Hey all!
I recently picked up another great Atari lot off my local craigslist, The lot consisted of, 1 Heavy Sixer, 14 2600 games and 1 Atari 400 with all the docs, 410 Tape drive, 4 games for the price of a supersized big mac meal.
Anyway, I tested the 2600 and games it all worked great, excited to play the 400 I tested that one last so that I can spend the most time playing it, I got it all hooked up and turned it on with Pac-Man in the slot and nothing the screen was showing a what appeared to be a solid black (probably brown since it was on my LED display) with a grey line on the right side. After about 10-15 seconds the colors shift to a green backdrop and flickering bars of color popping in and out of the display (no game play no audio).
I took it apart to see if maybe something came loose but all the chips looked well seated, the CPU and Ram boards were also well seated too, this appears to have the same issues as a 2 port 5200 I picked up a month or so prior.
Is this worth fixing or should I just wait for another working unit and use this one for parts? Also I have a lead on a 1200xl with floppy drive, do the 1200's play the same carts/disks as the 400/800?
Thanks!
I recently picked up another great Atari lot off my local craigslist, The lot consisted of, 1 Heavy Sixer, 14 2600 games and 1 Atari 400 with all the docs, 410 Tape drive, 4 games for the price of a supersized big mac meal.
Anyway, I tested the 2600 and games it all worked great, excited to play the 400 I tested that one last so that I can spend the most time playing it, I got it all hooked up and turned it on with Pac-Man in the slot and nothing the screen was showing a what appeared to be a solid black (probably brown since it was on my LED display) with a grey line on the right side. After about 10-15 seconds the colors shift to a green backdrop and flickering bars of color popping in and out of the display (no game play no audio).
I took it apart to see if maybe something came loose but all the chips looked well seated, the CPU and Ram boards were also well seated too, this appears to have the same issues as a 2 port 5200 I picked up a month or so prior.
Is this worth fixing or should I just wait for another working unit and use this one for parts? Also I have a lead on a 1200xl with floppy drive, do the 1200's play the same carts/disks as the 400/800?
Thanks!