Cartridge PCBs similar to the ones made by Atari

[lbaeza]

Hi

 

While researching on cartridges, I noticed that Synapse carts PCBs have the same dimensions as the ones made by Atari, and these can be exchanged.

On the attached picture, on the left you can see a Synapse cartridge PCB, and on the right, an Atari BASIC PCB.

Do you know any other companies that used cartridge PCBs with the same dimensions as the Atari PCBs?

 

Kind regards,

 

Luis.

[mimo]

Gebelli?

[xrbrevin]

16 hours ago, lbaeza said:

same dimensions

the pixels past cart uses the same dimensions but it is not commercially produced, instead it is hobbyist/homebrew spec:

http://www.grandideastudio.com/pixels-past/

[Wilheim]

I have made some designs compatible with Atari standard dimensions, for homebrew projects.

[+David_P]

Pixels Past boards can be ordered from OSH Park.

 

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/YreZRvio

 

 

[xrbrevin]

oshpark is expensive, JLCPCB is much better value for quantity and price

[lbaeza]

Thorn Emi cartridge PCBs are similar to the ones made by Atari. Pictured are Orc Attack and BASIC boards.

 

Kind regards,

 

Luis.

 

Edited November 4, 2020 by lbaeza

[mimo]

 

 

just found a photo of my Gebelli Firebird cart

[lbaeza]

Hi Mimo

Thanks for sharing your cart picture.

But I can see it is different than the Atari BASIC cart, it is missing the center hole.

Kind regards,

 

Luis.

[mimo]

Indeed it is, but thought I should post the picture to prove that I was wrong 😁

[xrbrevin]

it uses a regular 4k EPROM so it could likely work with any burned .bin/.rom 4k file

also has thru-holes for another EPROM in parallel - just like the Atari brown carts - perhaps to do 8k files?