Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAre you too young to remember these?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down112
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minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI have that exact model with my 2600! crumbles into dust
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI feel simultaneously seen and called out.
minus-squareKC_Royalz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI am this old as well but there’s a reason I always have a screwdriver handy
minus-squareProprietary_Blend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOh ye with a weak thumbnail!
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBefore my time but I did run across these as a kid. Even played a few games, too.
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI seem to remember the NES having a similar splitter?
minus-squareDejected Warp Core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBeat me to it. Life got really good when I could upgrade from the small kitchen B/W set to a color one.
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhat channel would you use? I always used channel three and swore channel four gave a worse signal.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoIn my area channel 4 had a TV station on it and channel 3 didn’t, so channel 3 was the available default for these things.
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat explains the slight interference I was getting. There must have been a signal just in range to scramble things but not close enough to see or hear. Our stations were on 12, 6 and 10 and you could get PBS on 32 on UHF.
I have that exact model with my 2600!
crumbles into dust
I feel simultaneously seen and called out.
I am this old as well but there’s a reason I always have a screwdriver handy
Oh ye with a weak thumbnail!
Before my time but I did run across these as a kid. Even played a few games, too.
Came here to post this.
I seem to remember the NES having a similar splitter?
Beat me to it. Life got really good when I could upgrade from the small kitchen B/W set to a color one.
What channel would you use? I always used channel three and swore channel four gave a worse signal.
In my area channel 4 had a TV station on it and channel 3 didn’t, so channel 3 was the available default for these things.
That explains the slight interference I was getting. There must have been a signal just in range to scramble things but not close enough to see or hear. Our stations were on 12, 6 and 10 and you could get PBS on 32 on UHF.
Came here to say the same