Consumer
Product
Service
VCS
Manager
of
Technical
Support
ATARI"
SER
ICE
BULLETIN
PROBLEM
Compatability problems between the
cable
and connectors linking
2600 Mother Board
to
the switch board.
CAUSE
,
MODEL:
2600 Video Computer System
Two
types
of 12-conductor cable assemblies have been
used
on
Model 2600 units:
DATE:DEC
9,
1981
"
A
flat-wire type cable, with
female
connector (see Figure
8-11 which plugs into
a
male
12-pin in-line connector on
the switch board.
"
A
ribbon cable with a male connector which plugs into a
female, 12-pin in-line socket on the switch board.
Figure 8-1. Flat-wire
Type Cable
SOLUTION
When
a
defect
.is
fcund
in
the
flat-wire type cable assembly
or
its
male connector on the switch board, the flat-wire cable
assembly should
be
replaced with the ribbon cable assembly (part
number C012776) and the 12-pin male switch board connector should
be
replaced with the 12-pin female switch board socket (part
number C014778-03).
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