Good Case or not?

[desmin88]

I wanted to make a portable, and figured the Atari 2600 would be the easiest for a beginning.

Heres what i wanted to gut out and use as a case.

Im wondering if I gut it out, it will have room for an Atari 2600 and a GBA screen with a screen light mod?

The thing comes with a D-Pad, A+B buttons and a speaker, so I'd thought id just use those.

Dont laugh at me if im being super stupid. Thanks

 

[snowpenguin]

You need to do research before making claims about what you are going to do.

You can't use a GBA screen for this.

 

[desmin88]

I thought so too. So im going to have to get a screen with A/V, then do the A/V mod on the 2600, would be the way to go right?
I already had a GBA screen and thought maybe, I was stupid for thinking it would.

Thanks though, also, would the case work? Im thinking of either 2.5" or 3" screen.

 

[J.D]

Pustom 2.5" screens are good.

And I would suggest using a case from a Linksys router or something, those are usually pretty good.

 

[desmin88]

Ok thanks.

Ill use an old dlink router case i have. its completely uniform, no curves or ups or downs.

I might go for 3" because its kinda big.

Also, can that dpad, A+B buttons and speaker be good for this project?

I have two of those, so i could put a speaker on each side.


Thanks again.

 

[J.D]

Those buttons aren't terrible, but if you have a spare controller of anything I'd just use those buttons.

 

[desmin88]

Ok great. Thanks!

Im using this dlink router as a case now

Is that suitable?

 

[J.D]

Yup.

 

[desmin88]

Thanks for helping a newbie!


Do you have any tips for the 2600.

I am reading on BenHeck's atari pages and Modretros.

 

[Tibia]

http://www.longhornengineer.com/Videomods/Videomods

Best 2600 Video mod out there. I can't recommend it enough. He has the schematic for it for free, but if this is your first project like this, at least buy the PCB. It's really worth the investment.

 

[desmin88]

I was just thinking of using the guide below. It seems simple enough.
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=1152

Is that one bad?

 

[Tibia]

I honestly had no luck whatsoever with it. I had Rekarp's (Longhorn Enginner) up and running on the first try.

 

[desmin88]

Ok, thanks for the advice.