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    Default Anybody do Composite or S-video mod for Atari 7800?

    Hey guys,

    Have any of you done this?

    I'm thinking about getting the longhorn s-video/composite board here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-7800-DIY-I...item43a5e13bc3

    Anybody have experience with this board? How tough was installation? How does the picture look? Any tips or other recommendations?

    Thanks!

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    I have installed one without incident. The biggest thing is being able to desolder a chip from the board without pulling a pad off the board with it.
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    Yeah, that was my concern... I wish there was a way around that. There is another mod on ebay that looks like a simple transistor mod (composite only).

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-7800-...item45f864494c

    I wonder if I should just do something like that? It's a lot more basic to install.

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    I honestly reccomend you perform the mod listed in the atariage 2600 faq HERE. http://www.atariage.com/2600/faq/ind...2600#composite . I am referring to the CD4050 mod. It requires you to build a board, but you shalln't have to desolder anything from the motherboard.
    And for fucks sakes, don't remove the RF. I killed a 6 switch that way.

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    Ok, that sounds cool, and it looks like a cool project but it looks like it's for a 2600. Will it work with a 7800? That's the system I was thinking of modding... OTOH, I played it the other day and the RF video is amazingly clear.

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