Tactical 6502/p

Atari 800XL in a box, portable

Goal

Work on the Atari with the real feeling. But be independent of the place in the living room.

The idea

Two epiphanies: there is an Atari 800XL power cord to be fed with USB on the other side. Power bank anyone? And there are video grabbers to provide captured video as USB device readable by VLC. The rest is history. Display on a Raspi. Put everything into a mobile suitcase.

Challenges

USB power support is fragile when fed from a power bank. Every additional USB hub or cable makes it worse. 3 devices (Atari, Raspi, 7-inch display), ideally on only 2 power banks.

Where's the punk?

If this is cyber then where is the punk, I hear you ask.

My grandfather was a carpenter grandmaster. When he tried to teach me when I was 10 he quickly gave up - I was not qualified in his eyes. Carving the plate from wood anyway 40 years later instead of modern 3d possibilities - that's my punk.

Diary in pictures

License

Instructions, text and images can be used freely.

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