[Techtoolslist] PAT9000 ramblings

[James Marous]

Jeff,

            I've had good luck getting the connector plugs off of ebay for a
fairly reasonable price.  They usually end up in the
connectors/plugs/sockets section.  I went ahead and bought the crimper and
removals tools new and have had good luck building new harnesses.  I was
also lucky enough to buy a large lot of Pat plugs that included about 6
Arabian harnesses and several more Kangaroo harnesses.  Needless to say I
converted them for use with other games :-) You can buy the bare plugs new,
but they end up over $100 each.

 

I'm not sure if Atari ever made Lunar Lander or I, Robot plugs as I've never
been able to find any.  I did make up one of each. LL is pretty
straightforward; I have notes on the harness if you need it.  I, Robot is a
problem, the Pat can't supply enough current to run the boards and you will
continually trip the power protection circuits.  I ended up using an
external switcher to power the board.

 

James

 

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From: techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com
[mailto:techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:15 PM
To: techtoolslist at flippers.com
Subject: [Techtoolslist] PAT9000 ramblings

 

I was going through some pat9k stuff and found a plug I cannot immediatly
identify, it has no label. After spending some time looking at the plug's
pins & the A1 plug schems I'm thinking it is Canyon Bomber.. (5 switch
inputs, 1 on the p2 side which might be the "high score reset" button.. no
pot or optical inputs, comp video out)  Does anybody have a Canyon Bomber
plug or the plug sheet I could take a gander at to double check? If you have
a plug, a good pic of the business end of it would work great. I havn't even
seen a B/W program plug before.. 

and I guess while we're here, maybe we can stir up the pot a bit.. has
anybody come up with some custom rig for testing other PCBs? Either Atari
PCBs for plugs you don't have, or non-atari stuff. I recall Alex Y. saying
on the NG that he had come up with a solution using outboard plugs/harnesses
so there is no need for building up new plugs.. I'd love to see some pics of
that setup. 

Has anybody bothered setting up external controls? Building more plugs? What
sort of monitors are you using? are there many working 13" Amps out there?
Maybe post some pics of your rig? what else?

Also, I'd like to dig up a Lunar Lander and an IRobot plug.. I have plugs
for trade, and plenty of other stuff. 

Thanks all,
Jeff

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