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1.3 Plugging the freezer in

electronic in one hand and the adapter board in the other hand. Then place the module

carefully on the board but do not press it and check from all sides that the pins are aligned

correctly. Now connect the module with the adapter board using ﬁrm pressure. This

works best if you turn the freezer upside down. Use the ﬁngers of both hands to hold the

module on the left and right side and then press the adapter board ﬁrmly in from the

bottom with your thumbs.

After plugging the module in you should verify that all pins are completely inserted

in the female connectors. If there are pins overlapping on one side, the module with the

freezer electronic must be unplugged and must be plugged in again with correct alignment.

If the pins are not completely inserted into the female connectors you should ﬁrmly press

until no part of the pins can be seen anymore.

1.2.3 Disconnecting the freezer electronic from the adapter board

First the Atari must be switched oﬀ and the freezer must be detached from the PBI or

ECI port. The freezer electronic and the adapter board are quite tightly connected via the

50 pin connectors.

You must never use too much force or perform abrupt moves

otherwise the pins may break and the freezer can be destroyed.

The following procedure works best: Lift the freezer module with the thumb by pushing

the left and the right edge of the freezer module in the middle between the two multi-pin

connectors. Lift it step by step carefully by 0

5 up to at most 1 mm on one side and then

on the other side. Make sure to pull out the contacts equally on the left and right edge as

well as in the front and the back row.

After about 2 mm the female connectors lose their grip. Now you have to proceed with

special precaution because otherwise the pins will be bent easily. After about 5 mm you

are done and the freezer electronic is disconnected from the adapter board.

1.3 Plugging the freezer in

1.3.1 Atari 600 XL (at least 64k RAM) and Atari 800 XL

Remove the snapped in PBI plastic cover, bend the metal shielding carefully away a little

bit with your ﬁngers and attach the freezer without using force.

If the PBI has a 5V power supply (see section 1.1), the connec-

tion to the joystick port can be omitted. If the power supply is not

available on the PBI, the power supply wire must be connected to

pin 7 of the joystick port 2. Pin 7 is marked in the ﬁgure on the

right.

Caution:

The power supply wire must never be disconnected while the Atari is switched

on, otherwise the Atari and/or the freezer can be damaged. If the power supply wire is

disconnected accidentally, the Atari must be switched oﬀ immediately.

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