Title: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing power!
Post by: TrekMD on September 13, 2012, 23:16:37 PM
Post by: TrekMD on September 13, 2012, 23:16:37 PM
Just saw this and had to share.
Custom Atari PC (//http)
(http://windowsteamblog.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-59-36-metablogapi/7382.Atari_2D00_2600_2D00_3_2D00_4_2D00_view_2D00_600_5F00_7703F70F.jpg)
Custom Atari PC (//http)
(http://windowsteamblog.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-59-36-metablogapi/7382.Atari_2D00_2600_2D00_3_2D00_4_2D00_view_2D00_600_5F00_7703F70F.jpg)
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: Vyothric on September 14, 2012, 00:04:32 AM
Post by: Vyothric on September 14, 2012, 00:04:32 AM
Not an Atari 2600 then 
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: TL on September 14, 2012, 00:14:05 AM
Post by: TL on September 14, 2012, 00:14:05 AM
Cool idea though!
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: TrekMD on September 14, 2012, 00:36:18 AM
Post by: TrekMD on September 14, 2012, 00:36:18 AM
Quote from: "Vyothric"Not an Atari 2600 then :)
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: Minerals on September 14, 2012, 19:48:35 PM
Post by: Minerals on September 14, 2012, 19:48:35 PM
awesome stuff 
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: Vyothric on September 14, 2012, 20:53:28 PM
Post by: Vyothric on September 14, 2012, 20:53:28 PM
Quote from: "TrekMD"Quote from: "Vyothric"Not an Atari 2600 then :)
I never really see the point of these "put computers in unusual cases" ideas.
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: TrekMD on September 14, 2012, 22:05:24 PM
Post by: TrekMD on September 14, 2012, 22:05:24 PM
Quote from: "Vyothric"I never really see the point of these "put computers in unusual cases" ideas.
Think of it as a challenge. People make computers in all sorts of shapes just to see if it can be done. I've seen them shaped like R2-D2, Star Trek devices, dragons, etc. They can be pretty ingenious.
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: onthinice on September 16, 2012, 01:41:45 AM
Post by: onthinice on September 16, 2012, 01:41:45 AM
Looks cool!!! If it is an actual six-switch then that is kind of sad.
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: TrekMD on September 16, 2012, 02:20:45 AM
Post by: TrekMD on September 16, 2012, 02:20:45 AM
Quote from: "onthinice"Looks cool!!! If it is an actual six-switch then that is kind of sad.
Yes, I believe it is an actual 2600 shell. Let's hope it was a dead one.Â
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: onthinice on September 16, 2012, 02:27:30 AM
Post by: onthinice on September 16, 2012, 02:27:30 AM
That sounds good. Now I can sleep better.
I like to look at systems that have had some kind of mod work done, but then there is the other part of me that sees the original system being changed for all time.
I like to look at systems that have had some kind of mod work done, but then there is the other part of me that sees the original system being changed for all time.
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: DreamcastRIP on September 18, 2012, 08:40:32 AM
Post by: DreamcastRIP on September 18, 2012, 08:40:32 AM
This bit made me chuckle,
3.4GHz CPU... but does it have Blast Processing?
QuoteLet's do some quick math to figure out how much more processing power we have compared to the original:
* Atari 2600 (1982): MOS 6507 Processor, 1 thread @ 1.19 MHz
* Custom Atari 2600 PC (2012): Intel Core i7 2600S Processor, 8 threads @ 3.4 GHZ
3.4GHz CPU... but does it have Blast Processing?
Title: Re: Upgraded Atari 2600 with almost 23,000 the processing po
Post by: Alberto 2K on September 18, 2012, 18:17:01 PM
Post by: Alberto 2K on September 18, 2012, 18:17:01 PM
I really like this mod, it is very original!