Re: Firefox: Foolish or Fortunate?

> I like bass. I've just picked up a couple of 12" speakers for
> dirt cheap at the local surplus store, and they're definitely
> too heavy to be driven by the amps in the Atari vector games.
>
> Any suggestions as to how to go about hooking up an Asteroids or
> an Asteroids Deluxe to a homebuilt external amp? (i.e. can I
> just run it in parallel with the AUDIO signals from the board,
> or should I switch out all of the the original hardware when
> attempting to create small seismic disturbances with the new
> speakers?)

Go to Radio Shack and get their "Car Stereo Line-Out Converter" cat
number 12-1338. This will convert the audio outs (post atari amp)
back into a line-level you can feed into you amp. I use this on
Tempest, Space Duel, and Star Wars to provide a more realistic
experience..

Kurt
Received on Fri Nov 6 09:10:12 1998