krypton85 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 So the pipes burst in the basement of my apartment building today, and I had to shut off the water main to the whole building. And while I was poking around for the shut off, I saw this behind a huge panel: It took some finagling to get it out of there without tearing at the wires, there were a set of controllers in that mess too. So now I have myself a light sixer! I'm going to clean it up and see if it works, it must have been down there forever. I did a bunch more digging after the water main was off, but I didn't find any games Still it was a mini-adventure. It took about two hours to fix the busted pipes, and I'm keeping this as payment (my landlord would have done it but he recently had a heart attack and can't do anything too strenuous) I'll try and get this cleaned up and post some pics of it after the rescue. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 very cool, send pics when cleaned for sure... hope it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevnaguy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krypton85 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 UPDATE! Took this apart and cleaned the chassis: Something was rattling around inside, turns out the power connecter came completely undone from the PCB: Nothing a little solder can't fix: While it was apart I decided to clean all the contacts: Before I got it all back together, I figured it would be a good idea to test it: It works! Parts are done drying, I'll need to get some orange paint for the border: And here is the final product!: All in all it's in pretty decent condition, it cleaned up well and works great! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 poor little thing; I bet it was so scared and lonely back there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 awesome ! that manufactured sticker is perfect condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krypton85 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 I think I'm going to use this as my main system, poor thing hasn't had any exercise in forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nice work! Does my heart good to see that. (Still need to get my 2600 fixed...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That was a truly great scavenge find! And that it works makes it that much more special. I can't make heads or tails of the first picture. Were you upside down when you took the shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 +1 for that humane rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Touching story. Poor little guy. Yet another testament to the durability of the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Great job! Is this a light Sixer? It's not made in California, but it has heavy shielding. Do all light sixers have that shielding, but the lighter plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 great to see it back to life! awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Great job! Is this a light Sixer? It's not made in California, but it has heavy shielding. Do all light sixers have that shielding, but the lighter plastic? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Well done indeed. Re-surrecting a VCS. I think this will happen more and more in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the event of a nuclear attack, The Atari VCS would likely be the only thing to survive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the event of a nuclear attack, The Atari VCS would likely be the only thing to survive... Too bad no one's made a cockroach sized joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the event of a nuclear attack, The Atari VCS would likely be the only thing to survive... Too bad no one's made a cockroach sized joystick. No, But someone thought of a turntable with an arm less then one micron long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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