SalemFrost7800 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hello I recently built an Atari 7800 Arcade machine and I would like to place the cartridge slot on the Joystick control panel, Is there a Ribbon cable (like the one shown below) I could use to extend from the 7800 to the Joystick control panel? Thank you for any help you can offer! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 You could probably use that floppy cable. You just need a cartridge edge connector. Maybe sacrifice an old cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 If you do make an extension try to keep the bus length as shot as possible. The 7800 doesn't like sending data on long bus rides at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerson Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Could you add line drivers or buffers on either side of the extension cable? One on the address lines from console to cartridge, and one on the data line from cartridge to console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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