Subject: RE: [personal] [stella] Poor man's cart dumper From: Adam Wozniak <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:18:56 -0400 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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). - -- adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://cuddlepuddle.org/~adam KG6GZR http://cuddlepuddle.org/~adam/resume.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAVoCyvXf5Z0z5zERAresAJ9NN/tZ/CxYSc5Gsv8h64yXahwxbACfe/4I spTTb96LiOeK7C181tyTd84= =DpUs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://stella.biglist.com
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