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Atari 2600 Mac Mod
XxtraLarGe writes "MyMac.com has videos of a couple of guys modding an Atari 2600 case to a Mac OS X System. The cool thing is, it looks like the 2600 can still play cartridge games too!"
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I was worried that this was going to be another story about peopel cramming shit into a Mac Mini Case. Not because I think they're desecrating the mini, just because if it becomes a trend, it's an incredibly boring trend to read about.
Hardware doesn't get worth more over the years. I used to think that also. But hardware only gets worth less.
... then check out Ben Heckendorn's Book that was due to be published this week (the guy behind the portable PS2, Ben Heckendorn).
Surprised no-one on /. has reviewed it yet :) Time to hassle Ben for a review copy...
cLive ;-)
disclaimer - I work for company that hosts his web site (so I must be a masochist by inviting slashdot visitors ;-)
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Theres a lot of footage of them just clumsly poking the thing or driving around that could have been edited out... making this a neat single movie at half the lenth! half decent mod tho'... think i'd prefer a working ibook and an atari.
" The cool thing is, it looks like the 2600 can still play cartridge games too!"
Yeah, playing atari games is really cool.
I have no idea why someone thinks this is cool. I guess these are the guys who are still trying to run DOS or something like that on their AMD64's.
It's pretty clear you both are not nerds and thus have no appreciation for sheer hack value. GET OUT OF HERE. Thanks.
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the Atari 2600 to be worth much more than its original MSRP in my lifetime.
As it stands, it was a system comprised of off the shelf parts. I would speculate that in the future just the empty shell alone would be fetch as much as a complete working unit, considering the shell was the only original part of the unit. Also with the two different shell types, Atari and the Sears "Telegames" with fake woodgrain, one might be worth a bit more than the other. Not including the 1990's 2600 re-issue.
BTW when was the last time you went to an old-school trashy flea-market? Last time I visited one, you could pick up a box full of (50 or so) Atari carts for around 5 dollars. Also saw boxes containing about 8-10 Atari 2600 units, in various disarray, with accessories spaghettied in the bottom, for 20 bucks. Even as recent as 1999 one vendor had unopened boxes of early 80's Atari units in his booth for 20 bucks a box.
Things that people find are worth so much now-a-days, were never mass produced items. I don't know what the actual numbers are regarding total amount of 2600's produced, it has to be in the 10's of millions, if not hundreds. As i said in the beginning, it will long after my life is over before the 2600 is worth much more than what it sold for brand new.