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Wired up START, SELECT, OPTION, RESET buttons today. I removed the old keyboard completely. Here are some pics of the SSOR install:


Start, Select, and Option signals are routed to R134, R135, and R136 respectively. The reset signal goes to L14(not shown). All signals tap in on the left side of those components.



I removed the PCB to make the four solder connections. The solder connections protruded a little on the bottom of the PCB so I added an IC socket to make a little more room.



I expected to find the new SSOR keys on F5, F6, F7, and F8, but found them on F2, F3, F4, and F5. I must've found some old documentation.

So I guess this project is finished. Thanks for riding along.

Cy

 

Argh...a bait post, I was expecting a burning PCB, come on, we all have had one and we love to hear about how people fixed the problem..

Seriously, glad the was no fire etc..

 

Doin' great! I'm using it every day and have spent hours programming. I'm think

Works great! I use it every day, sometimes for hours at a time.

I began to worry that with the stock keyboard removed things might fall into that big hole. I guess I could have put the old keyboard in(and I still can) but I thought this might look cool


I covered that big hole with some plexiglass. Now I don't worry about things falling in. Actually I can drop pens and pencils into what now is a shallow tray

 

Seeing the naked 800XL is pretty cool. Have you considered putting some LED lighting in? Might look nice lit up.

 

You're quite a modder, Cy.

Very well done - so how does it perform, the Atari 8bit and... PS2 keyboard??

PS. Got some pics from VCF EAST 24 to post - thanks for flagging this event, fella.

 

Nice idea, Al - it looks like it's calling out for something to plug that gap, Cy.