Guide to Jitter Free C-100?

[bookpile]

Hi I just bought my first pong system off ebay. One of those no picture, doesn't know if it works auctions. I popped a few batteries in it and it works fine. Well at least the right side does, the left side is a little jittery. Is there a tutorial or any know how out there on how to clean it up?

 

Thanks Travis

[thegamezmaster]

You might try some contact cleaner in the one side that jitters. You can get it at Radio Shack for about $8 a bottle. I wouldn't use WD40 as that can do more harm than good. It might just be dirty contacts that need to be cleaned.

[david.winter]

In the US there's an excellent product called Deoxit. It's a spray that will clean all your potentiometers and contacts. It also lubs the conductive surface and once you have cleaned your stuff with it, you no longer have troubles. The only real problem you may have is a worn porentiometer where the resistive layer has been so manipulated that it gives partial contacts at some places. This cannot be fixed and requires that the potentiometer be changed. From memory, Atari C-100 uses normal pots which aren't hard to come by. You may also take those of the Atari 2600 as substitutes.

 

Finally, make sure you use the correct tools to remove the two screws holding the top and bottom plastic parts of the console. Some screws have a "square" hole and are easy to remove. Some have a tree-segment "X" and require a grip to be carefully removed. Once you have removed those screws, use a metal saw to cut a line on their top and allow screwing them back with a normal screw driver.

 

 

David Winter - http://www.pong-story.com