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exxos wrote: 23 May 2022 10:30 Didn't know grav was on the 2600. Looks like someone's playing skills are about on par to mine :lol:

:lol:

I've managed to capture what's happened to my eye.


I look like sloth:


:lol:

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 27 May 2022 01:46 I've managed to capture what's happened to my eye

It's all those static shocks you keep getting..,

exxos wrote: 28 May 2022 09:53

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 27 May 2022 01:46 I've managed to capture what's happened to my eye

It's all those static shocks you keep getting..,

:lol:

Although not had a shock since I put a small towel of the seat. 8-)

Saw this last night which made me crack up. :lol: :lol:

Since I have to move detach the unit to clean my Atari. I have an idea of a ribbon cable that goes from UNITOR to the Atari. The unit could just be placed next to the Atari with a short cable that is just long enough to allow you to place UNITOR on top of the Atari so I can move it to clean the table.

Anyone got any ideas how this could be achieved?

Which ribbon cable and ends would I need?

I actually have a high quality ribbon crimping tool, as my new old stock Atari had a knackered floppy cable with no back on the crimp end.

*EDIT* Already realising one end would have to be a flexible ribbon type like on the exxos ram upgrade and one needs to be like the Atari port connector. :shock:

Maybe something like this although one end would have to be PCB that slots in like on the Atari USB power plug ins.

Not sure I follow what you're trying to do.. But maybe this would help ? https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =74&t=1528

exxos wrote: 03 Jun 2022 13:49 Not sure I follow what your trying to do.. But maybe this would help ? https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =74&t=1528

Basically a cable running from this:


To the cartridge port of the Atari.

So like the ultrasatan can be perched on top of the atari with its long ribbon cable. I could do the same with UNITOR when I need to move the Atari.

So I guess it's a port extension cable.

Taken me weeks to even mention this. :lol:

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 03 Jun 2022 14:16 Basically a cable running from this:

Ah.. Not sure I ever seen such a thing. Might be one of those things which might stop working when a cable is added. Such as things tend to do :roll:

You could make a buffer board for the cartridge port and they do exist but rare. Since a cartridge port it self is rare to get and to make an "extension cable" I don't think someone will make this. Some put their Atari in different cases so they needed to move the port, so I think it was that it was used for originally.

Maybe it was @frank.lukas who had one of these board for sale?

EDIT: What a memory: HERE