suspicious_milk Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 The 2600+ can hotswap carts. You're welcome 😜 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Habit. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eCockpit89 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 56 minutes ago, suspicious_milk said: The 2600+ can hotswap carts. You're welcome 😜 It can?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_from_the_80s Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Felt weird at first but now I don't even think about it. Much faster than loading from boot-up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_1970 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I see no need to dispense with tradition! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradyblix Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 2 hours ago, eCockpit89 said: It can?! Yeah it can until you start involving the 7800 carts and then eventually it'll get stuck not reading after it fails to read one of those 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I don't know - I guess I'm so used to Windows; sooner or later you know the software will go wonky without frequent restarts... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifidude79 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Yeah, that was one of the first things I tried on mine. It saves time when you're testing multiple cartridges to see what will run and what won't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_1970 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Don’t come crying to me when you brick your machine 😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 I have found that hot swapping doesn't work nearly as well as resetting, in most of the cases where a cart "wouldn't play" all I needed to do to fix it was turn the console off then back on rather than hot swap. Didn't even need to reseat the cart. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluxit Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 A potential problem with hot swapping is the edge connector isn't really designed for that use. As a result, sucess or failure when inserting a cart may depend on the 'technique' of the person doing the hot swapping. For example: Are they too slow with their insertion, causing the 2600+ to start dumping the cart before the contacts have settled? Are they not removing their hand from the cart immediately after insertion, leading to the cart not making even contact with the edge connector when dumping begins? Do they tend to readjust the cart after insertion, or leave it alone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysticSword Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) @Mockduck Same here. So far in what I've tried, sometimes hot-swapping works fine, other times it doesn't and then requires flipping the power switch off then on. My preference is to not do hot-swapping but rather do it the 'old way' of having the power switch set to Off, insert a cartridge then flip power switch to On. Seems to work good and consistent for me compared to the hot-swapping. Edited December 10, 2023 by MysticSword Added another sentence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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