atari 5200 question

[Qixmaster]

i just bought an atari 5200, and i've been looking around on the system trying to figure out where the AC adapter goes. I can't find it anywhere! it is driving me nuts. I even took it apart. I figured it would be somewhere on the back, but no! there is nothing, just the cord on the bottom for the RF. i bought it from a lady at a g-sale who said it worked. Luckly i got her number. anyways, any help would be great.

[norkusa]

The power supply plugs into the RF box. I don't think all 5200's are set-up like this though.

[Qixmaster]

yeah... i just figured it out thanks to vidgame.net. Well i am pissed off now. I was looking forward to playing some Qbert. Dammit. Maybe i will find an RF for the 5200 down at CGE. If anyone has an extra one please let me know. Thanks for the help.

[chadtower]

That's a specialized RF that's always a pain to get if you didn't get it with the console... it's one of those golden little proprietary ones that no one trades.

[AB Positive]

Every now and again You'll see one on eBay, expect to pay anywhere from $13-$20 for it though, that's what I did. $18 shipped and I got one off there.

-AG

[Qixmaster]

damn. Oh well. I am going to call the lady back i got it from and ask her for my money back. She can keep her hoopty 5200.... or better yet, maybe she has the RF.

[chadtower]

See if she has the RF, but unless you paid a ton, I'd keep it anyway. You don't know that you won't find one at a yard sale or flea, or even randomly in a box of something else that you pick up. Hell, last week I bought a Genesis at a yard sale only to find that it had an SNES adapter in the box that I needed for a bare SNES. It happens.

[Cafeman]

Ask at Atari Age's 5200 forum, maybe somebody will see your post and offer to sell you one.

[Captain Wrong]

The infamous 5200 RF box is very easy to make yourself. Check the 5200 FAQs for detailed instructions on how to do it. I did this and I think it cost $6 total and took maybe an hour.

[bargora]

The infamous 5200 RF box is very easy to make yourself. Check the 5200 FAQs for detailed instructions on how to do it. I did this and I think it cost $6 total and took maybe an hour.

I've been planning to do this myself, since I have two 4-ports and two fried boxes. Now that you've had the experience of assembling a 5200 homebrew RF box, can you tell us if there was any particularly hard part, or part that is really easy to screw up?

BTW, Saturn mode of Radiant Silvergun is way better than Arcade mode.