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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1982
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IOL. 4/#1 UIICH 'U
Tai to "Qilc" New Rom Available • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Cabinet
ProoJems • Service Notes: Atari "Centipede", Gottlieb "Black Hole",
Williams "Make Trax" Increase Appeal Using Optioos • Nlnl8ndo
"Donkey Kong" PCB Interchangeability • Atari "Asteroids" Display
ProoJem • Gottlieb Switch Arcing Modi1icatlon • New System
Pmiew/Williams "Hype!balr • StBm Video Power &.wlY Inter·
changeability• Rock·Ola473,474,468-1 Cl9ditMod • Gremllrv
Saga's Digital Tech Test (Part 3) • Midway "Klckman" Service
Notes • Gottlieb "Haunted House" Prom ID • O'
Protection for WIiiiams "Defender" • Atari "Centipede": Erasing
High Scores • Trotilleshooting With The Logic Comparator •
Midway CRT SIA>slltulions • Midway "Bosconlan" Service Video
Tape • Service Tll)S: Rowe BUI Changers. WIKlams Fli!IIJffl, Atari
Coin Doors • Midway's X·Y MonltorTrotiJleshooting Gulde (Part 2)
IOL 4/#2 Al'llll 'IZ
Gottlieb's NewSystem80A • Nintendo "DonkeyKong" Pix Flip Mod
• Talto"Qilc" Static Mod • MidwayMini "Pac-Man" Static Solution
• On The Service Trail . . Nintendo "Cookey Kong", Rowe Bill
Changeis, Tommy Litt Gates, Stem PopB~ Mldway "Ms. Pac·
Man" Notes • Taito "Qilc", Midway "Galaga" & "Kickman" PCB
Lock-Up Mods • Midway "Kick"rKlckman" Notes & Modtticatlons
• Exldy "Mouse Trap" Audio Boartl Modtticatlon • Bally "Flash
Gonion" Strobe Uri! Service Tl!) • New System PnNlew/Gottlieb'S
"Haunted House" • Nickel/Dime Adjustments for Jukebox Coin
Machs• RowllRespondstoErtckson • AtariMonltorTechTlps •
Midway's X·Y Trotillesllooting Gulde (Part 3) • Midway "Ms. Pac-
Man: PCB l.ayoot, Difficulty Mod • Fluke's New Tester for
TrotiJleshooting Microprocessor-Bated Garnes • Doing Away With
That rm Feeling • Gremll,vSega's Digital Tech Test (Part 4)
IOL. 4/#3 UY 'U
Field Service Tips: WIiiiams "Hyperbalr' Notes, Williams PCB
Interchangeability, Atari "Centipede" Boartl Revisions • New Input
Protection Circuit for Wells-Gartlner Color X·Y Display • Stem
"Turtles'' Update Kil • Newport Joystick Replacement Solution •
On The Service Trail ... ADE '82 Show Report, Williams "Hypert>alr
Location Notes, Williams "Hype11>aIr· Hardes, Response to Rowe
Letter • WIiiiams "Hype!balr Ball Litt Motor Kit and control Panel
Alignment • Amual Technicians Convention • Gottlieb Transistor
and Diode Substitution Gulde • Midway's X·Y Moritllr TIWJleshootilg
Tips (Contiooed) • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Joystick Modttication •
Additional ManufactuntrCustomer Service Nuimers • New System
Pmiew/Stem's "Frenzy" • Atari-Centipede", "Asteroids" Tech Tips
e Interchangeability of Poona Volume Controls • Gottlieb "System
80'' Prom List • Taito "Alpine Skf' Joystick Modification • Coin
Door Maintenance: Metal/ Plastic Coin Acceptors • lnOulzllM!
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IOL 4/#4 JUNE
Gottlieb "Ha111ted House" Up Kicker Burnout Solution • Bally
"Rapid Fire" Computer Volume Cootrol • Exidy "Mouse Trap"
Enhancement Kit • Midway "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Galaga" Wavy
Video Mod • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Static Proo1ems • Gremli,v
Saga "Zaxxon" Joystick Handle Precaution • Gremll,vSega
"Eliminator" Service Notes; Fuse Change, X·Y Timing PCB Mod,
Freeze Up Mod • Midway's Color TV MonltorRepalr(Part 1) • New
SystemPreview/Atarfs"DlgDug'' • Atvilntroducesthe"Pat9000"
Test Statioo • Pace's Micro Portable Soldering and Desoldering
System• Taito "GrandChamplon''CoinandResetMods • Midway
"Galaga" Lock-Up Mod • Venture Line "Looping" Loss of Aucio
Solution; Eprom Exchange, Power SUl)ply Mod • Bright Sta(s New
Productllne • Deco"Lock 'N'Chase/CassetteSystemNotes • On
TheServlceTrall.. .PlnballSuggestion,LockGripe,GremllnReport •
Jn0uizlti'l9 • Gottlieb Coil Chart
IOL 4/#11 JULY 'U
Atari "Centipede" & Gottlieb "Haunted House" Service Tips • Stem
"Amida(', "Scramble", "Super Cobra", lntennittents • Midway
Service Bulletins: "Pac-Man", "Galaga", "Kick-Man", "Bosconian",
"Rally,X", "Ms. Pac-Man", "Robby Roto", "Tron" • On The Service
Trail ... Control Panels, Video Game Adjustments • Service Tips:
Stem Flipper Assy's, Williams PS Connector, Stereo vs. Mono •
Pace's Fused Eyeletting System • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Stano-Off
Modtticatlon • Gremli,vSega ''Turbo" Modtticalions • Midway
"Pac-Man" Trw>leshooting Steps • New System Preview/Gottlleb's
"Caveman" • Williams "Robotroo 2084" Game Adjustments •
Wells-Gartlner Color X·Y Display Tech Tip • Midway's Color TV
Monitor Repair (Part 2) • Atari "D9-Dug" Static Mod • WIiiiams
"Hyperoalr Rev 4 ProgranvFunction Settings • Atari "D9-Dug"
Custom Chips • Gottlieb System 80 Solenoids • lnOulzltlYe
IOL 4/#1 AUIUIT 'U
Service Tips: GremlirvSeoa ''Turbo" Optics, Midway "Galaga" Free
Play Solution • Exidy "Venture" to "Pepper II" Conversioo •
Technical Tips: Wells-Gartlner Color X·Y Display • On The Service
Trail ... The Goose That I.aid The Golden Egg • Midway Service
Bulletins: "Galaga", "Tron", "Lazarian" • Wells-Gartlner Vertical
Deflection Cirtuit Revision • Plalfs New Product Line • Service
Outlets For Rock-Ola Jukeboxes • Electrical Effects On The Body •
New System Preview/Bally/Midway's "Tron" • TIit • Atari's "Dig
Dug" Credit AccUfllllation/Temporary Fix • Pace's New Catalog of
Equipment • Midway's Color TV Mooitor Repair (Part 3) • Gottlieb
System 80 Controlled Lamp CKT Trotilleshooling • lnOulzltlYe
IOL. 4/#7 SEPTEMBEII '12
Service Tips: Seeburg Phonos, Atari "Tempest", Nintendo "Donkey
Kong" • Exidy 'Victory'' ID "Victor Banana" Modttication Kit • Atari
"Dig Dug'' Credit Mod • Data East Monitor Spatk Gap Cleaning,
Monitor Grounding Kits • Gremlin/Saga G08·003 Color X·Y
MonltorNoltage Analysis • Gottlieb System 80 Troubleshooting:
Game Operation, Switch Matrix • Rock-Ola Pricing Conversion •
New System Preview/Atari's "Kangaroo" • Nintendo "Donkey
Kong"/Adding a Slam Switch • On The Service Trail ...
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Gremli,vSega "Zaxxon" Joystick, Wico Contact Sets, Atari Malling
Us~ Nintendo "Donkey Kong", Ant~Straw Mod, Free Games? •
Taito Service Tips: "Grand Charrc,ion" Lock-Up, "Kram" High SCOIII
ROM Revision, "Electric Yo Yo" ROM Revision, "Obc'', "Alpine Skf',
"Wild Western", "Kram" and "Electric Yo Yo" Power Supply Mod
• Saga's New Customer Service Numbers • Atari Color Rasterscan
Monitors/Troubleshooting Guide • Bally/ Midway External Video
Game Monitor • GremUn/Sega ''Turbo" Notes: Steering Boartl
Modttication, Typo Errors in Mini Owners Manual • A.P.E. Introduces
Line of Desildenng Systems and Circuit Track Repair Kits •
ln0uizlti'l9 • Electronic Technicians Association Elects Officers
IOL. 4/#1 OCTOBEII 'U
Midway ''Tron'' Notes: UprighVCocktail PCBs, Video Cable • Atari
"Dig Dug'' Freeze Game Action • Midway ''Troo" Rack Advance •
Atari Power Supply Suggestion • Saga/Gremlin "Frogge(' Audio
Vokrne Mod • Pace's CIR-KIT for Repair of Tracks on PCBs •
Williams "Stargate'' and "Rol>otron" PCB Compatibility • Nintendo
Flange MounVCredit Solution • Taito: Troubleshooting PCBs •
Gottlieb System 80 General Troubleshooting Guide • Wells-Gartlner
CRT Replacements • Ta Ito Coln Door Cable Precautlonr Kram", "Yo
Yo" and"SpaceDungeon" • OnTheServiceTrail. .. Gamesin'83 •
Jukebox Pu>licatlons Reviewed • Gottlieb "Caveman"/ Maintenance
and Servicing Access to Monitor • Star*Tech Jcunal 3rtl Annual
Reader Sur;ey Results • New System Preview/Taitds "Jungle
King" • Sega/Gremlln's ROM Line(Part 1) • Atari "Dlg Oug" Cl9dil
Mod/New Rev PCBs • Gottlieb's "Reactor": A Technical Outline •
Chicago Switch's New Spill Resistant Switch for Garnes •
"Tempest'' By Atari - Video Art • Nintendo "Donkey Kong
Jr."/Addlng a Slam Switch • Stem Reset Modttication for "SUIJ8r
Cobra" Type Logic Boartls • GottMeb "Haunted House" Lower Lewi
Up-Kicker Final Solution • lnQulzltlYe • A.M.OA 1982 Exposition
• K· TRON's Coin/Cum,ncy Counter and Weighing Scale
IOL. 4/#1 IOIEMBEII 'IZ
Bally/Midway Service Bulletins: ''Tron", "Solar Fox", "Blue Print" •
Pace's Power Desoldering System • Atari ''Tempest Monitor Jitters
• On The Service Trail ... Game Security, New Product/K-TronScale,
''Tron" Handles, "Zaxxon" Joystick, Hum Bar and "Ms. Pac-Man",
"Satan's Hollow" Power Supply Jumper • Bally/Midway Toll-Free
Service Numbers • Manufacts: Techrical Tips For Atari "Dig Dug''
and "Centlpede" • ROM/PROMTestRlgforSlgnatureAnaJysis • In
Other Words: Integrated Cirtuit FlHlClions • Bally/Midway's Video
Troubleshooting Guide • Randustrial Corporation's Overnight Floor
Resurfacer • JensenToors 1982-83 Catalog • ETA Wage Survey
• Choosing Location Speaker Systems • New System Preview/
Nintendo's "Donkey Kong Junior" • lnQuizltlYe • Pacttic Amuse-
ment Operators Show • Saga/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 2) •
Troubleshooting the Wells-Gartlner Color X·Y Monitor Power Supply
• TaitoMemoryFailureTroubleshootingProcedure. Troooleshooting
Gottlieb Displays
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