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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1983
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VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Converpence, and Tracking Adjustments for Wells-Gardner
Color X·Y Monitor • On The Service Trail ... Atari's "Pole Position"
Notes, Atarrs"Oig Dug'" Difficulty Adjustment, Atarrs"BlackWidow''/
"Gravita(' Update, The Operato(s Business Status, Sega"Tac·Scan"
Conversion Kit Bally/MidwafSuper Pac-Man" Drop Off, Bally/Midway
"Pac-Man Plus" • Sega 'Frogge/' Intermittent Sound • Rowe/
Seeburg Service Tips • Atari "Pole Position" High Score Retention
Mod, Gas Pedal Maintenance, Steering Wheel Lock·Up, Intermittent
Gear Shift, Double Vision • ROM/ PROM Test Cable Assy • Sega
Electronics' ROM Line (Part 6) • Data East Cassette System Power
Supply Mod • New System Preview/Atari's "Xevious" • Coinco
Com Return Level Mod • Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus" Precaution
• Taite "Front Line" Ribbon Cables • Taite "Wild Western" Option
Switch Settings • Atari Coin Door Part Numbers • Bally/ Midway
Picture Tube lnterchanpeability • Manufacts: Summary of Major
Op-Amp Circuits (Part 3) • News Bits/NEC 4·Me9abit Memory Chip
• BallyFeatureLampPowerSupplyMod • Gottheb"Q•Bert''Tem-
nical Notes, GoWieb's MA4000 Filter Board, Troubleshooting
Gottlieb's "Q•Bert" GG·III System • The "Bea(' Facts ... Digital
Logic Intro, 555 Timer Circuits, Kasee "Driver II", Ticket Dispenser
Feedback • An R&O Tax Credit for Your Electronic Coir>-Op
Business? • lnQuizitive • In Other Wolds/Video Games
Grade Coolant • Bally Midway "Grand Slam" Fly-Away Target
Adjustmen~ Bally Midway "Journey" Cassette Notes • New
System Preview/Cinematronics' "Cosmic Chasm" • Tech Shop
Profile/United Distributors, Inc. • Sega Electronics Service Bulletins:
Sega G·80 Power Supply Ground Mod, Sega "Zaxxon" Upright/Table
Joystick Mod • Sega Color X·Y Monitor Zener Replacement •
Analyzing the Data East Cassette System • The "Bea(' Facts: PAO
Show, R·S Latch O,P!ration, Keyboard Programmable Oivide-By-N
Counter, "Scoutbalr Troubleshooting Tips for Light or Sound Failure
• Sole Proprietorshig Life Insurance • Randustrial Corp. Mair>-
tenance Catalog • In therWords/Pinball Games/Mfg. • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#5 JULY 1983
News Bits/Dept of Labor Service Industry Growth Report New Tube
Family • Abloy Electric Switchlocks Get UL Listing • On The
Service Trail ... Atari "Pole Position" Front Glass Panel, Atari "Oig-
Oug" and "Xevious'' Contact Points, Sega Sit Down "Star Trek'' Start
Button, Meltec "Boom Balls" Trouble Areas • Bally Micway Service
Bulletins: "Journey" lntermittentShut·Off of Tape Cassette, "Mappy"
Difficulty Level Setting, "Wacko'', "Kozmik Kroot(', "Journey", etc.
Power Schematic Manual Errors, "SuJ>er Pac·Man"f'Mappy" Similar
Electronics Circuits • Micway Initiates Service Newsletter for
Operators • American Lock Company Develops New Security Cam
Lock • Wells-Gardner Color X·Y High Voltage Supply • Pace's
Pulse Heat Power Source • Manufacts: Sega Electronics' "Turbo"
Troubleshooting (Part 1) • Sega's New 24·Hour Rapic Return on
Serviced Parts • Cherntronics Triple Purpose Plastic/Glass Cleaner
• Build Your Own Logic Probe • Cinematronics "Cosmic Chasm"
Engineering Changes: Monitor: Jitter, Stray Lines, Power Problem,
Cooling, Erratic Trackball, Game Lock Up, Power Up Credits, Muffled
Audio • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 10) • New System
Preview/Universal's "Mr. Do!" • Analyzing the Data East Cassette
System (Part 2) • The Importance of Good Cash Management •
Tech Shop Profile/Pioneer Sales & Service Inc. • The "Bea( Facts:
Power Supply Primer, JK Oivice-By-Counters, "Audio Skeebalr'
Tickets, Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit Kit/New EPROM, Trouble-
shooting the CDC Micron Timer • Industry Technical Schools •
Bally "Baby Pac-Man" Switched Illumination Mod, Atari "Quantum"
Monitor Mod • In Other Words/Conversion Kits • lnQuizitive •
HELP! Williams "Gorga(' Solenoid Problem
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83
Stern "LostTomb" Service Notes • Atari "Pole Position'' Gas Pedal
Moddication • On The Service Trail .. Atari Customer/ Field Service,
Atari "Millipede" and "Tempest'' Option Setti~ Recommendations,
Wico's New Contact Points • Oes,Qn Scene Simulation System for
Sale • Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man" Vidiot PCB
Adjustments, "Baby Pac-Man" Schematic Typo, "Baby Pac--Man''
Flipper E.O.S. Wiring, "Centau(' & "S~ak Easy" Solenoid Expander
PCBs • SegaElectronics' ROM Line(Part7) • ManufacturerPhone
Numbers for Canada and Other Countries • Gottlieb "Q•Bert''
Symptoms/Possible Causes, 8088 Microprocessor Notes • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong Jr." Speed Up/Down Kits • News Bits/Flat Computer
Displays • Manufacts: L~ic Board Lock·Ups • New System
Preview/Nintendo's "Popeye • Taite Troubleshooting Chart for
FMP001 Switching Regulator • Atari "Pole Position" Pulley Cable
• The "Bea(' Facts ... Logic Truth Tables, "Scoutbalr' Troubl&-
shootin9 Tips • In Other Words/Technical Terms • Data East
"BllTip N' Jump" Option Switch Settings • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#3 MAY '83
AOE '83 Highlights • Coin Acceptors, Inc. Introduces Low-Cost
Logic Board Tester • Bally Micway Service Bulletin: Thumper
Bumper Locking Ring • On The Service Trail ... National Lock
Reports on Lockout Problem, AOE '83 in Review • ADE Expo
'83/Nor>-Viceos • Manufacts: Sega "Turbo" PROM ldentdication
Chart • News Bits/Service Trends Survey • AOE Asides • Sega
Electronics' ROM Line (Part 8) • A New Company Introduces a New
Imaging Surface • New System Preview/Sega's "Star Trek'' •
Bally Midway Wire Cheating Kits • Tech Shop Profile • Bally
Feature Lamp BurnoutCIKe • New-Tone Electronics, lnc.'sTransient
Voltage Protection Unit • The "Bea(' Facts ... Logic Gates, Logic
Math, Oivide-by-N Counters, Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotbalr'
Hockey, Destron "Bio-Rhythm" and"Astrograph" Modifications• In
Other Words/Video Game Manufacturers • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#4 JUNE '83
AOE '83: Largest Yet • Kiddie Rides USA Debuts New Rices •
COINCO Coriducts Service Seminars • On The Service Trail ...
Williams Drop Target Jumper Wire Fix, Williams "Black Knight"
Flipper Coil Replacement• Atari"Tempest'' ColorX·Y Monitor, Bally
Midway "Super Pac-Man" Enhancement Chip • TCG Adds New
Replacement Parts • Manufacts: Introduction to the 68000 •
News Bits/Hybrid Flat Displays, Other Viceo Game Applications •
Sega Electronics' ROM Line ( Part 9) • Chemtronics Electronic
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VOL. 5/#6 AUGUST '83
News Bits/Downloading Video Software, ICs Soon to Become
Centipedes • Armor Chain Company Announces New Ant~ Theft
Anchor for Vending Machines • On The Service Trail ... Varistor
Protection, Sega's "Star Trek" Kil Taite Rectdier Heat Sinks,
Williams' New Plastic Cabinets • Atari Tech Tips: Dangerous
Di5P.lay Harness, Using the ZBO Interface, "Food Fight" Joystick
CahbratiorvSelecting Options • Bally Midway 125VA Power Supply
Blown Fuses Care • Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac--
Man" Memory Combinations, "Ms. Pac-Marl' RFI Modification •
Atari "Star Wars'' Hardware • Sega "StarTrek''f'The Kit" • Sega
24·Hour Turnaround Update • Gottlieb Power Distribution for the
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TF650 • Tech Shop Profile/Sandler Vending Company • Manu-
facts: Sega Electronics' "Turbo" Troubleshooting (Part 2) • The
"Bea(' Facts: Using Ohm's Law, How to Troubleshoot DC Power
Supplies, Troubleshooting Gino Rendina Hydraulic Toys, "Superbalr'
Ticket Motor Drive Mod; Ball Release Kit Ball Stop Guard, Ikemoto
"Frog Hunte(' Ticket Dispenser Kit • How to Use Low-Cost Photo
Equipment to Fight Crime• lnQuizitive •Al,Purpose Nar>-Contact
Aerosol Oust/Lint Remover Announced by Cherntronics • In Other
Words/CPU System
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VOL 5/#7 SEPTEMBER '83
News Bits/Funtastic Signs with the Games Network, Home Computers
to Win in Electronic Game Markel Gameline Offers Or>-Line Video
Games for the Atari VCS • Sega Monitor Repair Policy • On The
Service Trail ... Atarrs "Food Fight" Location Adjustments, Atari's
"Star Wars" Controls/Monitor Hi·Volta9e Board, Williams New
Flipper Assembly, Sega's "Star Trek'' Kit Installation • Trouble-
shooti"Q Gottlieb's "Q•Bert''/Foreground, Background • AMOA
Exposition 1983 • The "Bea(' Facts ... Series and Parallel
Resistance/Capacitance Ckts, Nor>-Viceo Game Troubleshooting
(Part2), Bally"Baby Pao-Man" Power-Up Problem, Solid State Sound
~eplacesTape Players in Kiddie Rices • Sega Plans Release of Rea,
Time Interactive Laser Oise System • Bally"Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man"
Top Saucer Problem • Ten Ways to Ruin Your Business •
Manufacts: Troubleshooting the Atari Amplifone Color X·Y Display,
Atari "Crystal Castles" Checksums • Atari "Star Wars'' Color X·Y
Monitor Modifications • New System Preview/Cinematronics'
"Dragon's Lai(' • Sega Tech Tips/Universal Sound Board • Arcade
Debit Card System • 7th Annual Bally Midway 5·0ay School •
Tech Shop Profile/Bally Southwest • Atari Tech Tips: Amplifone
Color X·Y Monitor Voltage Regulator C~ "Tempest" Wells-Gardner
X·Y Monitor IPC Board Mod • Service Tips: Nintendo Monitor
Vertical Roller, Bally Pins 555 Lamp Burnout Bally "Baby Pac-Man"
Feature Lamp Burnout • In Other Words/Game Synonyms •
lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#8 OCTOBER '83
News Bits/Plastic EPROMs Target Production Applications •
Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lai(' Intermittent Vertical Roll • Stern
"Frenzy" Power·Up Credits • Coin Alarm Systems by Capricorn •
On The Service Trail ... Sega "Star Trek'' G·BO Power Pins Nintendo
Control Panels, Manufacturers Need Help, Pre-AMOA Industry
Outlook • Bally Micway Service Bulletins: "Discs of Tron" 125VA
Power Chassis Mod, "Professor Pac-Man" Video Distortion • Sega
Burnt Power Supply Connector Mod • Managerial Strategies •
Base-Car Communication • New-Tone Electronics Quartz Crystal
Application Guice • New System Preview (Part 2) Cinematronics'
"Dragon's Lai(' • Troubleshooting Sega's "Frogge(' • Sega
Service Notes: Electrohorne Color X·Y Monitor Deflection Amp Mod,
G·BO Power Supply Connector Mod, "Pengo" EPROM Lock·Up •
Atari "Star Wars'' Unreliable Power-Up • The "Bea(' Facts: Laser
Oise Technology Brief, 555 Timer Update, Troubleshooting Motors,
Clutches and Brakes for Kicdie Rides and Arcade Pieces, Gino
Rendina "Rally Viceo Ca(' Review • Manufacts: Understanding
Speech Synthesizers • Star*Tech Journal 4th Annual Reader
Survey Results • Mylstar Sound/Speech Piggyback Board Replace-
ment • Jensen's New Catalog of Computer Equipment and Tools •
New System Preview/Atarrs "Crystal Castles" • Tech Shop
Profile/Workl-Wide Distributors • In OtherWords/S*TJ Advertisers
• lnOuizitive
VOL. 5/#9 NOVEMBER '83
News Bits/Videogames to Become Computer Terminals? New Color
Display Uses Liquic Crystals, Zilog's 32·Bit Microprocessor Chip,
The "McDonald's of Information'', Aandom-Access CED • On The
Service Trail ... Rowe OBA 1 /5 Bill Acceptor/Atari "Pole Position II",
~Joust" Pinball by Williams: Problems and Percentaging • Bally
Midway Service Bulletin: "Discs ofTron" Wiring Error • A Glossary
of Microprocessor Terms • Gino Rendina "Rally Video Ca(' Circuit
Operation (Part 1) • The "Bea(' Facts: 7 Segment Displays •
Videodisc Maintenance • Reading Effectively • Atari "Star Wars''
Tech Tips: Control Calibration, Freeze Mode Warning, PCB Component
Changes, AMO RAMs, Game Options • New System Preview/
Centuri's "Gyruss" • Manufacts: Sega "Champion Basebalr' Theory
of Operation • Bally Midway Service Manual • Pioneer PR·7820
L.fser Disc Notes: "Dragon's Lai(' Options/Mods, PR· 7820 Warranty
Procedure, Disc Mounting, Disc Cleaning • Tech Shop Profile/Brady
Distributing Company • In Other Words/Laser Disc Optics •
lnQuizitive
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