Soviet pong

[Pantechnicon]

Pantech, I'm certain that actually transliterates into "Eksi Video." In fact, when I googled it, I found two pictures of the unit, one of which was posted in an earlier thread right here at DP.

Just goes to show how little pa-russky I remember.

[8bit4life]

Not quite as imposing as my Soviet Atari

[blue lander]

My ex-soviet wife did the translation, the buttons say On/Off, Volume, Open, and Manual/Automatic. Nothing too exciting, but at least I know how to operate the thing.

[k8track]

Just goes to show how little pa-russky I remember.

Aww, it's OK. I've forgotten most of my Russian myself, having been ten years since I really used it.

[Sly DC]

Hiya!

What you have there blue lander, is the "Elektronika Eski Video 01" which came out
in 1978 in Russia. The K145HK17 chip is a clone of the AY-3-8500, the only difference
between the K145HK17 and the AY-3-8500 is that the K145HK17 you select the game
with only 1 push button. But the Eski Video 01 plays only 5 games compare to other
Russian Pongs that came out which can play 7 games (all six AY-3-8500 games with the
"Handicap" game).

I know 10 Pongs consoles released in Russia (for now) and any Russian Pongs can be
adapted with a composite video and audio output (same as ANY Pongs and Standalones released worldwide actually).

P.S.: To anyone who wants to try out the 7th game "Handicap", just put the game switch
between the SQUASH game and the HOCKEY/SOCCER game on a Pong console which
has a AY-3-8500.

Have fun! =)

--- Sly DC ---

[blue lander]

I know 10 Pongs consoles released in Russia (for now) and any Russian Pongs can be
adapted with a composite video and audio output (same as ANY Pongs and Standalones released worldwide actually).

I figured out where I can pull a composite video signal from the device from a schematic I found, but I'm not confident it'll sync at a frequency an NTSC television can handle. I've never had any luck getting Russian computers to sync with a US TV, at least. My plan is to plug it into the "sync on green" input of my Multisync II monitor since that will handle anything.

[kupomogli]

If you play it, it will probably hypnotize you with party propaganda or something. After all, in Soviet Russia, Pong controls you.

I was hoping no one used this joke yet. Who am I kidding. Two pages were already up and I'm a week late :P.

[Sly DC]

I figured out where I can pull a composite video signal from the device from a schematic I found, but I'm not confident it'll sync at a frequency an NTSC television can handle. I've never had any luck getting Russian computers to sync with a US TV, at least. My plan is to plug it into the "sync on green" input of my Multisync II monitor since that will handle anything.

Hi again,

Here's a schematic which adapts the signals of a AY-3-8500 (or AY-3-8500-1) to
composite video:

http://www.pong-picture-page.de/cata...schaltplan.gif

But since the K145IK17 has different pinouts from the AY-3-8500, here's how to
connect the K145IK17 to composite video:

Pin #2 of K145IK17 = Vcc (+Voltage) [POINT 1]
Pin #12 of K145IK17 = Sync Output [POINT 3]
Pin #24 of K145IK17 = Ground [POINT 4]
Pin #4-7-8-20 of K145IK17 = mixing all 4 signals will give the Video Signal [POINT 2]

For hooking up any General Instrument AY-3-8500 or Texas Instruments TMS1955 or
TMS1965 dedicated chips for the schematic:

- Pins # 6-9-10 & 24 together to get the Video Signal [POINT 2]
- Pin #4 (Vcc/+Voltage) [POINT 1]
- Pin #16 (Sync) [POINT 3]
- Pin #2 (Ground) [POINT 4]

Hope that this will help you out and everybody else who wants to convert their
Pong console to composite output. Have fun modding!

--- Sly DC ---

[Sly DC]

Oups...!!

Completely forgot to answer your question about NTSC/PAL sync on a monitor.

Usually PAL composite video signal has 2 problems (which pretty sure you know):
Vertical signal rolls endlessly and color doesn't show up (but since the console
displays in B&W, problem #2 is solved). But for problem #1, do you have a
PC video card with a TV Tuner ? These a great to test out NTSC/PAL/SECAM
RF and Video signals. That's what i use to display any console worldwide.
Fairly way cheaper than buying a multisync TV. Of course, using a PC TV Tuner
isn't top quality but it's better than nothing.

If you don't have a PC TV Tuner card, then buy one and check especially if
you can choose NTSC-J (for Japanese consoles) and PAL (for European consoles).
Can forget SECAM since there not much European console who uses this signal.

Check out "YouPay" (Ebay) for PC TV Tuners, they are auctioned for some few bucks.

Like the Big Kaluha would say "Game on!!" (lol!!)

--- Sly DC ---

[slapdash]

Sorry no info, but damn that's cool stuff... Russian and Polish pongs, yay!

[blue lander]

Pin #2 of K145IK17 = Vcc (+Voltage) [POINT 1]
Pin #12 of K145IK17 = Sync Output [POINT 3]
Pin #24 of K145IK17 = Ground [POINT 4]
Pin #4-7-8-20 of K145IK17 = mixing all 4 signals will give the Video Signal [POINT 2]

This site here has a schematic for the Eksi: http://byte01.narod.ru/ik17.htm

It looks like there's a 4 way AND (KD521A) connected to 4,7,8 and 20 and it looks like it mixes 12 in with them on the chip kt339g. I'm gonna connect an oscilloscope to that point and see if it looks like a proper video signal...

[Rheine]

Nice games!