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September, 2020 -
The Atari 2600 repair and digitization
I purchased 3 Atari 2600s of different varieties from eBay in September of 2020, here's what I plan to do with them:
Repair
All three units are suffering from some kind of power supply issues. I suspect that at least one of them has a bad voltage regulator, and the other two could just have a bad connection on the power jack. Regardless, all three units will need to have repairs made to allow them to start. In addition, all three need a good deep cleaning, and one of them will require a minor repair to the rear I/O cover. Not a whole lot to do, but I'll be updating y'all when I make some progress.
Documentation & digitization
Atari 2600 schematics are many in numbers, but quality ranges from somewhat legible though pixelated to literally dipped in a coffee mug and hung out to dry. One of my main goals going through this is to produce a scalable version of the schematics for each of the three revisions of system I own. In addition, I'll be attempting to produce a style guide and manufacturing plans for the commonly broken parts of the unit, such as the ribs and vents on the top of the unit or the various foam gaskgets that sit behind the switches. All of these plans will eventually be posted here on my site at a future date.
December, 2020
BetterDiscord AMOLED Theme
For those of you 'in the loop' with Discord Android, some of you may have noticed a few updates ago the ability was added to toggle a "Super Dark Mode (AMOLED)". Having now used it for so long, I've been missing it on desktop, so I've made it here! I suspect at some point I'll have to add a whole downloads section to my projects, but for now, I'm just gonna release my themes and such as they get finished. Without further ado, here is the Discord AMOLED theme for desktop mode.Please note, all my themes will require BetterDiscord.