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I recently bought this Atari 2600 jr long rainbow, with MS. PAC-MAN cartridge and joystick, as non-functioning.
Fortunately, it was enough only a bit of inexidant on the various connectors, including the multipolar one where the game is stayed. Now everything works!
Every now and then, repairs are very simple.
The vintage Atari 2600 jr long rainbow console adds to my collection.
Ci sono diverse versioni di Atari 2600, che si sono susseguite negli anni. La prima è la Atari VCS CX2600 "Heavy Sixer" / "Sunnyvale" del 1977. La console è stata aggiornata negli anni.
The version I am talking about in this post is the Atari 2600 Jr. Rev. a Long Rainbow, from 1986
Atari 2600 Video Games
The video game ms. Pac-Man is similar to the classic Pacman, only ... Pac-Man is female! It can be recognized by the bow! 🙂
In addition to MS. PACMAN I also have other games, for Atari 2600, in the collection.
Technical features of the 2600 JR Long Rainbow
- CPU: MOS 6507 at 1.19 MHz
- Audio + Video Processor: Television Interface Adaptor (TIA), 160 × 192 pixels, 128 colors
- 2 mono channels for audio: 1 square wave generator, 1 white noise generator
- MOS RIOT (MOS 6532 - RAM, I/O, Timer)
- RAM: 128 bytes (integrated into MOS RIOT). Additional RAM is located in game cartridges
- 2 D-SUB-9 connectors for joysticks and paddles
- 6 switches to manage the console (4 large and 2 small for the long rainbow version)
- Game cartridges: ROM 4 kB maximum capacity (with possibility of increase by exchanging ROM banks)
- RF modulator for connection to the TV
While losing the originality of the console, two improvements to the quality of the image are available: the A/V modification (audio/video) to connect the Atari 2600 to the TV by means of the composite video connector (CVBS) and the RGB modification, which requires an additional internal card to the console.
Papers
Collection entry date: 27/06/2022