adding a cart slot

NESBest · Post by **NESBest** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:18 pm

hey i got a radica from a flea market in the summer, and i'd like to make a portable out of it sumtime this year, so i figured i might as well start by doing the cartridge connector. im just wondering, if i have to remove the rom chip, i'd prefer not to so i could also use the built in games, neone know where u'd wire a switch or something. also i looked at the diagram for adding a cart slot but its pretty much totally confuzing me, if anyone has pictures of theres or something or ne tips, i'd apreciate it a lot, thanks

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:38 pm

This isnt IM so please spell your words out. But anyway you shouldn't need a switch. If there isn't a cart in, it will automatically load the built in games. But if that wouldn't work, you would need to cut off the ground with a switch. As for actually wiring the cart slot, what part in particullar are you having trouble with?

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:53 pm

Dude not completly true. Noacs disable games when cartridge is in. But like you said switch inbetween ground should do the trick.

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:40 pm

I used to have a powerjoy NOAC and it switched between carts and built in games automaticly, but maybe it is different in this case.

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:53 pm

Dude we are talking bout radica's here!

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:57 pm

Dude did you read your last post!?

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:00 pm

Ya. I meant that it was noacs that switch when games are inserted. That's not the case with radica's.

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:04 pm

oh.....my bad.....

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:32 pm

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Actually, this is really tedious work, because it's almost impossible to get on or two legs removed completely from the board. I would remove the whole thing if I were you. If you are a good solderer, then try it, but it didn't work for me.

NESBest · Post by **NESBest** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:39 pm

im having trouble visualizing how each point on the board corresponds with each pin on the cart connector, anyone have pictures? or a simple diagram maybe?

iX NES Xi · Post by **iX NES Xi** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:03 pm

what radica do u plan on using

dman762000 · Post by **dman762000** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:08 pm

the advice I can give you is to leave the rom on cause when you remove it you will probablly rip some traces on the board, take your time and solder the wires to the solder points on the sides of the rom and by the way when I wired mine up it did work that the cart disabled the rom. hopefully within the next couple of weeks I will be able to put up a how to on this if my bondo ever does right.

NESBest · Post by **NESBest** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:26 pm

thanks a lot for the advice, do u think u could send me a picture of the slot wired?