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this particular cart I was planning to use double sided tape ... specifically the tape that cam with cold weather window film it happens to be about the exact width of an end label the origonal glue on the face label still seemed pretty useable (picured varient of aeroids) next time I probably would only peel enough to access the screw 3M also makes a spray-on adhesive I dunno if theres a roll-on type adhesive but again this cart is for me to practice on ... I was typing & thinking when you posted this ... it seems to be what might be the deal again I have crude equipment & probably cruder skills at this point ... what would be some good birthday gift ideas I could give to my family ? warming table? temperature controlled soldering iron ? techniques on reflowing solder may be helpful if I don't respong to this thread in a couple days ... I probably burned down the house & in the hospital horizontal stripes ... prolly more like a corrupted referee is the color set correctly on your console & your TV ... I hooked my latest heavy-sixer up to my 55" rear-projection TV & split it to my old 19" & discoverd having it on a "movie or sports" setting affeted the colors greatly .... I did have to adjust the pot inside the console as well .... but first needed to get TV right (Pitfall 1 was one of the carts I used to see if colors looked right.

I have already a replacement for Asteroids ... and it very common , so that's the one I experimented with . ... still no luck with it ... cleaned with 91% alcohol a few time before ... did again to no avail (q-tip wasn't soiled) this is the first cart I had ever taken apart .... almost got entire front label off with out messing it up ( DOH! ) cleaned contacts with a high polymer white eraser ... put in console EPROM up as it would be in the cart , same thing I noticed the PCB has holes with solder in them to switch sides of card ... from the EPROM toward the contacts that go into the console ... there is a row of 6 holes , some have more solder in them than others ... next row has 5 & last has 2 .... BOTH rows have no solder in them. this particular cart I know was stored in an unventilated attic for a good number of years (15 or 20 + ) the main reason for this post is the $18.00 I payed for a cib I was hoping to give to my niece of "Steeplechase" should I try re-flowing the solder in the holes that have solder ? do I fill the holes with solder that doesn't have solder? do I put a continuity meter from each contact to a point in the EPROM ? ... I only have a butane soldering iron & not any kind of fancy one ... to bad Pitfall Harries strips didn't come .... did he look more like a fugitive or a mime ? in YARs Revenge I believe "ITARATARI" is the code used to create the force-field in a normal (good thing the programmer didn't use something obscene !!!

not long ago I came across my first dead atari cart. it was "Space Shuttle" after reading missing manual here in AA & making a crude overlay the game would seem to start then messing with the various console switches if I just graze the cart as it's in the console , it's like I pulled the cart completely out & get a bad screen & tone (zig-zaggy horizintal lines) that was really a first try for that cart. immediately, after that one I tried a game I've played before went bad .... Asteroids that cart I get the score & the space ships & music , but no rocks to shoot at. I tried cleaning the carts with 91% alcohol , I tried cleaning my Vader unit cartridge slot (cloth wrapped around credit card) today I got in the mail "Steeplechase" the PCB pins on it look brand new as it came "cib" all I get is a black screen on this one a few times I'll get two vertical green lines ... did the first bad cart do something to damage both consoles ? ... what goes wrong with them ?

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