XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   Picked up a few carts over the weekend...and yes, I know it's   
   beyond-moronic to buy games when one is unemployed...but you know how it   
   goes when you find a Genesis game you don't own, at a price you can't   
   believe.   
      
   Out of the carts, one just simply wouldn't work. Starting from the   
   beginning, let me say that I clean *every* cart-based game before   
   slamming it in to any given system. Now, once I've cleaned them(and   
   they've dried) I generally just go with it...I don't really examine them   
   that closely unless they just simply don't work. The few times that I've   
   had a cart not work...it's been the same issue: Rust on the contacts.   
      
   The killer is that I don't notice this until *after* I've slammed it in   
   to the system...which leads me to another question I have. Here we go:   
      
   1. Is there anything that can be done about a cart with rust on the   
   contacts? Are there any rust removers that could be used that *wouldn't*   
   harm the rom chip/contacts or the system that it's being inserted in to?   
      
   2. Can inserting rusty carts in to a system lead to the system's cart   
   slot beginning to rust? I guess what the real question is, can rust   
   chips produce more rust on their own, or is it more of an age issue,   
   where the metal begins to wear down and give way to rust?   
      
   3. Assuming that a system's cart slot begins to rust, can it just simply   
   be replaced...or does the entire board have to be replaced?   
      
   Man, I hate rust...   
      
   Bel   
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