Re: Question about blackened edge connectors...

From: Kurt Mahan <kmahan_at_xmission.com>
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 10:49:46 EDT

> > Don't forget the other fun feature -- the contacts burn and all the
> current
> > flows through the sense lines. And then the sense resistor on the the
> > AR board burns up. Annoying.
>
> Why don't people just disable the sense ?
>
> This way, the edge connector wont burn up damaging the edge foils..

Well, I do get around to disabling the sense lines. usually right after
I fix the burned up stuff... *grrr* Each time I do it I make a mental
note to go work on the other Atari games and take care of this problem
BEFORE they burn up.. And promptly get sidetracked and don't do it.

Kurt
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Received on Thu Aug 23 07:49:33 2001

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