Subject: Re: [stella] Turbo Switch.. From: "nj bloodline" <njbl00dline@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:49:57 -0500 |
I don't remember what I did, but once I tried soldering something onto my joystick and the joystick started to smoke when I used it lol.. oh I think I was making a rapid fire button. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wilkson" <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [stella] Turbo Switch.. > It's possible, but certainly not trivial. > > I once doubled the clock rate. But it took a *lot* of extra circuitry > to make it work because the the sync pulses are based on clock cycles. > Horizontal sync was easy to fix, but vertical was really hard. > > Combat really looked funny...I think it was every other line displayed > side by side resulting in a 2x2 display of "identical" pictures. It > basically wound up squashing 2 frames onto the screen at once. Sort > of a "de-interlacing" effect. > > Unfortunately, I blew up that atari and hadn't learned to take lab notes > yet. :( So I don't have the circuitry around still.... > > (we're talking about shrapnel, it literally blew up!) > > -Chris > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, nj bloodline wrote: > > > A long time ago I recall seeing a "turbo mod" for the 2600.. anyone else > > ever see one?! Sort of like you open the machine, desolder something then > > solder in the new. Not sure if it's really possible.. and had a switch to > > turn on and off. > > > > - > > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > > > - > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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