Atari 2600

📄 Interboard Ribbon (Atari 2600)

The ribbon that connects the two halves of the 2600 together is called the interboard connect ribbon. We sell brand new ...

Schematics (Atari 2600)

There are several schematics for the Atari 2600 as there were many versions. Here are several. The rest can be found on...

Hardware Overview (Atari 2600)

The Atari 2600 has several models. For now I will focus on the PAL Woody version. Button Board The top PCB contains the ...

Joysticks (Atari 2600)

The Joysticks on the Atari 2600 can have the original stick and single button, a set of paddles, or even Mega Drive/Gene...

TIA Chip (Atari 2600)

The TIA chip on the Atari 2600, also known as the Television Interface, is responsible for generating the audio and vide...

📄 Video / Button Hex Buffer (Atari 2600)

The Hex Buffer that is used to buffer the signals from the TIA chip and the Joysticks, allowing them to be low impedance...

Extracting Composite Video (Atari 2600)

The best way to generate the absolute best composite video signal from the Atari 2600 is to simply reconstruct the entir...

TIA Video Faults (Atari 2600)

In search of the ultimate perfectly clean composite video out of the TIA I discovered several faults in the way the TIA ...

Jailbars Fix (Atari 2600)

Thanks to the cleanness of the CleanComp (get it :P), we can now see that some models of the 2600 inherently have bad P...