Faulty Atari 2600 woody, Colour fix, Restore and S-Video mod to work with the 1084S WOW
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- #atari #retro #restoration
This is an Ebay purchased Atari 2600 with missing colour fault so we take a look at the service guide to restore colour and then replace the power regulator, large cap and the connection between the main board and switch board. I clean up the case following the excellent video from Neil and Mark over at RMC, they go into more details of the cleaning process.
• Restoration of a Bucke...
I then try to fit an S-Video mod, make a mess of that, fix the actual mod board and try again. Have problems with the 1084S RCA sockets off camera and eventually get it all working.
The S-Video mod on ebay has sold out and the seller is no longer listing any items.
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I think I want my Atari 2600 to have S-Video now! 😂 I was happier before I knew I wanted this...
it looks sooo good on the 1084S. you should get one, he still has a few for sale.
Atari 2600 S Video PCB PAL or NTSC SMD Edition [UK SELLER] [SALE NOW ON]
@@leesmithsworkshop I think I might do this to my spare one and recap it, although I couldn't find idiot proof recap kits on ebay. :(
@@RobeenaShepherd i only have the power kit
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274741910218
@@leesmithsworkshop Thank you! I couldn't even find that.
@@leesmithsworkshop hi there, where are these monitors for sale please?
Thanks, that was very interesting! I’d never noticed how little circuitry was in a 2600 compared to computers from the same time period
it does have two custom chips that are quite complicated, no video ram and no on board rom so missing features the other would have. When you think this was one of the first it's a very good design and actually very clever design for video.
@@leesmithsworkshop It is a pretty impressive design, especially considering when it came out and what the competition was.
Great work mate. Really like to see everything that goes on in a restoration, including the mistakes, as that's always the best way to learn. And I learned A LOT! 😂
I just watched it again and it does not bug me as much anymore haha. I should stop trying to be 100% perfect all the time.
@@leesmithsworkshop nothing wrong with trying to be perfect, as long as you can accept it will very rarely happen! 😂
@@MoreFunMakingIt at some point you have to accept it's good enough otherwise you will never produce anything.
👍 🍀
Great guide. I am having the exact same issue with colour. Not very confident that my soldering skills are up to the fix though...
Nice work 👍
I see this has a few thumbs down compared to my other videos, if you did dislike what part of this video don't you like, this would help me for future videos. My channel is very mixed and I said this from the start, so programming, retro restorations, 3d printing and kit builds, basically all the stuff I do at my workshop, If you do not like any of these topics just watch something else.
Great work. I’m thinking there are some goodies to add to the shopping list 👍
Someone needs to make a 3d printed external enclosure to add the RCA jack to that snaps into the hole the original RF cable comes out of.
Great video! I ran into a similar issue a few months back on an Atari heavy sixer.
As usual I also followed the service manual flow chart with no success. I found an amendment page that spoke of the crystal that controls the TIA chip. Sure enough that was the culprit. That was a first for me.
not sure if I checked any of the clocks it would have been the next steps if rebuilding the colour circuit didn't work.
Great work lee. It came out great. 👍
Thanks Thomas :)
I commend you on programming your logo to display on the 2600. I have the same model and when one of the foam dust protector discs crumbled in my fingers I wondered where to get new ones, but apparently the answer is to laser-cut your own :D Also Decathalon is a great game but unfortunately playing it ends up destroying elderly joysticks.
I used 8bit workshop and after trying to code the logo myself I found it had a built in graphic conversion tool. While learning a bit about how to program the 2600 I have nothing but respect for anyone who wrote games for the system no matter how rubbish.
great video, looks amazing 👍
Also jam in a TSR-1 2450.
Thanks for the upload. I really learned a lot from this awesome video. I just hope my mod turns out as good as yours.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Do you have the same mod ?
@@leesmithsworkshop I have the Atari 2600 heavy sixer.
@@berzerkerjoe684 what are you going to do with it, what modifications ?
@@leesmithsworkshop Bought a pre assembled Atari 2600/7800 Composite Mod Upgrade Kit - DIY ,where I can plug in the yellow, red and white jacks.
It's also from a company called silver fox, so it will be a similar mod as the one you demonstrated in your video.
Nice logo!😉
Thanks to you :)
@@leesmithsworkshop I meant your 2600 one 👍
@@GazMarshall I could have spent a bit more time cleaning it up, but then it's just for this one video so I used the conversion tool settings to get a decent image and went with it.
@@leesmithsworkshop looks fine to me bud!👍
@@GazMarshall Programming the 2600 is hard and you really need to know how to squeeze every cycle out of the 6502. I think it was Ben Heck that talked about seeing the black lines on the side of Space Invaders was due to the code taking longer than the blank section of the tv signal.
My Atari 2600 doesn’t work properly. I have to reset every game many times, joysticks doesn’t work fine until resetting, and the colors on screen change every 6-7 seconds. Could yo please help me? Thanks
My VCS goes into a modern TV and most colours look sharp and solid, but a few, such as some greens and especially grey, are kind of flickery like they have their own little snowstorm going on. Wiggling the cable near the TV input made a slight difference so I tried a new aerial cable, only for that to result in a totally poor picture with weird white spots in a grid-like pattern and nothing solid at all (not sure if new cable is faulty?) It's the same with a second TV, an old LCD - identical colour issues. Does this point to any particular capacitor or can both these (quite different but non-CRT) tellies be the reason, rather than a console fault?
any new tv will have to convert the analogue signal to digital so it depends how good the timing signals are from the VCS compared to the tv. you could try adjusting the colour pot and tuning to one tv, but I can't really offer a fix, this is the only atari I worked on so I am not an expert in these matters.
@@leesmithsworkshop Thanks for your thoughts, I will try a few more things, maybe I can source a CRT to test, or a second VCS/2600. It's not a big problem, just an irritant!
Was the regulator a 7805? Would it be worth picking up a modern low temp switchmode replacement and next time you're in there, swapping it over?
I had thought about this and bought a 5v buck converter, but after all the trouble I had with getting these other parts working I just went with the part from the kit.
@@leesmithsworkshop Completely understandable. I've had mixed results myself. Worked great in the ZX Spectrum. Failed in the CreatiVision. I know Jan Beta had strange audio issues with one in a C64.
@@CheshireNoir after working on old arcade machines adding newer PSU would quite often add audio problems.
I have a woody that has a blank screen or is just not powering on
you should go and see your GP perhaps they can help with your woody problems.
@@leesmithsworkshop he says I need a steel rod insert putting in
@@michailokeefeMooMoo :) did you check the basics so the power switch, 5v from the regulator ect ?
@@leesmithsworkshop no not yet not had chance but I will thanks for advice . I was hoping it to be something like a blown fuse
@@michailokeefeMooMoo they don't have a fuse.
link is not active anymore to the mod
Thanks, I think he was having health issues and stopped selling on ebay.