Ah yes potato salad… grilled things… beer. Always a fun weekend!  In other news I took down the clock because I realized it didn’t work in Internet Explorer (mostly) and well, you know I just put it there to see if it worked – it was some new site add-on.

In the book section I added some callout help for Figure 4-7 and 4-8, the labeled spots to desolder were a little hard to make out.

Oh and even though nobody believes me Port Washington is close to completion! I’ve been done with it since February and have been waiting for the musical score to be finished. Well apparently it should be done in June, which means I can finish the movie quickly afterwards! The premiere will be in Madison, WI for anyone that wants to attend. More info as it becomes available (and more concrete-esque)

Yes I stop watching Revenge of the Sith long enough to add a few things. An entry for slightly different model Atari boards when doing the new video circuit, a new place to get an audio signal, and how to bypass the 8-DIP timer IC found on some Ataris. Click on the book icon above or here to check them out.

See it up in the corner there? Pretty nifty, eh? Well, I thought so at least…

Oh yeah the news! To keep page loads easy only the last 10 or so updates will appear on the benheck.com start page now. To access the rest just click on the links at the bottom of the page. As an added bonus I dug up and reformatted every news story and link dating back to December of 2000 (when I first left the original Geocities site and went to Classicgaming/Gamespy) If you’re curious about how my portables have evolved over the years this is the ideal time to bone up on the subject.

Sadly, the first 3 months of this site have been lost to the ravages of time / me not backing up enough, but oh well – I didn’t do a whole lot back then expect talk about “the Vagabond” which as we all know I didn’t actually finish until 4 years later.

In other non-ancient news I’m working on a Liquid Metal style Phoenix at the moment, should be interesting to say the least when it’s done. Look for photos of it later this week!

There’s a motion photo of it on the Phoenix page if you’d like to take a look. It’s kind of a hybrid between a Legend of Zelda cartridge and a Subaru Outback LL Bean Edition.

I still have some extra Atari 2600’s, so you can get a Phoenix without a trade for only $25 extra!

Which means for a limited time I can offer a Phoenix WITHOUT requiring a trade-in and for only $335!

If you’re interested head over to the Phoenix site and the ordering page – I’ve updated the non-trade prices/policies. Also, if you’ve seen an online store, know somebody, or have a large lot of Atari 2600 4-switches yourself, please let me know. I don’t always have time to find deals myself so if people can give me “heads ups” than it’s most appreciated. Keep in mind I can only use Atari 2600 4-switch models – thanks!

Wow, someone finally ordered a Phoenix that wasn’t black and chrome!

This is the Red Oxide-1 color schemed Phoenix. Pretty neat, eh? As more color schemes are built I’ll post those pictures as well, just wanted to share this with you all.

I’m attempting to locate some Atari 4-switch motherboards so I can make Phoenixes for people without trade-ins… I’ll try and keep a running total of how many extra boards I have on the Phoenix Site so persons without a trade can keep tabs on my supply.