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ST CARTRIDGE HOLDER
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by Ken Brick
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Everyone that owns an Atari ST and a plug in cartridge such as a Spectre
GCR has a problem with the cartridge. It always is in danger of being
knocked out by an accidental movement of your hand or the machine
itself. When that happens, you just hold your breath and wonder how
many dollars it's going to cost to repair this time. Most of the time
you make out and nothing happens, but I couldn't stand the suspense.
I wanted to figure out a way to hold this cartridge in its slot much
more securely. What came out of my brainstorming session was simple,
cheap, and effective. (sounds impossible I know). What you'll need is 2
mating pieces of velcro (one hooks and one loops) about 6 inches each.
One of them (either one) needs to be sticky backed and the other plain
backed. Try a fabric shop for these.
Here's how it works. Unplug your ST's power cord, and with your
cartridge device still plugged in, turn it over, back side up. Cut the
sticky backed velcro into 4 pieces about 1.5" each. Stick 4 pieces on,
two on the cartridge and two on the ST. Then take the velcro of the
opposite non-sticky gender and cut 2 pieces that are long enough to go
across the separation between your cartridge and ST and stick onto 2
opposing pieces of velcro you had stuck on previously. Repeat the
process with the remaining two pieces of velcro and you are done.
The velcro prevents the cartridge from being pulled out of the slot
without first removing the velcro. This is a very effective idea that
even makes it difficult to remove the cartridge when I want to. The
velcro is that tenacious. Try this, it will make you feel better about
those hanging cartridges.
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