Jones produced this disc . Goin'
places- right down the road to solid
gold! (B-Pop) (A-R&B)
Don't Look Back-Boston-Epic
8-50590
This band has it all-experience, a
following, and TALENT . In true
Boston fashion they're not lookin'
back on their previous successes and
are just aimin' straight ahead with
some dynamite rock 'n' roll. Excel-
lent harmonies and powerful guitars
highlight this gutsy number from a
group that has been, let's say,
overd ue. (A-Pop)
Right Down The Line -Gerry Raf-
ferty - United Artists UA-X1233-Y
Fresh on the heels of "Baker
Street ," the ex-Stealer's Wheel-er is
back again. It 's sort of a love song
and is a definite example of the
Beatles influence which abounded in
his music when he was with Stealer's
Wheel. Easy and flowing, not quite
as electric as his previous effort,
making it a sure shot to cross over to
Adult MOR Radio . The vocals are
irresistable . This along with the lyric
should make it very popular with the
ladies. (A-Pop) (A-MOR)
Back In The U.S.A.-Linda Ron-
stadt- ASYLUM E-45519-A
What does a new album , a fresh
haircut (oh, Linda you didn't) , and a
Chuck Berry classic rocker add up
to? Another hit for the prettiest thing
in music today! It's true to form, rock
'n' roll wise, and Linda's vocals fit so
perfectly . It moves tough . You won't
be able to resist a little jitter-bugging, I
guarantee it. (A-Pop)
Mind Blowing Deci<>ions- Heat-
wave - Epic 8-50586
From the platinum "Central Heat-
ing" album, soulful Heatwave is back
in the Always and Forever genre .
Breezy and jazzy best describe it, but
how it's gonna sell is a bit hazy. The
lyrics are corny in spots . Besides , the
Spinners have been recording in this
vocal style with only spotty success
recently . The arrangement is good ,
but I just don 't know . (A-R&B)
(B-Pop)
WORTH A LISTEN
Fish and Whistle-John Prine-
Asylum
Can't Get No Booty-Stephen
Stills-Columbia
Don't Stop, Get Off- The Sylvers-
Casablanca
You- The McCrarys-Portrait
A Rock and RoD Fantasy-The
Kinks-Arista
Sweet Life-Paul Davis-Bang
Paramou1
to a trivial problel
In the past few months I have
repaired more than 20 Ramtek
Trivias with the same problem . The
symptoms may vary from game to
game; but the source of the problem
is usually the same -the + 5V Power
supply in the Motorola monitor.
Here's how to recognize the
problem and fix it with store-bought
parts and a little solder.
This problem doesn't usually
present itself until the game is a few
months old . Other games I have seen
with this problem are Maneater,
Clean Sweep, Pursuit, and Cobra
Gunship using Motorola XM501 and
701 Series Monitors with the built in
+ 5 Volt 3 Amp Power Supply.
It seems that the logic board draws
so much current , almost in excess of
the specifications of the power
supply , that the supply will grunt for
a while and eventually roll over and
die. You can fix it when it grunts or
you can fix it when it dies.
I recommend this complete exer-
cise when .you have the first problem
in this area . '{his repair involves
removing the set from the cabinet
and is best done on the work bench .
However, our industry is blessed with
the greatest bunch of paper clip and
rubber band guys who will do
anything to keep a piece up and
running until convenient to pull it into
the shop . You don 't have to be as
neat as shown in this article .
The weak points in this supply are
capacitor C4 7 5000 Microfarad 20
Volts and the socket holding Q20 the
+ 5V regulator transistor.
If one day you have a beautiful
picture and the next day it looks like
an electric worm race , sure as guns
are iron , C4 7 has blown its guts all
over your chassis and must be
replaced .
When Q20 transistor socket is
about to hurt itself, errors in
punctuation, sentence structure , and
garbage data will appear on the
screen and eventually no picture .
Humbars, gray one-inch bars
drifting slowly from top to bottom of
the screen , will indicate that C47 is
on its way out, Q20 socket is shot, or
015 , 16, 17 , or 18 is breaking down.
Making this repair, following the
instruction of this article , should
insure you from having to make the
same repair again six months later
and at little or no more expense .
Figure One is a view of the top
side of the Motorola Chassis showing
the location of C47 and Q20 . Also
shown is F New Guy . Trivia Monitors
use a soldered-in fuse for the + 5V
supply mounted on a terminal strip .
These can be fun to replace and even
more fun on the street. I recommend
at this time , on the bench, to replace
it with a conventional fuse (5 Amp
Fast Blo) and a clip type fuse holder
as shown . A #6 by 1 /z -inch sheet
metal screw is best fo mount the fuse
holder .
Figure Two shows the bottom
view of the chassis in the area of the
components to be monkeyed with .
For around the same price as the
Motorola Replacement C4 7 , you can
buy a computer grade capacitor from
your local supplier. Use 10 to 15,000
Microfrad 25V to 35 Volts (Bigger
and Better) .
To remove the old C4 7 , bend
mounting tabs with pliers, break off
the one post connecting all the wires ,
and de-solder ground lug from
chassis.
Your computer grade cap doesn't
look anything like the original C47 ;
however, it can be easily mounted as
follows : Position new cap, terminals
toward chassis with positive terminal
over center of large C47 hole .
Position negative terminal toward
chassis corner, centered . With posi-