The Ataritik – A Mikrotik HapMini In An Atari Cart

July 31, 2017

We were at the classic gaming fest in Austin a few days ago, and they had bins full of all kinds of retro games. Some of the bins had classic Atari 2600 carts for a buck…and I figured I could find a reason to buy one. After a second or two of noodling I figured a HapMini would likely fit nicely inside…and I was right!

There’s a screw hiding under the labels. I used a heat gun to peel it off.

Looks like it will fit…

Not really much to it

The HapMinis open up quite easily.

The supports I nipped of with some pliers so the board would sit flatish

Dry fit looks good.

I 3d printed a face plate just to clean up the look a bit.

I brushed it with acetone to strengthen the part.

I used puffy double stick tape to lock it in place.

Taped in place

Reassembled

I used a little hot glue to attach the face plate to the Mikrotik.

Ahhh, lovely blinking lights.

Boooyaaaaa

Anyone want a Pac-tik?

This was a fun quick/dirty mod that is going to be a lot of fun keeping in my laptop bag. I think it will get some fairly positive reactions when I pull it out to fix a network or demonstrate an idea. This is one of those “stop and smell the roses” projects I never take time to do anymore. Hopefully I’ll be getting my hands dirty some more soon. Have fun and happy routing 🙂

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4 responses to “The Ataritik – A Mikrotik HapMini In An Atari Cart”

August 15, 2017

CanadaCory

B..E..A..U..T..Y!! these project keep me checking in over the years, got me thinking about the old Atari joystick with the red button and what a wonderful home it would make for the mAP, get creative and run a rubber ducky antenna up the handle, 😉

keep up the good work Greg.

Cheers
August 15, 2017

Greg

@Cory You beautiful bastard. It’s been ages good sir. I’m still riding longboards thanks to you 😉 heh. It’s harder to imagine what you couldn’t put one of these into…that or a mAP lite!
August 22, 2017

Wayne Hancock

Dude, so jealous!! That is a awesome conversion!
August 22, 2017

Greg

@Wayne Thanks, it was a fun to turn my brain off for 30 minutes or so 😛

The Ataritik – A Mikrotik HapMini In An Atari Cart

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