Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1981-September - Vol 3 Issue 7

GOTTLIEB SYSTEM
8 OsouND/SPEECH
THE SYSTEM 80 SOUND SYSTEM HAS
BEEN REDESIGNED AND IS NOW CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SYNTHESIZED SPEECH.
AS A RESULT, THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM 80
SOUND BOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A
NEW SOUND/SPEECH BOARD. THE SOUND/
SPEECH BOARD WAS FIRST USED IN
GOTTLIEB'S "MARS, GOD OF WAR" GAME,
AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED IN
ALL GOTTLIEB'S FUTURE PRODUCTS.
NOTE: THE SYSTEM 80 SOUND BOARD
WILL STILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY GOTT-
LIEB'S DISTRIBUTORS.
THE COMPONENT WHICH PROVIDES THE
NEW BOARD WITH ITS SPEECH CAPA-
BILITY IS THE VOLTRAX SC-01 SPEECH
SYNTHESIZER. THE SC-01 IS A 22-PIN
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WHICH, WHEN USED
WITH ITS SUPPORT CIRCUITRY, WILL PHO-
BOARD
NETICALLY SYNTHESIZE CONTINUOUS
SPEECH WITH UNLIMITED VOCABULARY.
WARNING: THE SOUND BOARD AND THE
SOUND/SPEECH BOARD ARE NOT INTER-
CHANGEABLE. INSTALLING EITHER OF
THESE TWO BOARDS INTO A GAME FOR
WHICH IT WAS NOT DESIGNED WILL
SEVERELY DAMAGE THAT BOARD!
BENCH TESTER MODIFICATION KIT:
THE BENCH TESTER THAT IS CURRENTLY
IN USE WAS NOT ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
TO CALIBRATE OR TEST THE SOUND/-
SPEECH BOARD. HOWEVER, A MODIFICA-
TION KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE WHICH WILL
GIVE IT THESE CAPABILITIES. THE KIT IS
EASILY INSTALLED AND CAN BE ORDERED
FROM ANY AUTHORrZED GOTTLIEB DIS-
TRIBUTOR.
REPRINTED COURTEST OF GOTTLIEB'S "ON TARGET' TECHNICAL NEWSLETTER.
MICRO SYSTEMS
393 EAST 198 STREET, BRONX, NY 10458
212-220-3644
''All Kits Are Unconditionally Guaranteed For 30 Days After Shipment"
PACK-MAN TO POP-MAN CONVERSION
Update your Pack-Man to Pop-Man with this new disappearing maze featuring "Popeye" and 6 warp
tunnels. A completely new challenge. Easy installation • Revitalize player interest and collections
POP-MAN KIT - $200.00
SUPER MOONCRESTA KIT
This new memory kit will convert your original "Mooncresta" to the new hit SUPER MOONCRESTA. A
much faster and superior game. Complete, easy installation instructions.
SUPER MOONCRESTA KIT - $175.00 - While supplies last.
PLEIADS FROM PHOENIX KIT
Convert your "Phoenix" to PLEIADS with this new memory kit. Get a brand new game at a fraction of the
cost. Easy installation • Kit includes new memory chips and instruction card.
PLEIADS CONVERSION KIT - $175.00
EAGLE UPDATE KIT
This inexpensive plug-in memory chip will make the docking portion of the game very difficult and
create a new challenge for your players.
EAGLE UPDATE KIT - $20.00
SUPER GALAXIANS KIT - SPECIAL - $90.00 ASTEROIDS UPDATE KIT - 02 version -
01 version -
STAR CASTLE SPEED-UP KIT-New Memory Chips , Plug-in Installation . $55 PER KIT.
$40.00
$75.00
MICRO-SYSTEMS HAS MANY OTHER CONVERSION KITS ANDA FULL LINE OF IC'S, POWER SUPPLIES
AND COMPONENTS. CALL FOR PRICES AND INFO OR SEND YOUR ORDER TODAY TO:
E. 198TH STREET, BRONX, NEW YORK 10458
MICRO • SYSTEMS 393
PHONE (212) 220-3644
SPECIAL PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PRE-PAID ORDERS
S•TJ SEPTEMBER 1981 12
SEEBURG PRICE-SETTING INSTRUCTIONS (PART 1)
by Ron Nicholson
SEEBURG CREDIT UNIT PRICING BOARD SETTINGS (Black Box Machines)
(LS-3 TO STD4 AND ALL DEC WALL BOXES)
EXPlANATION OF SETTINGS:
Sc ..... steps per nickle
1 0c ..... steps per dime
BON US 1 ..... additional steps per 25c in change
25c ..... steps per quarter
BON US 2 ..... additional steps per 50c in change
50c ..... steps per half dollar
$1 ..... steps per dollar bill
There is no $1 BON US to raise mixed change to the dollar bill level.
SINGLE LEVEL ..... steps required to play a single record
ALBUM LEVEL ..... steps required for an album
SINGLE DEBIT ..... steps subtracted per single selected
ALBUM DEBIT ..... steps debited per album
BONUS RESET OUT
BONUS RESET IN Connect together to reset bonus logic every 25c.
(otherwise, bonus logic will automatically reset at the $1 level)
Connect these together when 50c bonus is not used.
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NOTE: 25c in mixed coinage will always trip bonus 1 EVEN IF NO STEPS ARE GIVEN FOR THE INDIVIDUAL COINS!
EX.: If singles are set at 1 step (single level is level 1) and quarters are one step (one play for 25c) then nickels and dimes must
be set to zero steps each, but the BON US 1 will still work. lfBON US 1 is setto 1 step, then 25c in mixed coins will give one
step even though nickels and dimes alone give nothing.
NOTE: TO AVOID ERRORS IN SETTING THE PRICING BOARD, REMOVE ALL DIODES AND JUMPER WIRES FROM THE
BOARD AND START FRESH.
SEEBURG PRICING BOARD SETTINGS (Black Box machines)
Settings are done by soldering jumper wires and diodes on the pricing board.
All settings which reauire adding (or subtracting) credit unit steps are done with diodes.
Connect the diodes across the card perpendicular to the metal edge, with the positive end of the diode pointing to the
metal edge.
All other settings are done with wire jumpers (not diodes) and are usually up and down the board (vertical) rather than
horizontal.
TERMINAL DESIGNATIONS
01
02
03
ext level (not used)
album debit
single debit
04
05
06
07
level
level
level
level
08
bonus reset signal out (connect to 10 to reset bonus at 25c level)
09
bonus 2 (50c level bonus)
1 0
bonus reset in
1 1
1 2
1 3
14
15
add 16 steps
add 8 steps
add 4 steps
add 2 steps
add 1 step These add (or subtract) credit steps.
16
bonus 1 (25c level bonus)
17
album level
1 8
quarter switch signal
6
3
2
1 These are the levels in credit unit steps for singles and albums.
(see 08)
(connect to proper level for albums)
1 9
single level (connect to proper level for singles)
20
ext level (not used)
21
22
23
half dollar coin switch signal
dime coin switch signal
nickel coin switch signal
24
dollar bill validator signal
NEXT MONTH: SPECIFIC PRICE SETTING EXAMPLES
S• TJ SEPTEMBER 1981 13

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