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DrArcade
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Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update
05/14/12 08:39 PM


> There are two sizes, the mini cassettes are the most common and the regular sized
> ones are only for the older games. I think those old games were re-released on the
> mini size as well.
>
> The dongles are filled with epoxy to keep people from looking at the circuit board.
> Once it's removed there's a bunch of TTL chips (buffers, counters, logic gates) and
> the odd PROM or EPROM. Some dongles have internal jumpers that were set up prior to
> being encased in epoxy. That's about it.

Thank you for the information!. I assume there was some sort of upgrade kit available for those with the larger/older tape drives at some point?

Mr. CAST







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* DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator 05/12/12 05:44 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update DrArcade  05/13/12 12:51 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update R. Belmont  05/13/12 04:14 AM
. * Thanks! DrArcade  05/14/12 07:34 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/13/12 02:01 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update DrArcade  05/14/12 07:39 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update Charles MacDonald  05/14/12 07:48 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update DrArcade  05/14/12 08:39 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/14/12 07:46 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update DrArcade  05/14/12 08:36 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/14/12 08:56 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update nikolaos1960  05/15/12 08:46 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/15/12 08:53 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update nikolaos1960  05/16/12 05:28 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update Kale  05/24/12 12:28 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update AeroCityMayor  05/24/12 08:33 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update greybeard  05/12/12 11:15 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/13/12 01:59 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update nikolaos1960  05/12/12 01:23 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/12/12 02:10 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update nikolaos1960  05/12/12 10:46 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/13/12 01:59 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update greybeard  05/14/12 02:37 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update Naoki  05/14/12 04:17 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update nikolaos1960  05/13/12 10:55 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update CTOJAH  05/12/12 01:54 PM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update B2K24  05/12/12 07:46 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update fortuna_chan  05/12/12 06:46 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update joey35car  05/12/12 05:47 AM
. * Re: DU Update: Deco Cassette Update SmitdoggAdministrator  05/12/12 05:49 AM

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