Re: [stella] EPROMs

Subject: Re: [stella] EPROMs
From: "nj bloodline" <njbl00dline@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:01:41 -0400
Not true, hehe.. I fryed an Atari in less than a minute once.. well atleast
the power supply.. I tried to add a rapid fire button to a joystick and
within seconds of testing it the power supply fried.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Slocum" <paul-slocum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: [stella] EPROMs


>
> >If I were dealing with modern PC hardware, I'd just take the `try it and
> >buy another if you fry it' approach (aka `learning by burning'), but 2600
> >consoles are getting hard to come by these days, so I'll the people who
> >know...
>
> I've done a lot of bad things to my console, and it still works
> fine.  Inserted cartridge boards upside down, installed EPROMS backwards,
> crossed address lines, shorted out power, etc.  Takes a lot to fry a 2600.
>
> -Paul
>
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