Pole Position Test Switcher?'s Also Interconnect Board w/pics
Okay in one of my other threads I smoked a couple of pole position boards. I know I smoked the two ar2-1's. I also smoked at least one of the main boards. I don't see any damage on cpu board or the video.
My intent is to test the pole boards with out the ar2's. Hear are some snaps of where im at.
http://www.mrsalvage.com/3_Atari_Pole_Positions/Switcher/
1) The interconnect board between the cpu and vid. Can it be put in backwards/upside down and still work. The only difference I see on the interconnect board is a B on one end. This worries me...
2) If I have read up correct I can disconnect all the plugs except J5 (the 15 pin on the brick). Then hook up +5 and Grd on both boards with the switcher.
3) Will I still be able to power my monitor on like this? You see it doesn't say if I should plug in both the switcher and the brick at the same time. Or should I leave the brick unplugged? It seems to me that both would need to be plugged in.
Again all I want to do is fire up the boards with no ar2's... What is the safest way to do this?
Okay in one of my other threads I smoked a couple of pole position boards. I know I smoked the two ar2-1's. I also smoked at least one of the main boards. I don't see any damage on cpu board or the video.
My intent is to test the pole boards with out the ar2's. Hear are some snaps of where im at.
http://www.mrsalvage.com/3_Atari_Pole_Positions/Switcher/
1) The interconnect board between the cpu and vid. Can it be put in backwards/upside down and still work. The only difference I see on the interconnect board is a B on one end. This worries me...
2) If I have read up correct I can disconnect all the plugs except J5 (the 15 pin on the brick). Then hook up +5 and Grd on both boards with the switcher.
3) Will I still be able to power my monitor on like this? You see it doesn't say if I should plug in both the switcher and the brick at the same time. Or should I leave the brick unplugged? It seems to me that both would need to be plugged in.
Again all I want to do is fire up the boards with no ar2's... What is the safest way to do this?
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