[Coco] really dumb cartridge question

[Salvador Garcia]

Robert: Maybe take two pics with each orientation and have people that know select which one is the correct one?
Salvador


      From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 4:50 PM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] really dumb cartridge question
   
Robert Hermanek wrote:
> So I have an old game cart here that my kids liked to play. Eventually the
> little circuit board inside broke free of its mounts and the play was over.  I
> opened it up today and saw that oh, I could probably just superglue the mounting
> posts and put it back together.  So I glued.
>
> But I forgot to look before I removed the screws from the circuit board:  which
> way was it mounted in there, or more simply, which way is up?  All these game
> carts are is a little board with a round "bump" on one side that no doubt
> contains whatever ROM gizmo is required.  The 37/38 pins are marked on the
> board, but I don't know if these correspond to whatever numbering was used on
> coco side. So, imagine me putting this thing back in the cart and plugging it
> in:  my two options are:
>
> a)  Mount the board with the "bump" on top of board facing top of cart case,
> meaning their labelled pins 37/38 would be toward the front of the coco
>
> b)  Mount the board with the "bump" underneath, so facing the desk my coco is
> on, meaning their labelled pins 37/38 would be toward the back of the coco
>
> Obviously option c) would have been look at the dumb thing before you take it
> apart.
>
> Thanks
> -RobertH
>

Robert,

Your description is not very clear so let's forget about that. :)

Mount your circuit board so that the IC is not showing when you screw it to the 
cover. When installed, the IC should be on the top half of the case where the 
screw is that holds the two halves together.

Robert


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