[Coco] really dumb cartridge question

[Barry Nelson]

When plugged in to the CoCo cartridge port, with or without a case, the bump should be facing upwards.

> Robert Hermanek rhermanek at centurytel.net  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20really%20dumb%20cartridge%20question&In-Reply-To=%3C08899be7-515c-4f7a-b05c-13c0e8c5f013%40centurytel.net%3E>
> Wed Oct 26 17:38:32 EDT 2016
> So I have an old game cart here that my kids liked to play. Eventually 
> the little circuit board inside broke free of its mounts and the play 
> was over.  I opened it up today and saw that oh, I could probably just 
> superglue the mounting posts and put it back together.  So I glued.
> 
> But I forgot to look before I removed the screws from the circuit 
> board:  which way was it mounted in there, or more simply, which way is 
> up?  All these game carts are is a little board with a round "bump" on 
> one side that no doubt contains whatever ROM gizmo is required.  The 
> 37/38 pins are marked on the board, but I don't know if these correspond 
> to whatever numbering was used on coco side. So, imagine me putting this 
> thing back in the cart and plugging it in:  my two options are:
> 
> a)  Mount the board with the "bump" on top of board facing top of cart 
> case, meaning their labelled pins 37/38 would be toward the front of the 
> coco
> 
> b)  Mount the board with the "bump" underneath, so facing the desk my 
> coco is on, meaning their labelled pins 37/38 would be toward the back 
> of the coco
> 
> Obviously option c) would have been look at the dumb thing before you 
> take it apart.
> 
> Thanks
> -RobertH