Ivory Tower Collections

@gamerghosts Yes and that is what is really odd about this INTV2 console. The owner says they pulled it new from the box before sending it to me. Yet the white dots and all the sockets leads me to believe it was serviced in the past as I don't typically mark the ICs unless I replace them.

@IvoryTowerColl1 Holy smokes, that is some beautiful plastic. Does that color chip have a socket?

Another Atari 7800 & INTV2 consoles with some new caps, new power LEDs, and Lumacode upgrades installed. These were some of the cleanest & best maintained consoles I've had come to the ITC for services. Now they are both ready for many more years of uses with HDMI output!

First Colecovision of the year to receive services at the ITC. And the first CV to receive a TMSdigitizer install to provide Lumacode video output. New capacitors and ESD protection for the controller ports will ensure this CV is working for years with new HDMI output!

Another INTV 2 console refurbished & STICdigitizer installed to provide Lumacode video output. When paired with the RGB2HDMI converter, the console is able to provide digitial HMDI video output with audio. Time to power off the console has been reduced to 2sec and new Power LED.

This isn't a console that I service often but was happy to put new capacitors, replace the faulty AV jack, and put in a FRAM upgrade on this CDX. Over half of the caps were showing signs of leakage. Glad to have got it caught, cleaned up, and headed back home!

A 2600 H6 was sent in for a Lumacode upgrade. As the client didn't want any case modification done, a small cable harness with the 3.5mm jack was installed to come out through the RF opening to provide the needed connection. The original heavies really are a thing of beauty!

Another 7800 is headed home with a Lumacode to HDMI upgrade installed. The older composite only setup was removed, some holes plugged. New panel buttons, & cyan power LED. Original 3.5mm TRS jack reused for audio input option. Lumacode output is via new PCB in place of the RF.

Not all systems come in to get upgrades. Sometimes only repairs are needed. Here is a 5200 that was composite upgraded by someone else in the past. They used solid core wiring & it had started to break loose over time. All wire replaced with connectors for easier servicing.

An Atari 2600jr and NES001 both recapped, cleaned up, and upgraded with Lumacode output. Along with the included RGB2HDMI converter, both of these consoles are headed home to be enjoyed once again in full digital HDMI output!

@gamerghosts The ports are part of a kit that OGHugo sells in his shop. I did have to make some changes to the adapters I received to work on this console better. But they are NOT my design or 3D print. That is all OGHugo. I didn't have enough characters left to state that in my post.

@IvoryTowerColl1 I love how you did the external control ports! Awesome idea! For folks that don't know these Crayon consoles are going to be increasingly rare if you are after an RGB/Composite combo!

Completed this between service requests. Likely be for sale soon. Has Crayon's RGB installed, rebuilt power board, new caps & other components. Also has a set of DE9 ports to allow use of Sears, Model 2, 3rd party controllers along with the original working wired controllers.

7800_2026-D:- is fixed up & headed home! This 7800 has new capacitors, opptional audio input jack installed, new panel buttons, & UAV setup to provide composite & excellent s-video output. A 3D printed bracket was purchased & installed for the AV output jacks for a no cut setup.

@gamerghosts Thanks, this was 1 of 3 currently in to receive services. Seems that systems come in phases for me. Such as getting in a batch of 5200s, and then maybe some 2600s, and then INTV...etc. So strange, but welcomed!

@IvoryTowerColl1 You are doing some awesome Game Gear work my friend!

Another Game Gear brought back to life after replacing the leaked/nasty original caps with new. Also received a new BennVenn IPS v2.3 LCD installed. This GG has a new lease on life and ready to be enjoyed for many more years by the owner.

Thanks @zaxour for designing these and having them on hand! I'd been meaning to do the diode setup on my personal Atari Jag for quite some time. But then your hairball comes about and I decided to go that route in addition to one of your JaguWATT boards. Very nice!

A 2600 light sixer with TIAdigitizer for Lumacode, power LED, & modifications made to allow use of Atari wireless controllers w/out the annoying audio tones and hum the wireless dongles introduce into the audio circuit. Now headed home to be enjoyed via HDMI w/ included RGB2HDMI.

@Madwindoman Also if you look closely in the pics I posted on the before and after. You can see where I replaced the regulator with new thermal paste applied.

@IvoryTowerColl1 Thanks for the info. Only asking cause I had my 7800 open the other day to adjust the colors and couldn’t believe how hot the regulator got. I applied some thermal paste and secured the heatsink. Seems to be runnin right

Another Atari 7800 came in for services. Like the last one, it was previously done by another tech. I had to redo some of the wiring etc... in order to get everything done. New UAV mount, audio input option installed, and Lumacode output. This 7800 should arrive home soon!

@Madwindoman One thing that will help is to replace the original thermal compound. I use a higher grade designed for use in computers. The heat sink actually gets hotter after this but that tells me it is doing its job better 'sinking' the heat more off the regulator.

Another power LED installed into an Atari 2600 console. This time into a Sears 6 switch model using a turquoise LED. I really like this method for installing an LED as it provides a modern look without changing the original esthetic look when it is powered off.

@Madwindoman No not really. It was already attached as the previous tech stuck them on there. What I do is to replace the regulator with a 2A output variant. On some installs if the client wants it, I replace the regulator with a DC-DC switching regulator.

@IvoryTowerColl1 Looks great man!! Do you recommend that extra heat sink in the back?