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APIIL 'II
Midway "Rally-X" Test Mode • "Big Computer" in one chip •
Seeburg "SMC 1," "SMC 2" Potential SPKR Damage • Williams
General Illumination Mod • Midway "Rally-X" Monitor Fuse
Rating • Midway "Pac·Man" Cocktail Table Static PCB • Early
Warning (Field Maintenance Tips) • Rowe/AMI Number Con-
versions • Exidy "SPECTAR" Program Update Mod(11 A-1 to 11
A-2) • Williams C8363 Master Display Board Troubleshooting
Procedures • HVL Circuits - Atari "Missile Command" Color
Monitors
IIAY '11
Williams Service Notes • Midway "Rally-X" Static PCB •
Centuri "Phoenix" Options • Exidy Color Board Ribbon Cables
IIAICN '11
• Updating Older Rowe/AMI Phonos to Contemporary Prices •
Midway "Galaxian" Substitute +5v Regulator • Atari "Battle- Midway "Pac-Man" Joystick Modification • Signature Analysis
zone" Control Handle Mod • Gottlieb New System 80 Service (Part 1) • Atari "Missile Command" Diagnostic Tests • Rowe
Manual • Midway "Pac-Man" Ram/Rom Location Code • Atari Bill Changer Modifications • Gottlieb Coil Chart
"Missile Command" Power Interrupt Mod • Atari "Battlezone"
Random Score Problem • Gottlieb Auxiliary Lamp Driver Board JUIE '11
• MicroprocessorTroubleshooting(Part3) • Midway"Pac-Man" "Repair of Rock-Ola Dollar Bill Programmers" • Midway"Galaxian"
Degree of Difficulty Mod • Atari "Battle zone" Aux PCB Mod •
"Pac-Man" Substitute +5VDC Power Transistor • Centuri
Stern "Berzerk" Service Notes • Cinernatronics "Star Castle" V3 "Phoenix" Modifications • Midway "Gorf' Program Change •
Roms • Atari "Asteroids" Switch Maintenance • Rowe/AMI Early Warning #2 (Field Maintenance Tips) • Signature Analysis
Turntable Maintenance Tips
(Part 2) • Stern "Berzerk" Credit Accumulation Checklist •
Stern "Berzerk" Joystick Mod Kit • Suggested Game lmprove-
'nents • Color to B&W Converter CKT • Texas Instruments
>ower Semiconductor Catalogs
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"LY '11
Atari "Asteroids Deluxe" Program Change Kit • Stern "Berzerk''
Joystick Adjustment • Rowe 447 Product Price Upgrading •
Stern "Scramble" Power Supply Modification • Gremlin "Astro
Blaste(' Audio Modification • Wiring Diagram for Wico ManuaV
Remote Volume Control • Gottlieb Reset Modilication • Taite
"Crazy Climber'' Joysticks • Signature Analysis (Part 3) •
Williams "Defende(' System Summary • Midway "Pac-Man",
"Rally-X" & "Gorf' Ant~Static Cleaner Application • Williams
"Black Knight" Service Notes • Loss ol All Coils on Bally Pins
• Atari "Asteroids" Troubleshooting Tips • Stem Joystick PCB
Troubleshooting Tips
AIIIST '11
Midway "Gorf' Mission Sett Test • Updating Older "SHP"
SeeburgAmps • Bally MPU Screening Error • Lost and Found
Bally Flippers • Midway "Rally-X" Ram Test Message Code •
Stern "Scramble" Joystick Notes • Atari Service Notes ("Centi-
pede," "Battlezone," "Warlords," "Asteroid Deluxe," "Asteroids")
• Bally "Fireball II" Clamping Diode • Game-A-Tron "SpacE
Bugge(' CPU Modttication • Bally "Fireball 11" Fuse Modification
• Early Warnings No . 3 • Signature Analysis (Part 4) • Exidy
Service Notes • Gottlieb Display Problems • Baily's Tech · Quiz
(Part 1) • Midway "Pac-Man " & " Rally-X" Brightness Adjustment
• Atari " Asteroid Deluxe" New Program Feature • Centuri
" Phoenix" Upright Modification
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