Clint Thompson Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 What the hell ever happened to the Wizztronics Lynx to TV adapter? I kept my Lynx for 2 years and it never came out (I sold it a year back or so due to lack of $$ to support it) but I'm sure I would have kept it if I could have hooked it up to my TV I emailed several times... got no response ..... Clint Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 I understood that Wizztronics stopped development of its TV adapter because it was technically "impossible" (e.g. economically unfeasible) given the Lynx's schematics and the small potential market for users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Not so, look here. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Well, nothing seem to have happend since 7/6/99 And they don´t want to answer questions about the project either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Look at the very top. Now Expected 2nd Quarter 2003 Pending FCC Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted February 12, 2003 Author Share Posted February 12, 2003 Strange.. but it's taken long enough time to get the go on:) Ah well.. what can ya say? However it is ashame that the sort of adaptor will be way too expensive for more than 1 Lynx probably, but it would be cool to have some multiplayer games going on 4 TV's and a lynx network of some sort I'll have to get me another lynx and get back into the scene... besides... the centepede sounds kinda interesting... Clint Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Look at the very top. Quote: Now Expected 2nd Quarter 2003 Pending FCC Sorry I missed that. This sounds good. I'll have to get me another lynx and get back into the scene Sounds good also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 So... Where is it? Me want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 So... Where is it? Me want... Send them an email and ask. Make sure and let the rest of us know what they say. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 So... Where is it? Me want... Send them an email and ask. Make sure and let the rest of us know what they say. Mitch Still in sllloooowww development. However last I checked they had a unit that Atari had made with the TV adaptor unit in it. Selling it for $800. So if you wanted it the Lynx to connect to a tv of video monitor bad enough, there you go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Is there much demand for this? Sometimes it's nice to see things being done just for the sake of seeing that it can be done, but viewing 160x102 pixels on a 25" TV screen is going to be ugly! Just fire up an emulator and scale the image 2 or 3x. There ya go! I love my Lynx and all, but I'm fine with playing it on the screen it was born with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Although the Lynx-to-TV adapter would be a neat feature, I agree with Emehr. The low resolution screen would probably look very ugly (?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 MyAtari sent me pictures of tihs A/V modded Lynx. Can be yours for only $850! (It's the only one he has) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yeah... nice and portable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myatari Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Yeah... nice and portable! Atari made these for Computer Shows/Marketing/Testing and not for portability or public use. Somewhere I have the Invoice from the company that built them for Atari. Atari paid $10K to have 10 of them custom built. They were never meant for home use. Several times I took them to CGE in Las Vegas but most people did not understand what they were seeing. We sold most of them years ago. They have a modified Lynx I with a ribbon cable added that runs to a video converter box. The output video is petty amazing. It really looks great even on a large screen. The only problem I found was on games that play from the side you need to turn the monitor on it's side. You might get Glenn to give some technical details?? Years ago he took all of the units I had left and refurbished them for me. Atari had lost several of the Lynx I interface units so he modified several Lynx I's for me to go with my extra converter boxes. Edited January 14, 2009 by myatari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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