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APC Smart UPS 700 Battery Explosion

July 1st, 2009 3 comments
UPS Battery Explosion

These are the Batteries of my APC Smart UPS 700 after two years of intense use (Firewall & Server).

Some Cartridges for Atari 2600 & 7800

June 30th, 2009 No comments
Some Cartridges Atari 2600 & 7800

Cartridges:

  • Desert Falcon (Atari 7800)
  • Impossible Mission (Atari 7800)
  • Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)
  • Surround (Atari 2600)
  • Pole Position (Atari 2600)
  • Mario Bros (Atari 2600)

Atari 7800 ProSystem with RGB Encoder inside (Peritel version)

June 24th, 2009 No comments
Atari 7800 Peritel + AC Adaptor + Cartridges

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console re-released by Atari Corporation in June 1986.

The original release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc. The 7800 was designed to replace Atari Inc.’s unsuccessful Atari 5200 and later to re-establish Atari Corp.’s market supremacy against Nintendo and Sega.

With this system, Atari Inc. addressed all the shortcomings of the Atari 5200: it had simple digital joysticks; it was almost fully backward-compatible with the Atari 2600; and it was affordable (originally priced at US$140).

source: wikipedia

Some Commodore stuff donated to me by a Friend

June 22nd, 2009 No comments
Some Commodore Items Donated to Me by a Friend

Gallery / Autopsy:

Stuff Donated:

  • 1 x Joystick TAC II from Suncom.
  • 1 x Commodore 64.
  • 1 x Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 II.
  • 1 x Compatibile Powersupply for Commodore 64/VIC20.
  • 1 x Cabletronic Compatible Powersupply for Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 II.
  • 1 x Commodore 64 Cover Protection.
  • 2 x Serial Floppy cable.

Thanks to Igor.

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of 595 USD.

Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of that time.

It is commonly known as the C64 or C=64 and occasionally referred to as CBM 64 (Commodore Business Machines Model number 64), or VIC-64. It has also been affectionately nicknamed the “breadbox” and “bullnose” due to the shape and colour of the first version of its casing.

source: wikipedia

Commodore Floppy Drive Oceanic OC-118 aka Excelerator+

June 20th, 2009 4 comments
Oceanic OC-118 aka Excelerator+

Autopsy:

here my collections of Commodore Floppy Drive.

The Oceanic OC-118N Floppy Drive has a external power supply, one diskette station with one read / write head and a motherboard.

On the motherboard you will find RAM and ROM memory, twice a 6522 VIA and a 6502 processor.

The Oceanic OC-118N disk drive is a smart device, reading and writing works independent of the connected computer.

source: wikipedia richardlagendijk.nl Oceanic OC-118 Manual

Happy face at work!

June 18th, 2009 No comments

CaZZeGGiare

CBS ColecoVision Secam RGB connector pinout Hack *updated*

June 14th, 2009 16 comments

Coleco Vision RGB Hack

ColecoVision RGB Hack:

Photo from #3 to #6 explain how to hack the RGB output signal inside the console.

ColecoVision RGB connector pinout:

__________________________________
\ o1  o   o3  o   o5  o   o   o8 /
 \  o   o   o   o   o13 o   o15 /
  \____________________________/

Pin Signal

 1  Red Output
 3  Green Output
 5  Blue Output
 8  Ground
13  Composite Synch
15  Audio Output (very low volume)

Scart RGB pinout:

   ----------------------------21
  _| 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 |
 |                            |
 | 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2  |
  ----------------------------

Pin Signal                     Signal level

 1  Right Audio Out
 2  Right Audio In
 3  Left Audio In
 4  Audio Ground
 5  Ground (blue)
 6  Left Audio Out
 7  Blue input                 (0.7V, 75ohm)
 8  Function select/AV control (9.5-12V = AV mode, >10kohm)
 9  Ground (green)
10  Reserved Data
11 Green input (0.7V, 75ohm) 12 Reserved Data
13 Ground (red) 14 RGB Blanking
15 Red input (0.7V, 75ohm) 16 RGB switching control (1-3V = RGB mode on, 75ohm) 17 Ground (sync signal) 18 Ground (RGB switching) 19 Composite Out 20 Composite Input (Synch) (as in 1Vpp video signal, 75ohm) 21 Common ground (shield)

CBS ColecoVision Secam (RGB) Version

June 14th, 2009 No comments
CBS Coleco Vision Secam Version

Autopsy:

Pal Verison here

from Wikipedia:

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries’ second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, the ability to play Atari 2600 video games, and the means to expand the system’s basic hardware.

Released with a catalog of twelve launch titles, with an additional ten games announced for 1982, approximately 125 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984.

source: wikipedia colecovision faq

Radofin (Mattel) Aquarius Home Computer / Tron Deadly Discs

June 12th, 2009 No comments
Mattel Aquarius Home Computer

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: USA/Europe
  • Most Common: Usa
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Year: 1983

from Wikipedia:

Aquarius is a home computer designed by Radofin and released by Mattel in 1983.

It features a Zilog Z80 microprocessor, a rubber chiclet keyboard, 4K of RAM memory, and a subset of Microsoft BASIC in ROM. It connects to a television set and uses a cassette tape recorder for secondary data storage. A limited number of peripherals, such as a 40-column thermal printer, a 4-color printer/plotter, and a 300 baud modem, were released for the unit.

source: Wikipedia

Atari 2600 Jr Black version

June 10th, 2009 1 comment

Autopsy:

This is an all-black version of the Atari 2600 Jr. There is no silver band, and there is only a small rainbow, and the Atari Fuji and “Atari 2600″ appear in white above the rainbow. We believe this version was only sold in Ireland.

from Wikipedia:

The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in.

The first game console to use this format was the Fairchild Channel F. However the Atari 2600 is credited with making the plug-in concept popular among the game-playing public.

Click here for the others pieces of my Atari console Collections.

source: wikipedia atariage.com

Autopsy of SNK NeoGeo 108 in 1 Multigame Cartridges *updated*

May 31st, 2009 No comments
NeoGeo MVS 108in1 Cartridges

Autopsy:

Find 108 hits of the Neo Geo on a single cartridge, all type are present. This cartridge uses a on-screen menu that allows you to choose the game you wish to play.

Features:

  • 108 Games on only one cardridge.
  • You can change parameter on each game.
  • Just hold the player 1 start button down for 5 seconds to return to the game selection menu.

Note:

The Chip with the label erased on Photo #11 is a Atmel AT89S52 datasheet

source: neo-geo.com

Some NeoGeo Stickers

May 31st, 2009 No comments
NeoGeo Stickers

Original Stickers from SNK.

CBS ColecoVision

May 29th, 2009 1 comment
CBS Coleco Vision

autopsy:

Cartridges list:

  • Cosmic Avenger by Universal.
  • Gorf by Midway.
  • Donkey Kong by Nintendo.
  • Mr.Do by Universal.

from Wikipedia:

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries’ second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, the ability to play Atari 2600 video games, and the means to expand the system’s basic hardware.

Released with a catalog of twelve launch titles, with an additional ten games announced for 1982, approximately 125 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984.

source: wikipedia

Tape recorder Geloso G.256

May 16th, 2009 6 comments
Tape recorder Geloso G.256

autopsy:

This great Tape Recorder it was donated from my Father.

from Wikipedia:

Geloso, founded in 1931 by John Geloso, was an Italian manufacturer of radios, televisions, amplifiers, amateur receivers, audio equipment and component electronics, that had headquarters in Milan, Viale Brenta 29. In 1931 they began to produce not only Radio but also, by choice of John Geloso same, most of the electronic components with which they were built, and over time developing and patenting also many others.

source: radiopistoia.com wikipedia

Commodore Modem Model 8010

May 12th, 2009 9 comments
Commodore Modem Model 8010

autopsy:

This is my first Modem, this is a Acoustic coupler modem for Commodore PET but i could use it with a IEEE488 Interface for the Commodore 64.

The Commodore’s 8010 Modem is an IEEE-488 (1978 standard) device which communicates via any standard telephone.

The 8010 Modem meets Bell 103 standards for communication at a fixed rate of  00 BAUD. The telephone interface is acoustic so the modem is portable. This means Commodore computers can communicate with, large computer systems like The Source and MICRONET, and other small computers.

Initially Commodore supplied software will support the following applications, with many more to come.

1) Terminal emulation.
2) Disk file send and receive.
3) Wordpro 3 sequential file send.
4) Hardcopy using Commodore printers.
5) Disk spooling.

A switchable four-section bandpass filter provides out-of-band rejection assuring accurate processing of the input from received carrier, even at signal levels of less than -47 dBm.

Jitter-free data is guaranteed by a soft limiter and phase lock loop discriminator. The carrier detect circuitry prevents the CBM Modem from operating when excessive noise would produce errors or cause marginal operation. This feature also assures accurate teleprocessing connections and inhibits chatter when the received signal fades.