ROM Cartridges. Lifespan, and other tidbits
Swift Griggs
swiftgriggs at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 09:53:47 CDT 2016
Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
format: the cart.
How long will they last?
Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
Are some better than others in terms of longevity?
Can they be refurbished ?
Remember when folks would publish apps on carts to enhance the copy
protection ?
Remember the ones like Starfox for the SNES that had coprocessors embedded
on them? Those were neat.
Seen the crazy prices for rare Neo Geo carts? $400 bucks for "Twinkle Star
Sprites" ? Sure!
I have some 90's consoles in my collection and I fondly remember a few
systems that took carts that family and friends owned back in the 80's and
90's. I thought the Colecovision Adam was awesome. My cousin had one and I
was so jealous. The C64, 80's 8bit Atari PCs, the IBM PC Jr, and others all
had cartridge ports, too.
-Swift
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