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Category: Modifications

Upgrade an Atari 600XL to 64K of RAM (1-2 hours)

January 30, 2021 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Upgrade an Atari 600XL to 64K of RAM Needed: 64K RAM board from Lotharek, soldering iron, wire Time: 1-2 hours Introduction Many Atari 8-bit computer fans love the 600XL given its small footprint. It is perfect if you don’t have a lot of desk

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Purchase and Install an Ultimate Atari Video (UAV) Board for Better Composite Video from an 800XL (1-3 hours)

January 2, 2021 moorejh Hardware, Modifications, Video

Task: Purchase and Install an Ultimate Atari Video (UAV) Board for Better Composite Video from Your 800XL Needed: Web browser, soldering iron, UAV board Time: 1-3 hours Introduction As I have previously reviewed, all of the Atari 8-bit computers have a monitor port that outputs

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Purchase and Install an Ultimate 1MB Board for Your Atari 800XL (1-3 hours)

December 30, 2020 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Purchase and Install an Ultimate 1MB Board for Your Atari 800XL Needed: Web browser, soldering iron, drill, U1MB board Time: 1-3 hours Introduction Modifications or mods are a great way to expand what your Atari 8-bit computer can do. The Ultimate 1MB (U1MB) mod

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Make an Atari 8-bit Computer Cartridge (1-2 hours)

August 2, 2020 moorejh Hardware, Modifications, Programming

Task: Make an Atari 8-bit Computer Cartridge Needed: Cartridge parts, EPROM programmer, soldering station or iron Time: 1-2 hours Introduction As I have mentioned in previous posts, I had tons of fun making my own Atari 2600 game called Gene Medic. I sent the binary

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Purchase a Soldering Station for Atari Electronics and Hardware Projects (10-15 mins)

August 2, 2020 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Purchase a Soldering Station for Atari Electronics and Hardware Projects Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I took a year of electronics in high school and did a lot of soldering. In fact, I used to fix tube televisions people from the community

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Burn an Atari Binary File on an EPROM Chip (30-60 mins)

August 1, 2020 moorejh Hardware, Modifications, Programming, Software

Task: Burn an Atari Binary File on an EPROM Chip Needed: EPROM burner, EPROM Time: 30-60 mins Introduction Read Only Memory (ROM) integrated circuits (IC) or chips were routinely used in the Atari 8-bit computers and video game consoles. For example, the Atari 800XL included

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Replace Rubber Feet (5-10 mins)

September 21, 2019 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Replace Rubber Feet Needed: New Rubber Feet Time: 5-10 minutes Introduction I have had several problems with the little rubber feet on the bottom of Atari hardware. First, some of the feet degrade over time and the chemicals damage the finish on my desk

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Connect Your Atari Computer to an LCD Screen (30-60 mins)

February 23, 2019 moorejh Modifications, Sound, Video

Task: Connect Your Atari Computer to an LCD Screen Needed: LCD screen, connectors Time: 30-60 mins Introduction I love my Sakata SC-100 monitor that I use with my 8-bit machines. I still have the same one I used back in the day with my Atari

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Tips for Storing Atari Computers and Consoles (10-15 mins)

January 19, 2019 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Tips for Storing Atari Computers and Consoles Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I got most of my Atari collection in the early 2000s when it was cheap and somewhat plentiful. I could tell as I acquired and cleaned each item that many

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Connect Your Atari Computer to a PC (15-30 mins)

September 29, 2018 moorejh Hardware, Modifications

Task: Connect Your Atari Computer to a PC Needed: SIO2PC Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction Cartridges and floppy disks are great but sooner or later you will want to tap into the huge archive of software that is available on the internet. You can certainly boot

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Install the Happy Board for the 1050 Disk Drive (45-60 mins)

September 16, 2018 moorejh 1050 Disk Drive, Hardware, Modifications

Task: Install the Happy Board for the 1050 Disk Drive Needed: 1050 Disk Drive & Happy Enhancement Time: 45-60 minutes Introduction The Atari 810 disk drive could read and write single-density disks with about 90k of data. Atari’s followup drive was the 1050 that was

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