Have not posted much here, but I am very much alive and selling Atari 5200 controllers and taking on bizarre projects for anyone who wants to tempt me.
If you would like more timely posts, visit my Youtube, what’s on my workbench:
I have over 276 videos up, so please take a look and subscribe if you like what you see. Some day I will crack 500 subscribers. T’is a wee channel.
Sadly, due to cost increases in the parts, I had to increase the 5200 controller conversion to $119. The main component, the Jaguar controller, has increased quite a bit.
I am also working on a from scratch, analog controller for the 5200, using my new benchtop CNC. Hopefully, this will be a similar price point. I hope to be testing in a few weeks.
Happy New Year to everyone! I am still making 5200 controllers. I am trying to stay away from getting back into any major mod work, but if you have anything really interesting, you can contact me via the Request a Quote Page or e-mail me at retro at cyberphreak dot com.
I have been working on trying to come up with a drive/cart dump solution to the Tiger Learning Computer, but this little sucker is just fighting me.
I am learning a lot, but still not where I want to be. I am cutting plain copper right now to make a proper card extender. The original did not work.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe new year and we get past the troubles we have been living through for the past 2 years.
-David Nelson
Turns out my poor MySQL server was just overtaxed with the Woo Commerce plugin that used to run my commerce, since I pared down to 1 product, the Atari 5200 controller, it was just overkill anyway, so now I just have a simple cart. My apologies to anyone who has tried to order, I am not sure how long it was messed up. I always keep at least one controller in stock, but even if I have to order parts, it takes less than a week.
I am keeping up with my What’s On My Workbench over on Youtube, where I had a chance to play with a A’can from 1995!
Happy retro gaming everyone!
Looking forward, retro tech:
As you can tell, I have been moving away from taking outside projects and working more on my own retro systems. As I have said before, I want to take more time for projects that have been waiting in the wings for a long time.
What’s coming soon:
Way out projects:
Way Way out/Slightly Off Topic:
Lots and lots to do, and I have to honest, I am enjoying working on my own projects again. All that remains for external projects, I have an Action Replay battery replacement and the Tiger Learning Computer card to reader adapter, so not a lot on my plate there.
Look forward to many projects, repairs, and videos on my workbench.
Been working on a Sega Nomad and I am sharing this schematic I created. I’ll add some photos later.
It is will heavy heart I have to simplify what services I offer. To be honest, this is a long time coming, I am just burnt out from the repair and mod work, work is the key here. This all started out as a hobby but it has slowly become my only hobby and miss being able to explore other parts of my life and ends up feeling like work. I work full time and I just don’t have enough hours in the day to keep up with the large variety of modifications and repairs. I appreciate everyone’s patronage, but for my own sanity, I am simplifying to providing Atari 5200 controllers and Sega Nomad battery pack modifications. I may take on a project of it really interests me and if you have a lot of patience, but all the day to day capacitor replacements and the like just are taking too much of what little personal time I have left. Again, I appreciate all the people who believe in me, but I need to explore my other passions like watch collecting, collecting Palm Pilots, and photography. Thank you everyone and the Jaguar to 5200 controller is here to stay.
-David Nelson
Hard to keep updating all the time, I would rather be fixing retro consoles: Hours of easy listening to my Chicago accent.
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Enjoy the latest video, you even get to see what the workshop really looks like! Amstrad Mega Drive ISA Card, Sound Blaster card, and a sweet 486DX100 featured.
Day 1
Day 2, was a little tired