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[Joe Stella]

To you hardware guys out there, is this possible? I picked up a 2600 in Europe years ago (a clone, actually, with built-in games), and of course it doesn't work in the U.S.

Just a matter of changing powersupply, TIA, ?other? chips?

[Vigo]

The problem is that those pirated hack consoles do actually have only a TIA clone in them, and it is uncertain if it has the same pinout as the Atari original.

And even if it would be like the original, the pinout of the PAL TIA differs a little bit from the NTSC one, because it needs a second oscillator for the PAL colour circuit, so it wouldn´t be just a chip swap, as one might think.

Would be cool if you could post a pic of the mainboard!

[Vigo]

The problem is that those pirated hack consoles do actually have only a TIA clone in them, and it is uncertain if it has the same pinout as the Atari original.

And even if it would be like the original, the pinout of the PAL TIA differs a little bit from the NTSC one, because it needs a second oscillator for the PAL colour circuit, so it wouldn´t be just a chip swap, as one might think.

Would be cool if you could post a pic of the mainboard!

[Joe Stella]

i'll post some pics around january.

thanks for the info.