lbaeza Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Gebelli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilheim Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I have made some designs compatible with Atari standard dimensions, for homebrew projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Pixels Past boards can be ordered from OSH Park. https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/YreZRvio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 oshpark is expensive, JLCPCB is much better value for quantity and price 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 just found a photo of my Gebelli Firebird cart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Indeed it is, but thought I should post the picture to prove that I was wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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