Mod – Atari Projects

Upgrade an Atari 400 to 48K of RAM (1-2 hours)

June 5, 2021 moorejh 400, Hardware, Modifications

Task: Upgrade an Atari 400 to 48K of RAM Needed: 48K/52K RAM Card for Atari 400, soldering iron Time: 1-2 hours Introduction As I have previously posted, the Atari 400 is a stylish computer but limited by RF video, a membrane keyboard, and only 16K

Upgrade an Atari 400 to Composite Video with the Super Color CPU Card (1-2 hours)

May 30, 2021 moorejh 400, Hardware, Modifications, Video

Task: Upgrade an Atari 400 to Composite Video with the Super Color CPU Card Needed: Super Color CPU Card and cables, soldering iron, Dremel or drill Time: 1-2 hours Introduction The Atari 400 was my first computer. It is an aesthetically pleasing computer but limited

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

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

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

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