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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.

  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!