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In article <kennehra.724560313@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> ,
kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan) writes:
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>Hi.  I opened up one of my atari 2600 games, and instead of a regular
>chip inside, there was this small plastic glob where the ROM chip    
>should be!!!!   what is this?                                    

I think you will find that the chip is bonded directly to the PC board,
and is not packaged in a DIL pack with pins. The PCB tracks are then bonded 
to the chip with very thin wires (like those used to bond the chip to the
package in a DIL packaged device) and the whole thing is protected by a
glob of epoxy to keep out contaminants, fingers etc. This method is often
used in cheap calculators, watches etc. to save space and money.

Graeme Chester
Obsessive dismantler of gizmos