BigO Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Can anyone tell me what the intended purpose is for this device? I stumbled across it for the first time today. It looks like 8 RCA jacks-in-the-box. Do I need one? http://www.excesssolutions.com/cgi-bin/item/ES455 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 ISTR seeing one of those on the forums here before. This one seems to be missing the label that tells what each jack on top is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Can anyone tell me what the intended purpose is for this device? I stumbled across it for the first time today. It looks like 8 RCA jacks-in-the-box. I would expect that it wires each of the pins on the DB9 to a different jack, except for ground which would be wired to the ground terminal on all of them. It would be useful if you wanted to connect up discrete switches to the 2600, e.g. if you needed to make a 5-input "game show" buzzer. Just plug each switch into a phono plug and voila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 http://www.b-pahl.de/atari8bit/8bit-museum...ightmodule.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Oh yeah, part of the AtariLab Starter Set (for the 7800). I'm guessing you don't need one, BigO. Edited April 5, 2007 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Oh yeah, part of the AtariLab Starter Set (for the 7800 for the Atari 8bit computer). I'm guessing you don't need one, BigO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Thanks for the correction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hey, thanks guys. I was hoping to be surprised by something really cool that I couldn't even imagine. Yeah, if there's nothing more exciting about it than that, I've already got my protoboard breakout "box" that I use for messing with my 2600. But, if I were buying at least $24.00 worth of other merchandise at that site, I'd still buy one cuz ya just never know. Heck, for a buck it'd be a fairly inexpensive way to get a cable with a nice molded db9 on it. I'd better hurry, they've only got a little over 700 of them left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hey, thanks guys. I was hoping to be surprised by something really cool that I couldn't even imagine. Yeah, if there's nothing more exciting about it than that, I've already got my protoboard breakout "box" that I use for messing with my 2600. But, if I were buying at least $24.00 worth of other merchandise at that site, I'd still buy one cuz ya just never know. Heck, for a buck it'd be a fairly inexpensive way to get a cable with a nice molded db9 on it. I'd better hurry, they've only got a little over 700 of them left. You know, that is actually a pretty darn good point, that cable also has 5V connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 I saw another image on eBay of what appeared to be the same thing. If so, the DB-9 has a raised Atari logo molded in to it. I do need a few other electronic tidbits, so I'm looking around on there to see if I can find them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 But, if I were buying at least $24.00 worth of other merchandise at that site, I'd still buy one cuz ya just never know. Heck, for a buck it'd be a fairly inexpensive way to get a cable with a nice molded db9 on it. Might be a good way to construct custom controllers and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 But, if I were buying at least $24.00 worth of other merchandise at that site, I'd still buy one cuz ya just never know. Heck, for a buck it'd be a fairly inexpensive way to get a cable with a nice molded db9 on it. Might be a good way to construct custom controllers and such. Uh-oh, he's on to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hey, thanks guys. I was hoping to be surprised by something really cool that I couldn't even imagine. Yeah, if there's nothing more exciting about it than that, I've already got my protoboard breakout "box" that I use for messing with my 2600. But, if I were buying at least $24.00 worth of other merchandise at that site, I'd still buy one cuz ya just never know. Heck, for a buck it'd be a fairly inexpensive way to get a cable with a nice molded db9 on it. I'd better hurry, they've only got a little over 700 of them left. You know, that is actually a pretty darn good point, that cable also has 5V connected. Yep, that's what I was thinking too... DB-9 molded for Atari, 8 RCA jacks and their ground... 9-wire cable for a dollar! (Unless it's actually got two 5-wire cables, and we can't see the second plug.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 I'm sure it's just the one cable as I've seen other images of the same thing. I found that they have some other stuff I needed so I'm planning pick up one or two of these and report back when I've had time to dissect them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krypton85 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 It's got 9 wires in it and is about 3 feet long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 It's got 9 wires in it and is about 3 feet long... Hey, thanks krypton85. I was just going to order a couple on speculation that they'd be what I needed. Now I know. I was prompted to check back on this posting when I saw that Curt Vendel had posted a review for the item on the site on 4/4/07, specifying (as others did here) what it actually was: "The item is not a Breakout Box. It is the Atarilab base module. Used in conjunction with various Atarilab add-on kits, you could perform experiements on measuring light, heat/cold, etc..." It'll work for what I want it for in my 2600 tinkerings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 Just in case anyone's curious: These do have a 3 foot long 9 wire cord. (Brown, white, blue, gray, green, yellow, black, red, orange - haven't pinned out through to the DB9). The DB9 is a hard plastic with a rubber hood molded over it. The DB9 end does have the Atari logo molded (raised) on both sides along with the word "Taiwan" near where the cord exits the hood on one side and "GB 66" on the other side. Molded strain relief on the other end of the cable with about 2" of wire extending beyond the strain relief. They plug in to my 2600 console nicely and hold tight like you'd expect of any new controller. The 9cm x 14.5cm x 3cm plastic box itself could make a decent project case for some electronics gizmo with a thin panel laid over it to cover the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 These do have a 3 foot long 9 wire cord. (Brown, white, blue, gray, green, yellow, black, red, orange - haven't pinned out through to the DB9). Seems like at the very least, violet is dropped in favor of gray. Here's the pin number / wire color correlation of a standard Atari 2600 DE-9 plug: 1 = white 2 = blue 3 = green 4 = brown 5 = red 6 = orange 7 = yellow 8 = black 9 = violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 These do have a 3 foot long 9 wire cord. (Brown, white, blue, gray, green, yellow, black, red, orange - haven't pinned out through to the DB9). Seems like at the very least, violet is dropped in favor of gray. Here's the pin number / wire color correlation of a standard Atari 2600 DE-9 plug: 1 = white 2 = blue 3 = green 4 = brown 5 = red 6 = orange 7 = yellow 8 = black 9 = violet It looked gray to me. But, I do have trouble seeing certain colors. I wasn't aware of that being one of them, but I'll take it back apart to pin it out and have my wife double check me on the colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 The color/pin correlation isn't close to the previously mentioned standard: Looking into the connector: 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 1=black 2=white 3=yellow 4=blue 5=brown 6=green 7=orange 8=gray 9=red These do have a 3 foot long 9 wire cord. (Brown, white, blue, gray, green, yellow, black, red, orange - haven't pinned out through to the DB9). Seems like at the very least, violet is dropped in favor of gray. Here's the pin number / wire color correlation of a standard Atari 2600 DE-9 plug: 1 = white 2 = blue 3 = green 4 = brown 5 = red 6 = orange 7 = yellow 8 = black 9 = violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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