AtariAwesomeness! Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Just picked this beauty up from goodwill for $68. Just need to clean it up, re cap it, and do a video mod? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Such a low serial number unit from the original '84 released systems. I'm not sure I could bring myself to mod that in any way. If I did I would run the wires and connectors externally through an opening already in the case and attach that way so that I could easily reverse everything afterwards if I needed or wanted it back to stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Please don't wreck that console shell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I've always wondered, because my '84 made 7800 is the same way...notice the larger socket used as opposed to the size of the actual System OS rom? Wonder what they were originally intending to put into that socket? Or...maybe they were just didn't have enough 24pin sockets for both RAM chips and the OS chip? I don't know just always found it weird there is a 28-pin socket installed with VIAs on the PCB for it but yes the OS rom was only a 24pin package. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I've always wondered, because my '84 made 7800 is the same way...notice the larger socket used as opposed to the size of the actual System OS rom? Wonder what they were originally intending to put into that socket? Or...maybe they were just didn't have enough 24pin sockets for both RAM chips and the OS chip? I don't know just always found it weird there is a 28-pin socket installed with VIAs on the PCB for it but yes the OS rom was only a 24pin package. The BIOS with a built in game was larger and needed a 28 pin chip. It's utilized on the PAL models with Asteroids built in but not on the NTSC version which is without a built in game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAwesomeness! Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 All I did so far is new difficulty switches, green led, new power,reset,select,pause buttons, 4 new green chiclet caps, new 7805, new mje 210, and new cartridge port. Waiting on some caps to come in. Also cleaned up the case. Reading comments, I'll probably keep it stock. Would hate to ruin the nice case 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 A thing of beauty - but $68 at a GoodWill?! Damn are they getting expensive. Same with the Salvation Army's by us. Price of certain things, CD's and DVD's especially... keep climbing. But only at those two places though, as if they value record club CD's and common DVD's more than everyone else for some strange reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAwesomeness! Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 A thing of beauty - but $68 at a GoodWill?! Damn are they getting expensive. Same with the Salvation Army's by us. Price of certain things, CD's and DVD's especially... keep climbing. But only at those two places though, as if they value record club CD's and common DVD's more than everyone else for some strange reason. My apologies... To clarify, it was a good will store selling it on E-bay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 My apologies... To clarify, it was a good will store selling it on E-bay $68 well spent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAwesomeness! Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 This is a completely new mobo. I bought the last one best had, and put all new parts on it. Works like a charm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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