RE: [personal] [stella] Poor man's cart dumper

Subject: RE: [personal] [stella] Poor man's cart dumper
From: Adam Wozniak <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:18:56 -0400
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Dan Boris wrote:
> Cool idea, but I would mention a note of caution. It can be harmful to
> the cartridge to remove it while the system is powered on. The reason
> this can be a problem (this is not specific to the 2600, but with any
> electronic device not designed to be hot pluggable), is that if input
> signals get applied before ground, you can end up with current flow
> through paths inside the chip where it might not be designed to flow
> which can damage the chip. 2600 carts seem pretty rugged, so the damage
> is unlikely, but it's always possible.

Given we'd be making new carts for this one, it should be possible to make
the power pins a little longer than the others (or, if you prefer, all the
others a little shorter than the power pins).

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