Back in the 5200 groove

[tep392]

"Robert, after 30+ years of selling them, you got our very last 5200 top case silver label!"

 

Wow - I feel bad about taking the last one.

Ouch! I guess I procrastinated for too long.

[Charlie_]

 

Is the Rev-9 the best ones? Not counting the Gold Kits from Best Electronics. I think that's the same vendor on ePay I was referring to in my previous post.

 

Rev 9 is the last change Atari made to the design.. If I remember right, the reason Rev 9 is the best is because the way the traces are routed. I think it attempts to run them so that if there is a break it doesn't take out all the button functions. I think there is even some redundancy in the traces in case of a break.

 

Years ago I used to be all about the 5200 controller. Now, WTF do I know?

[AtariBrian]

Maybe Brad puts you got our very last case label on every order receipt I would be willing to bet he finds more someday .

[PacManPlus]

Hi Guys!

 

I promised pictures, so here they are! The unit came out much brighter in the pictures (it's actually a dark maroon), so the pics don't do it justice.

Took apart everything when I got it (it was very dirty), and put the case in the dishwasher first. After it dried, I painted it with Krylon plastic paint (two coats).

I tried to match the lid with the silver on the aluminum ... It came sorta close.

 

Regarding the controllers, I was able to get two of the three working (but I pulled off the rubber boot on each; they were too dirty and I hate those things anyway).

 

The trackball I need to perform surgery on; pressing the fire button causes the player to move

 

Hope it looks ok.

 

@Allan, thank you.

 

[mmervine]

Bob-looks pretty awesome!!!

[Lynxpro]

Bob, looks cool! Wait, you aren't the sole 5200 owner in the world with the VBXE mod?

 

Again, stupid question. Did you primer it first?

[PacManPlus]

Thanks, guys

 

I did not prime it first - the Krylon paint is meant to stick to plastic. I did two coats just to be sure.

 

What is the VBXE mod?

[Lynxpro]

Thanks, guys

 

I did not prime it first - the Krylon paint is meant to stick to plastic. I did two coats just to be sure.

 

What is the VBXE mod?

 

The Atari 8-bit mod that upgrades the video output to almost modern resolutions and RGB output. I believe one person reportedly has done it to a 5200. I think they used the 400 or 800 version.

 

I'm also unaware of anyone that's done a Stereo Pokey out mod using the A8 versions...

 

Thanks for the Krylon info!

[AtariBrian]

Hi Guys!

 

I promised pictures, so here they are! The unit came out much brighter in the pictures (it's actually a dark maroon), so the pics don't do it justice.

Took apart everything when I got it (it was very dirty), and put the case in the dishwasher first. After it dried, I painted it with Krylon plastic paint (two coats).

I tried to match the lid with the silver on the aluminum ... It came sorta close.

 

Regarding the controllers, I was able to get two of the three working (but I pulled off the rubber boot on each; they were too dirty and I hate those things anyway).

 

The trackball I need to perform surgery on; pressing the fire button causes the player to move

 

Hope it looks ok.

 

@Allan, thank you.

 

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Looks good Bob . How did it go with getting that strip off ? I am wanting to take mine off and wondered how you got yours off and how did it go in doing that .

[PacManPlus]

Thanks!

 

I just ripped the old one off (knowing that it wasn't going to be used again), and then used goof off (repeatedly) to get rid of the glue