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    I doubt it would melt, those carts can take quite a bit of heat before melting.  Take it from someone who has removed labels from thousands of carts via heating them up with a heat gun.  :)  I'd also like to see a Firewire HD Atari 2600 carts--I suggested this in another thread several weeks ago.  I may even have a spare laptop drive I'm not using.  I'd just need the FW bridge hardware. 

    ..Al

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    Damn, I've got 4 extra carts from the auction that got me the Pac-Man. Wish I had a need for one of those, cause I'd love to try it. :)

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    I'd like to know if a laptop size hard drive could be added to an Atari cart shell, with a FireWire bridge inside. I don't have the skill to do something like that, unfortunately.

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    You'd be surprised what you can do with a Dremel and some glue. :)

     

    If the drive and bridge can fit, then it's doable. However I wonder if the cart will melt while you use it. :)

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    Also, does the cart weigh down the USB connector at all(does it bend)?

    Corey

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    I'm not sure what you mean Corey. In what way do you think the cart might make the drive bend?

     

    Either way, everything's just one solid piece now and extremely light.

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    Because of the extra weight on the USB drive, does the cart make it bend at all when plugged into the computer, possibly making the contact loose?

     

    Corey

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    Ah I see what you're saying. Nope, the cartridge barely adds any weight. Especially with the game chip removed. The amount of weight added is so little, and so evenly distributed, that it doesn't put pressure on the connection.

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    Thanks guys. :)

     

    I basically tore off, carefully, as much of the original Pac-Man labels as I could. Then I used Goo Gone and some paper towels to remove all the sticky remains.

     

    After unscrewing the cart and prying it open, I see there's 3 pieces inside. The game chip, some small black piece that went flying out that I have no idea where it goes :), and the big black piece that you see when looking in the opening fo the cart. That big black piece, the think that normally pushes in and out when you insert the cart to a 2600, is essential.

     

    The whole thing works without that piece, but if you looked at it from the opening, you'd see the whole ugly inside of the cartridge. I wanted to make it look as "stock" as I could.

     

    So I tore off a piece of masking tape, stuck it to my desk and traced the oval of the cap onto it with pencil. I cut it out and stuck it to the center of the black piece. Making sure to leave enough room above and below. There's a lip on the top and bottom of the black piece that I didn't want to cut into. I wanted the drive to hover in between. Thankfully it fit in there. I used a PNY Attache.

     

    I Dremel'd the hole out (kinda rough looking so that's why I didn't post a pic :) ). And placed the piece back in the cartridge. The drive goes back perfectly enough where it's back end touches the cart's center screw hole housing.

     

    I centered it up and then mixed some 2-part epoxy you can find at any Home Depot. The stuff in the big plastic syringe.

     

    I applied a layer to the underside of the black piece and placed it into the cart. I centered the drive again, cause it will twist from right to left, and then applied some epoxy to the back end so it sticks to the center screw housing. Making it completely stable.

     

    Making sure everything looks good, I just let it cure for 24 hours, snapped the top on, and applied the labels.

     

    By tracing the cap, the hole has enough room for the cap to be used on the end of the drive. Also, if you do this, make sure you set the drive in the proper direction. In PNY's case, the "Attache" logo should face "up" towards the label side of the cartridge. That way when inserting it, you get maximum label visibility. Since USB drives go in only one way :)

     

    All pretty simple stuff, and as you play with the pieces you'll see exactly what my ramblings mean. :)

     

    Also, does the cart weigh down the USB connector at all(does it bend)?

    Corey

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    I'm not sure what you mean Corey. In what way do you think the cart might make the drive bend?

     

    Either way, everything's just one solid piece now and extremely light.

  6. Posted

    Let me know when you receive the labels and what you think of them.  For those interested in the thread, when printing the original that was posted came out grainy, I ended up scanning in a manual cover that I had, modified it to remove the Atari Logo and CX information at the bottom.  I then used the AtariAge fonts to recreate the rest of the car excluding the Atari logo.

     

    Well I got the labels and they are fantastic. Much better job than I did. That manual was the key. Over time the cartridge did age to where it got all grainy, but I didn't realize the extreme color loss. Side by side, the labels you made are obviously top notch and the colors are nice and vibrant. Thanks again for everything!

  9. Posted

    I don't know if you heard of that guy a while back putting a USB flash drive inside an old 2600 cart, but I am planning on doing that myself. Instead of a custom label, I wanted it in a vintage Pac-Man cartridge. After getting my eBay purchase I realized that I need to get under the label to get the damn cart open!

     

    So I scanned it in and touched it up to look as brand new as I could possibly make it. And from a post on this board I found 8bitclassics, which I am using to make new labels for when i'm done.

     

    So I though i'd post a link to those files here and share them with anyone else who might be interested. :)

     

    www.blueharvestcds.com/pacman2600

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