PONG Chip

I'm pretty sure @Ryan555 and @David_AVD have messed around with those chips. I remember David having a viewfinder playing pong which was pretty neat.

Good idea using 14" screens, still pretty easy to get.

I'll have to check that thread out...

I just found this page which he manages to do it on Tag Strip and squeezed it into a Sony Watchman.

http://www.electronixandmore.com/projects/pongman/index.html

I bought a "project in motion" from a guy some time back with the intention of redoing it but haven't got around to it yet mainly because the PCB files supplied are not compatible with the programs we use here so the whole thing would have to be re-drawn.

I will get to it but not for the immediate future.

Be aware that the Pong chips are NOT as good as the original Pong game using chips (like this board) - I forget the exact problem but they don't play as well.

This board is exactly the same (electronically) as the original Atari Pong.

I can understand the challenges in getting a board that size into production.

It would be great to see it come to fruition.

The replicas don't have to play perfectly the same as the original.

If someone wants to throw an original board in one it wouldn't be that much extra work, and if someone has one for sale I'd be most interested.

The GI AY chips are the simplest way to get the job done and Vero board is good enough just for a couple of units.

These are too far from the look of the original game to even consider.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Arcade-Game-Module-Select-Pong-Space-Invaders-Asteroids-and-more-/351522193802?var=&hash=item51d85b018a:m:mOmHz-yLCskTyPs9iZjk0tg

Still one of the sexiest cabs, interested to know your ideas around the bezel, will you use wood grain panel or laminate.

cheers

I have the bezel artwork file in AI as well as the control panel.

The yellow will be done in laminate and the text will be laser cut vinyl.

The side will also be done in laminate, I got some samples from a few different joinery shops but that was more than 2 months ago and there is a lot more 'retro woodgrain' product available o the market recently.

Why not a simple PIC?

http://dt.prohosting.com/pic/pong.html

awesome, hand cut cab ?

I may go CNC as I know a Cabinetmaker who owes me a favour.

Why not a simple PIC?

 

http://dt.prohosting.com/pic/pong.html

I looked at that option but preferred not to go down that track.

I knocked up the Vero layout but it still needs a crystal clock generator added.

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/Atari%20Pong%20Reproduction/PONG_zpsedesqxmz.jpg

Prototype on Vero Board to prove the circuit but then how about this for the finally board design?.

This program is free and you can send the finished design you make, off to any PC board maker where they can make batches of boards for you without components in them and then you get the boards and install the parts.

The boards aren't expensive to have manufactured, the design work is and this program allows you to do that part much like you had to do using Vero.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/ExpressPCB.shtml

Just a thought.

I did indeed build a uPong unit some years back, but didn't bother with the sound. Ryan has done one too.

The original uPong page has more details than my page.

Looks like you've got lots of sources of info and there was an ETI Electronics Today International or EA Electronics Australia kit / design back on the day that used the AY-3-8500 chip. You might find that archived somewhere.

Silicon Chip own the rights to all ETI stuff so it would be available from SC.

Silicon Chip own the rights to all ETI stuff so it would be available from SC.

At a price.

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@Kaizen If you can find out what issue it was in I'll have a look through my collection for you.

I have EA ETI and Silicon chip but not complete sets.

Cheers Trev

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@Kaizen If you can find out what issue it was in I'll have a look through my collection for you.

I have EA ETI and Silicon chip but not complete sets.

Cheers Trev

 

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ETI 804 (Electronics Today International, November 1976). This classic project based around General Instrument's AY-3-8500 game chip was published

No luck I'm afraid. I only have May 1976.

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It's all here:

http://www.pong-story.com/eti1176.htm

Better get it quick before someone complains.....

Here's the finished Vero layout.

I'll attempt to get this up and going tonight, I just have to shoot down to Jaycar to grab a few bits.

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/Atari%20Pong%20Reproduction/PONG%203_zpskpt2dqkb.jpg

Is there any difference in using the TTL equivalents for the 4001/4011 and 4072?

I should have checked first but Jaycar don't stock the 4072 IC's.

I'll need to find a substitute or a work around (diodes will do as a last resort).

All the components come to around $20. and the AY-3-8500 can be bought for around $5-10.

I started cutting the 90 tracks with a razor blade then remembered I had a Dremel at arms reach... :unsure

A couple minutes later and all the tracks were cut.

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/Atari%20Pong%20Reproduction/20170526_190627_zpstpknsejk.jpg

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/Atari%20Pong%20Reproduction/20170526_190706_zpslenymv3b.jpg