Atari 7800 troubleshooting and repair

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Trying to fix the Atari 7800 sent over by Visi from the Netherlands. This turned out to be quite the troubleshooting journey.

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7800 schematics: https://atariage.com/7800/archives/sc...
7800 troubleshooting guide and theory of ops: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/216...
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0:00 Intro
3:10 Power on behaviour
6:12 Board inspection
10:26 The other 7800
13:26 ROMs
19:31 Jumpers
23:34 Cartridge selection logic
29:05 Chip select oddity
32:20 It's what?
36:28 Repair or replace?
38:56 Fixed, almost...
40:41 Fixed, really!
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