[Coco] I am a dirty coward. Give me courage.

[Brendan Donahe]

A long time ago, I just used scotch (cellophane) tape to cover the pin of
various cartridges I wanted to dump.  After removing it, I didn't have any
significant trouble cleaning the contacts (and my cartridges and cartridge
slots still work), but your mileage may vary.

Brendan

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Juan Castro <jccyc1965 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If they're blobs, there's not much else I can do, is there? Oh... dump
> them, yeah.
>
> http://aaronwolfe.com/robert.gault/Coco/Unpublished/CART2RAM.html
>
> Yuck. Suggestions on what could I cover that pin with that won't risk
> smearing the cart slot with unwanted substances?
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com>
> wrote:
> > Oh yes, absolutely if that is your intention.  I thought you were
> wanting to experiment with the PCB itself.
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Juan Castro <jccyc1965 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ...but I'll still be able to put a replacement PCB in, right?
> >>
> >> (Come on, call the Inquisition now. I... expect it. HAH!)
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Hey Juan,
> >>>
> >>> What you are doing is considered sacrilege! :)
> >>>
> >>> You'll find that once you tear into the cartridge (yes, it takes some
> force to separate the two halves once the screw is removed), it will likely
> not have a 24 or 28 pin ROM socket, but a tiny epoxy blob which will make
> your experimenting a bit more interesting.
> >>>
> >>> The cartridges that tend to have the 28 pin ROMs are the newer CoCo 3
> carts like Shanghai and Thexder.  Before you take a cart apart, pull back
> the card edge cover at the bottom of the cart and hold it to a strong
> light, then peek on the inside top of the motherboard.  If you see a tiny
> black blob, you know it's not the cartridge board with the  PROM, so it's
> probably best to leave it be.
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Juan Castro <jccyc1965 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I bought a bunch of cartridges like this one:
> http://i.imgur.com/dkWPr.jpg
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to open them up to maybe play with ROM replacing, but after
> >>>> taking off the screw the two halves seem to feel no inclination to
> >>>> come apart gently. I don't want to break them. What's the best way to
> >>>> do this?
> >>>>
> >>>> By the way, all of them work and I want to save the ROMs for
> >>>> posterity. There's a Space Invaders-like game, an AstroBlaster-like
> >>>> game, this one (Bust Out), a simple math game, and a... spreadsheet!
> >>>>
> >>>> Juan
> >>>>
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