New Project: Uni-Cart

[Cassidy Nolen]

Hi all,

 

This is sort of a fun project. I have a whole lot of ROMS laying around (mostly pac man and Space Invaders) after making myself some other carts, so I thought it might be neat to make a cart to use them in. I got a Zero Insertion Force socket and soldered it in place of a rom. I am currently cutting a whole in the front of the cart, so you can access the rom. Then, I plan on doing a label (hey, I paid for that type font, by golly I am going to use it!) and have a Uni-Cart.

 

It only works with ROMS, but I could easily make one that works with EPROMS. I am using liquid nails and hot glue (hot glue for positioning and LN for strength).

 

Just thought I would toss that idea out. Never know what someone might be inspired to do with it next.

 

Cassidy

[Cassidy Nolen]

Ok, its done.

http://www.atarionline.com/unicart.jpg

 

Here is the label if you are interested. The space in the center is where the socket comes through the front of the cartride so you can change the game. Looks neat and works great. Much better than throwing away the chips, and somewhat justifies having them.

 

On a side note, I bought a test board from ebay about 6 months ago, and it had a ROM that said FINAL TEST PULL. I tried it in there, and it turned out to be Asteroids; not worth much, but still neat.

 

Cassidy

[Junie]

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Originally posted by Cassidy:

Then, I plan on doing a label (hey, I paid for that type font, by golly I am going to use it!) and have a Uni-Cart.

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Where can I find out more about the Font? I have a program that allows me to create Windows Fonts easy enough, but I don't want to waste the time to create two images of every key

 

That is a interesting topic, what to do with the good ROM's when you need the case. I did get a few ideas from your original idea

 

But as most things, I will have to write it down and experiment with it later. I have so many current projects now I don't have time to do any more. Which I guess is a good thing

[Cassidy Nolen]

At the hazard of giving away my secret weapon....www.myfonts.com is the place to buy fonts. They are easy to install, I had never done one before. My font is not a perfect match, but it is perfect on 20 of the 30 or so charachters, and the other 10 are passable. The Atari font is a Bauhaus derivative, not sure which one exactly.

 

HTH,

Cassidy