The Ataritik – A Mikrotik HapMini In An Atari Cart
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 🙂
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
@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!
Dude, so jealous!! That is a awesome conversion!
@Wayne Thanks, it was a fun to turn my brain off for 30 minutes or so 😛