you can have the board in the normal spot, and the cart can go anywhere)
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Post by gannon » Sun May 14, 2006 3:39 pm

On the first version it was soldered on with a ribbon cable, on the second version (the smaller one of the 2) it could be soldered straight to the board.
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Post by A_Username » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:28 am

gannon wrote:Umm... aren't the TIA and the Stella the same chip?
Anyways, the riot is a standard 6532 and the 6507 is standard too. Only custom chip in the Atari is the TIA.
Yeah, I had a bad 6507 in my 2600; they are redily availible on the internet for like $5. Or that's how much I got mine for anyway.

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Post by Klefmung » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:17 pm

The one I bought off of ya has joystick ports and a cartridge slot. >_> I just need a dang Stella chip!
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Post by usbcd36 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:57 pm

Buy the cheapest Atari you can find (I think even the late Juniors have Stellas…). As long as it's not a remake one, you should be able to extract any and all necessary parts.

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Post by A.J. Franzman » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:18 pm

usbcd36 wrote:Buy the cheapest Atari you can find (I think even the late Juniors have Stellas…). As long as it's not a remake one, you should be able to extract any and all necessary parts.
Some Juniors have a single-chip implementation, but they're apparently rather rare. I'd like to get one or two of them!
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Post by gamemasterAS » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:24 pm

Nice gannon.
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Post by Klefmung » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:34 pm

Gannon, is there a video mod built in on it? Or do I have to video mod it myself? In which case, wouldn't I have to come up with it myself? Because there are none done for it. >_>
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Post by gannon » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:06 pm

Ben's newest video mod is integrated.
6 Pin header pinout:
1 Select
2 Reset
3 TV
4 Left Skill
5 Right Skill
6 Ground

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Post by Klefmung » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:23 am

Lemme get this straight. I should hook up select to the ground on an always off or always on momentary switch to the ground? And I know the reset switch, I should use an always on momentary switch with the grount, correct?
And should I just pit each skill with a
SPST towards ground? And obviously, TV towards the video in?
And audio comes straight off the Stella, correct?
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Post by A.J. Franzman » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:35 am

Klefmung wrote:Lemme get this straight. I should hook up select to the ground on an always off or always on momentary switch to the ground? And I know the reset switch, I should use an always on momentary switch with the grount, correct?
First, you need to get the terminology straight. Momentary xPST switches are called "normally" on or "normally" off, not "always" on or off. If it was "always", you'd be talking about a piece of wire, not a switch.

Second, for the Select and Reset switches, they need to be momentary SPST normally off, connected between the input signal track (or header pin, in this instance) and ground.
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