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Atari 2600 Mac Mod

Posted by Hemos on from the the-joy-of-hacking dept.

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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  1. question about atari 2600 naming by suso · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Was the atari 2600 named so because of the captain crunch toy whistles? After all, Steve Jobs worked there in the 70s, and also was one of the ones involved with those blue boxes.

    1. Re:question about atari 2600 naming by soft_guy · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I know that it was originally called the VCS. It was renamed the 2600 at the time that the Atari 5200 shipped. (2600 is 1/2 of 5200...)

      Also the 7800 is 5200 + 2600, even though the 7800 didn't play 5200 games.

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  2. Historic consoles by tie_guy_matt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think moding historic computers/consoles is a good idea. Now they are just old and kindof cool, but in several years they will be truly historic and of great value. When most 2600s will be greatly increasing in value the modded ones will be worth much less. After all by then a G5 running Mac OSX won't really be that great. I guess it is ok to do the mod as long as you don't damage the original console and can bring it back to the original condition. But people please don't destroy antique or very soon to be valuable antique hardware. I'd rather see it restored to the way it was brand new in the 70's and 80's!

  3. Re:I'm keeping my atari 2600 by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unless the hardware is an original Apple I. One went for 50 grand. But you can expect between 20 and 30 large.

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  4. Re:Too Late - been done by BrK · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Interestingly enough, I saw the prototype for that Polara range about 3 years ago. The story line then was that they would have a whole line of kitchen appliances that communicated over a bluetooth like network. There was going to be a co-marketed deal with Kraft and other food companies to have these "meal" concepts and the UPC codes would be recognized by the appliances. The idea was that you stick the various components of dinner in the appliances (range(s), microwave, convection oven, etc) and you tell it when you want dinner to be ready, then they all work together to get the portions done at the same time (ie: the range might signal the micro when the meat is almost done to start nuking some sort of vegetable side dish).

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  5. Re:Uhhh... by Urchlay · · Score: 2, Interesting
    > So, after realizing the 2600 games are no longer being produced, they chose OSX for it's extensive list of titles?

    Funny, yes... but not strictly accurate