Reassembling an Atari cartridge

[Andrew Burton]

"Note the orientation"?

If I were you I'd video it or get some to take pictures at various stages. Atleast that way we can see inside the cartridge too :)


Regards,
Andrew B
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dwight elvey <dkelvey at hotmail.com> wrote: 



> From: dbetz at xlisper.com
>
> 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

Hi
 Take another cartridge apart but this time note the orientation.
Dwight