Reassembling an Atari cartridge

David Betz dbetz at xlisper.com
Fri Mar 7 09:40:05 CST 2008


Well, I did something really stupid this time. I had an old Atari 800  
cartridge that had lost its label. I figured that maybe something  
inside would tell me what kind of cartridge it was so I took it apart.  
First, there was no marking on the PC board that gave any clue as to  
what cartridge it was. But worse, I didn't pay enough attention to the  
original orientation of the PC board inside the plastic housing so I  
don't know how to put it together again. The circuit board has a big  
blob of glue on the top of what I assume is a ROM chip. Does that side  
of the PC board face the side of the plastic housing with the screw or  
the other side? To make matters worse, I *found* the label for the  
cartridge at the bottom of my box of old Atari stuff so I didn't  
really need to take the cartridge apart after all. Can anyone give me  
some advice about how to reassemble the cartridge with the circuit  
board in the correct orientation?

Thanks!
David


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