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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/NOVEMBER 1982
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VOL. 4/#1 MARCH '82
Taito "Oix" New Rom Available • Nintendo "Donkey Koog" Cabinet
Problems • Service Notes: Atari "Centipede", Gottlieb "Black Hole",
Williams "Make Trax" Increase Appeal Using Options • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong" PCB Interchangeability • Atari "Asteroids" Display
Problem • Gottlieb Switch Arcing Modification • New System
Preview/Williams "Hypertiall" • Stern Video Power Supply Inter·
changeability • Rock·Ola 473, 474,468· 1 Credit Mod• Gremlin/
Sega's Digital Tech Test (Part 3) • Midway "Kickman" Service
Notes • Gottlieb "Haunted House" Prom ID • Overvoltage
Protection for Williams "Defender' • Atari "Centipede": Erasing
High Scores • Troubleshooting With The Logic Comparator •
Midway CRT Substitutions • Midway "Bosconian" Service Video
Tape • Service Tips: Rowe Bill Changers, Williams Flippers, Atari
Coin Doors • Midway's X·Y Monitor Troubleshooting Guide (Part 2)
VOL. 4/#2 APRIL '82
Gottlieb's New System BOA • Nintendo " Donkey Kong" Pix Flip Mod
• Taito"Qix"' Static Mod • MidwayMini " Pac-Man" Static Solution
• On The Service Trail . . Nintendo "Donkey Koog", Rowe Bill
Changers, Tommy Lttt Gates, Stem Pop Bumpers, Midway "Ms. Pac-
Man" Notes • Taito "Qix", Midway "Galaga" & "Kickman" PCB
Lock-Up Mods • Midway " Kick"f'Kickman" Notes & Modifications
• Exidy "Mouse Trap" Audio Board Modttication • Bally "Flash
Gordon" Strobe Unit Service Tip • New System Preview/GottlielJ's
"Haunted House" • NickeVDime Adjustments for Jukebox Coin
Mechs • Rowe Responds to Erickson • Atari MonitorTechTips •
Midway's X·Y Troubleshooting Guide (Part 3) • Midway "Ms. Pac·
Man: PCB Layout Difficulty Mod • Fluke's New Tester for
Troubleshooting Microprocessor-Based Games • Doing Away With
That Tired Feeling • Gremlin/Saga's Digital Tech Test (Part 4)
VOL. 4/#3 MAY '82
Field Service Tips: Williams "Hypernall" Notes, Williams PCB
Interchangeability, Atari "Centipede" Board Revisions • New Input
Protection Circuit for Wells-Gardner Color X·Y Display • Stern
"Turtles" Update Kit • Newport Joystick Replacement Solution •
On The Service Trail . . . ADE '82 Shoe Report Williams "Hypernalr'
Location Notes, Williams "Hypernalr' Handles, Response to Rowe
Letter • Williams "Hypernall" Ball Lttt Motor Kit and control Panel
Alignment • Annual Technicians Convention • Gottlieb Transistor
aro Diode SubstiMion Guide • Midway'sX·YMonitorTrotilleshooting
Tips (Continued) • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Joystick Modttication •
Additional Manufacturer Customer Service Numbers • New System
Preview/Stem's "Frenzy" • Atari "Centipede", "Asteroids" Tech Tips
• Interchangeability of PhoooVolumeControls • Gottlieb "System
80" Prom List • Taito "Alpine Ski" Joystick Modification • Coin
Door Maintenance: Metal/ Plastic Coin Acceptors • lnOuizltive
System Preview/Bally/Midway's "Tron" • Tilt • Atari's "Dig Dug"
Credit Accumulation/Temporary Fix • Pace's New Catalog of
Equipment • Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 3) • Gottlieb
System 80 Controlled Lamp CKT Troubleshooting • lnQuizltive
VOL. 4/#4 JUNE '82
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Up Kicker Burnout Solution • Bally
"Rapid Fire" Computer Volume Control • Exidy "Mouse Trap"
Enhancement Kit • Midway " Ms. Pac-Man" and "Galaga" Wavy
Videc Mod • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Static Problems • Gremlin/
Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick Handle Precaution • Gremlin/Sega
"Eliminator" Service Notes; Fuse Change, X·Y Timing PCB Mod,
Freeze Up Mod • Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 1) • New
System Preview/Atari's "Dig Dug" • Atari Introduces the "Pat
9000" Test Station • Pace's Micro PortableSoideringandOesoklering
System • Taito "Grand Champion" Coin and Reset Mods • Midway
"Galaga" Lock-Up Mod • Venture Line "Looping" Loss of Audio
Solution; Eprom Exchange, Power Supply Mod • Bright Stars New
Product Line • Deco " Lock'N' Chase/Cassette System Notes • On
The Service Trail. .. Pinball Suggestion, Lock Gripe, Gremlin Report •
lnOuizltive • Gottlieb Coil Chart
VOL. 4/#7 SEPTEMBER '82
Service Tips: Seeburg Phones, Atari "Tempest", Nintendo "Donkey
Kong" • Exidy "Victory'' to "Victor Banana" Modification Kit • Atari
"Dig Dug" Credit Mod • Data East Monitor Spark Gap Cleaning,
Monitor Grounding Kits • Gremlin/Sega G08·003 Color X·Y
MonitorNoltage 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
Gremlin/Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick, Wieo Contact Sets, Atari Mailing
List Nintendo "Donkey Kong", Anti-Straw Mod, Free Games? •
Taito Service Tips: "Grand Champion" Lock-Up, " Kram" High Score
ROM Revision, "Electrie Yo Yo" ROM Revision, "Qix", "Alpine Ski",
"Wild Western", "Kram" and "Electric Yo Yo" Power Supply Mod
• Saga's New Customer Serviee Numbers • Atari ColorRasterscan
Monitors/Troubleshooting Guide • Bally/ Midway External Videc
Game Monitor • Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Notes: Steering Board
Modttieation, Typo Errors in Mini Owners Manual • A.P.E. Introduces
Line ct Desoldering Systems and Circuit Track Repair Kits •
lnQuizltive • Electronic Technicians Association Elects Officers
VOL. 4/#5 JULY '82
Atari "Centipede" & Gottlieb "Haunted House" Service Tips • Stern
"Amidar', "Scramble", "Super Cobra", lntermittents • 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:
Stern Flipper Assy's, Williams PS Connector, Stereo vs. Mono •
Pace's Fused Eyeletting System • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Stand-Off
Modttication • Gremlin/Saga ''Turbo" Modttications • Midway
"Pac-Man" Troubleshooting Steps • New System Preview/Gottlieb's
"Caveman" • Williams "Rollotron 2084" Game Adjustments •
Wells-Gardner Color X·Y Display Tech Tip • Midway's Color TV
Monitor Repair (Part 2) • Atari "Dill-Dug" Statie Mod • Williams
"Hyperball" Rev 4 Program/Function Settings • Atari "Dig-Dug"
Custom Chips • Gottlieb System 80 Solenoids • lnQuizltive
VOL. 4/#8 AUGUST '82
Service Tips: Grerniin/Sega ''Turbo" Optics, Midway "Galaga" Free Play
Solution • Exidy "Venture" to "Pepper II" Conversion • Technical
Tips: Wells-Gardner Color X·Y Display • On The Service Trail ... The
Goose That Laid The Golden Egg • Midway Serviee Bulletins:
"Galaga", "Tron", "Lazarian" • Wells-Gardner Vertical Deflection
Circuit Revision • Platt's New Product Line • Service Outlets For
Rock-Ola Jukeboxes • Electrical Effects On The Body • New
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VOL. 4/#8 OCTOBER '82
Midway "Tron" Notes: UprighUCocktail PCBs, Video Cable • Atari
"Dig Dug" Freeze Game Action • Midway"Tron" Rack Advance •
Atari Power Supply Suggestion • Sega/Gremlin " Frogge(' Audio
Volume Mod • Pace's CIR·KIT fo, Repair of Tracks on PCBs •
Williams "Stargate" and "Robotron" PCB Compatibility • Nintendo
Flange MounUCredit Solution • Taito: Troubleshooting PCBs •
Gottlieb System 80 General Troubleshooting Guide • Wells-Gardner
CRT Replacements • Taito Coin Door Cable Precaution/''Kram", "Yo
Yo" and "Space Dungeon" • On The Service Trail ... Games in
'83 • Jukebox Publieations Reviewed • Gottlieb "Caveman"/
Maintenance and Servicing Access to Monito, • Star*TechJournal
3rd Annual Reader Survey Results • New System Preview/Taito's
"Jungle King" • Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 1) • Atari "Dig
Dug" Credit Mod/New Rev PCBs • Gottlieb's "Reactor": A Technieal
Outline • Chicago Switch's New Spill Resistant Switch for Games
• "Tempest" By Atari - Video Art • Nintendo "Donkey Kong
Jr."/Adding a Slam Switch • Stem Reset Modttieation for "Super
Cobra" Type Logic Boards • Gottlieb "Haunted House" Lower Level
Ui>-Kicker Final Solution• lnOuizltive • A.M.O.A. 1982 Exposition
• K· TRON's Coin/Currency Counter aro Weighing Scale
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