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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN PURCHASE THIS NICE LITTLE BOARD?
THANKS,
MREDDR
5200 plug and play video mod
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Ralph3 
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Posted Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:33 PM
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I'll need to get 3 of them, hopefully they will be affordable. It sucks buying an Atari 5200 boxed + 10 good games for $5.00(what a steal at a flea market, I couldn't my money out fast enough) and spend $40 for a video mod chip.
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CPUWIZ
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Posted Fri Nov 7, 2003 9:27 PM
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Tempest
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Posted Fri Nov 7, 2003 9:33 PM
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Finally! I really wish this guy would sell them through either AA, B&C, or Best because having to snipe them on Ebay isn't the best way to get your product out there.
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RangerG
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Posted Sun Nov 9, 2003 7:56 AM
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So you bid on this by putting in an amount and then seeing if you are in top six at the end? For instance, right now you need to bid above $29 and then you would be in the top six and you would bump someone out. Tempest is the top with $50 so if I bid $51 I'm #1 for now. Is this correct? I also wish it just had a standard price.
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MrRetroGamer
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Posted Sun Nov 9, 2003 9:29 AM
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This guy is gonna have more - don't drive up the prices higher than you need to. If you can't get in on the $28.95 price, wait till the next round of auctions he puts up. It will be better for all of us!
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8bitdomain
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Posted Sun Nov 9, 2003 10:58 AM
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You are right Ebay is not the best place to sell them, but can be useful
to gage interest in a product. Next product I will post here first. Anyway, web site is up and running at www.8bitdomain.com for orders. |
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tyranthraxus
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Posted Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:33 AM
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I'm not so tech saavy on these things. So is composite video what
I would use to plug into RCA jacks? The website says it can do S-video with an adaptor. How much do those adapaters run? Also what is the advantage of chroma/luma outputs? Apart from plugging into a old commodore monitor are there modern monitors available? Thank you! |
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Ian Primus
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Posted Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:47 AM
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Quote I'm not so tech saavy on these things. So is composite video what I would use to plug into RCA jacks? The website says it can do S-video with an adaptor. How much do those adapaters run? Also what is the advantage of chroma/luma outputs? Apart from plugging into a old commodore monitor are there modern monitors available? Composite video is what is used by most modern TV sets, as well as many older computer monitors like those meant for the Apple II. Separate chroma and luma was used by the older Commodore monitors, as well as most modern TV sets. S-Video _is_ seperate chroma and luma. It just uses a different connector. The Commodore monitors took two RCA plugs, one for chroma and one for luma. Modern TV sets take a 4 pin mini din plug for S-video, which contains the seperate chroma an luma signals. Composite video is nothing more than the chroma and luma lines tied together. So, in essence, the video board only needs to generate two signals, and depending on how you connect them and what connector you use, you can get composite, S-video or seperate chroma and luma for a Commodore monitor. By keeping the chroma and luma seperate, you get a crisper picture in many cases, since the signal doesn't have to be combined on one end and then uncombined on the other. The same prinicple goes for why composite video is clearer than RF. With RF, the signal has to be converted from the video signal through an RF modulator in the Atari, then piped to the TV, then converted back into a video signal with the demodulator in the TV. Composite and s-video cut out these steps, and as such, produce better picture. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com |
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RangerG
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Posted Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:29 AM
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Ian --
Thanks for the detailed answer, but I want to clarify to make sure I get it. Ok, so: Composite = chroma and luna tied together, it is just one input S-video = also chroma and luna but separate, it is one input but it it is plug shaped Separate chroma and luna = two inputs All are common on modern tvs. So which one should I use if I have a modern tv? Also, how about the audio - how does this hook in to the television? This is for all of us new to electricity 101  .Take care, RG |
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RIVER
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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:53 AM
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8bitdomain Just listed more 5200 mods with a $28.95 BIN! Not mine
http://cgi.ebay.com/...1&category=1250 |
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Ian Primus
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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:51 AM
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Quote Ian -- Thanks for the detailed answer, but I want to clarify to make sure I get it. Ok, so: Composite = chroma and luna tied together, it is just one input S-video = also chroma and luna but separate, it is one input but it it is plug shaped Separate chroma and luna = two inputs All are common on modern tvs. So which one should I use if I have a modern tv? Also, how about the audio - how does this hook in to the television? This is for all of us new to electricity 101 . If you have a modern TV, your best bet is svideo, provided, of course, that it has the proper input. As for the audio, it connects seperately to the television through an RCA plug. Most TV's these days will have a row of three colored RCA plugs on the back - yellow red and white. The yellow plug is for composite video, the red one is for the right channel audio, and the white one is for the left channel audio. Most TV's will also have an svideo connector right near this row of inputs on the back, which can be used in place of the composite video connector if the device you are connecting has svideo. Note that there normally won't be an svideo connector on the front of the television, it is normally only on the back. Also, you can't use the svideo connector and the composite video connector on any givin input (i.e. Input 1), at the same time, since the audio connectors are shared between them. But, if your set has more than one set of inputs, you can use the svideo on one, composite on the other, etc. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com |
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RangerG
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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:12 AM
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Thanks Ian,
That helps because I'm planning to switch tvs. Our one television has the three like you said (white, yellow, red) - neither tv has the composite. The smaller tv (the one I was going to use for the consoles) only has a yellow (video) and white (audio) input. I assume the audios are together and this will still work fine. - RG |
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video game addict
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Posted Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:17 AM
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The yellow RCA is composite.
 You're gonna want to hook it up thru composite or S-video if you're wanting to play on TV. Separate Chroma & Luma RCAs would be primarily for the old Commodore monitors, even they accept regular composite thou, so it's not totally necessary to wire it with chroma & Luma jacks, but for monitors separate C & L would be a little better over the composite. I'm going to do mine with S-video & audio, the composite can be had with a small inline adapter, that changes an S-video into composite, if I ever have a need to play on another tv. |
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Allan
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Posted Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:17 AM
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8bitdomain said: You are right Ebay is not the best place to sell them, but can be useful to gage interest in a product. Next product I will post here first. Anyway, web site is up and running at www.8bitdomain.com for orders. Care to give any hints on your next project? Allan |
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Tempest
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Posted Sun Nov 23, 2003 2:03 PM
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Ok I opened up my 5200, but I can't get that damn RF shield off. I've tried straightening all those little metal twists, but it's stuck down tight! Do I really need it on there? Can I just clip it off?
And while I'm at it, how the $&*@*$! do I get that expansion port cover off? I swear to god it doesn't want to come off by any means known to man! Tempest |
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Allan
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Posted Sun Nov 23, 2003 2:14 PM
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Tempest said: Ok I opened up my 5200, but I can't get that damn RF shield off. I've tried straightening all those little metal twists, but it's stuck down tight! Do I really need it on there? Can I just clip it off? Tempest Probably not as long as you don't get interference to other electronics. I just did mine today. Looks fantastice. Yes the RF cover was a bitch to take off. You just have to pry it off with a screw driver after straitening the tabs. I did break 2 stubern tabs but the rest should hold it down find. Couple of notes. Be carefull in what order you assemble things. The three wires must go through the expansion cover first, then the ground goes into the wire from the back, followed by the lock washer and then the nut. Then you plug the wires into the back of the connector on the little circuit board. Figured it out the hard way but everything worked out well. Allan |