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Month: August 2021

Atari video mod

Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt3 – colour resistor & AV jacks)

August 30, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

With the basic console working – I guessed the colour fix was likely to be the variable resistor that fine-tunes[…]

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Atari 2600 jr being wash

Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt2 – wash and composite mod)

August 24, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

In part 1, I mostly ignored the Atari console as I honestly believed that it was not worth the trouble.[…]

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Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt1 – Testing & joysticks)

August 22, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

Retro gamers will know that all joysticks are not the same; different consoles use different pin-outs – despite having the[…]

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Atari 2600 Jnr composite mod

Atari 2600 Jnr #1 (Pt 2 – composite mod)

August 12, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

In part 1 I cleaned and repaired my Atari 2600 Jnr; the result looked really good but it still needed[…]

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