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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/JANUARY 1983
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IOL. 4/#1 MARCH '82
Taito "Qix'' New Rom Available • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Cabinet
Problems • Service Notes: Atari "Centipede", Gottlieb "Black Hole".
Williams "Make Trax" Increase Appeal Using Options • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong"' PCB lnte«:hangeability • Atari "Asteroids" Display
Problem • Gottlieb Switch Arcing Modification • New System
Preview/Williams "Hypernalr • Stem Video Power SUIJl)ly Inter-
changeability • Rock-Ola 473, 474, 468-1 Cl8dit Mod • Gremlin/
Saga'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 Substitu-
tions • Midway"Bosconian" Service Video Tape• Service Tips: Rowe
BHI Changers, Williams Flippers, Atari Coin Doors • Midway's X-Y
Monitor Tl'lli>leshooting Guide (Part 2)
IOL. 4/#2 APRIL '82
Gottlieb's New System 80A • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Pix Flip Mod
• Taito "Qix'' Static Mod • Midway Mini "Pac-Man" Static Solution
• On The Service Trail ... Nintendo "Donkey Kong", Rowe Bill
Changers, Tommy Lilt Gates, Stem Pop Bumpers, Midway "Ms. Pac-
Man" Notes • Taito "Qix'', Midway "Galaga" & "Klckman" PCB Lock-
UpMods. Midway "Kick''rKickman" Nollls&Mod~ications. Exidy
"Mouse Trap" Audio Board Modttication • Bally "Flash Gordon" Strobe
Unit Service Tip • New Syslllm Pmiew/Gottlieb's "Hi11118d House" •
Nickel/Dime Adjustments for Jukebox Coln Mechs • Rowe Responds
1D Erickson • Atari Monitor Tech Tips • Midway'sX-YTrOli>leshooting
Guide(Part3) • Midway "Ms. Pac-Man: PCB Layoot, DlffiailtyMod •
Fluke's New Tester for Tl'lli>leshooting Microprocessor-Based Games
• Doing Away With That Tirlld Feeling • Gremlln/Sega's Digital Tech
Test (Part 4)
IOL. 4/#3 MAY '82
Field Service Tips: Williams "Hypert,afl" Notes, Williams PCB Interchange-
ability, 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 ... AOE '82 Show Report, Williams "Hypert,all" Location Notes,
Williams "Hypert>all" Handles, Response to Rowe Letter • Williams
"Hypert,alr Ball Lilt Motor Kit and control Panel Alignment • Annual
Technicians Convention • Gottlieb Transistor and Diode SmstitutiCJ1
Guide • Midway's X-Y Monitor Troubleshooting Tips (Continued) •
Exldy "Mouse Trap" Joystick Modification • Additional Manufacturer
Customer Service Numbers • New System Pmtew/Slllm's "Frenzy"
• Atari "Centipede", "Asteroids" Tech Tips • lnte«:hangeability of
Phono Voh111e Controls • Gottlieb "System 80" Prom List • Talto
"Alpine Ski" Joystick Modttication • Coin Door Mainterence: MetaV
Plastic Coln Acceptors • lnQulzltlve
IOL. 4/#4 JUNE '82
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Up Kicker Burnout Solution • Bally "Rapid
Fire" COfllf)Uter Volume Control • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Enhancement
Kit • Midway "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Galaga" Wavy Video Mod •
Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Static Problems • Gremlin/ Sega "Zaxxon"
Joystick Handle Precaution • Gremlin/Sega "Eliminator" Service
Notes: Fuse Change. X-YTilring PCB Mod. Freeze Up Mod • Midway's
Color lV Monitor Repair (Part 1) • New System Preview/Alan' s "Dig
Dug" • Atari Introduces the "Pat 9000" Test Station • Pace's Micro
Portable Soldering and Desotdefing System • Taito "Grand Champion"
Coln and Reset Mods • Midway "Galaga" Lock-Up Mod • Venture
Line "Looping" Loss of Audio Solution; Eprom Exchange, Power Supply
Mod• Brii,IIStafsNewProductUne • Deco"L.ock"N"ChaselCassette
SystemNollls • OnTheServtceTrall. .. PlnbalSuggestion,lockGrlpe,
Gremlin Report • lntlulzltlve • Gottlieb Coll Chart
IOL. 4/#5 JULY '82
Atari "Centipede" & Gottlieb "Haunted House" Service Tips • Stern
"Amida(', "Scramble", "SuperCobfa", 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: Stem Flipper Assy's,
Williams PS Connector, Stereo vs. Mono • Pace's Fused Eyeletting
System • Exidy"Mouse Trap" Staro-Off Modification • Gremlin/Sega
"Turbo" Modifications • Midway "Pac-Man" TIOltJleshooting Slllps •
New Systsm Preview/Gottlieb's "Caveman" • Williams "Robotron
2084" Game Adjustments• Wells-GardnerColorX-YDlsplayTechTlp
• Midway's ColorlV Monitor Repair (Part 2) • Atari "Dig-Dug" Static
Mod• Wllliams"Hyperbalr Rev4 ProgranvFunctionSettlngs • Atari
"Oig-Dug"CUSIDmChlps • GottliebSystllm80Solenoids • lntlulzltlve
IOL. 4/#8 AUGUST '82
Service Tips: Gremlin/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 Service Bulletins: "Galaga",
''Tron", "Lazarian" • Wells-Gardner Vertical Deflection Circuit Revision
• Platrs New Product Line• ServiceOutletsForRock-OlaJukeboxes
• Electrical Effects On The Body • New System Preview/Bally/Midway's
"Tron" • Tilt • Atari's "Dig Dug'' Credit Accumulation/Temporary Fix
• Pace's New Catalog of Equipment • Midway's Color lV Monitor
Repair (Part 3) • Gottlieb System 80 Controlled Lamp CKT
Troubleshooting • lnQuizltive
IOL. 4/#7 SEPTEMBER '82
Service Tips: Seeburg Phonos, 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 608-003 Color X-Y Monitor/
Voltage 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 . . . Gremlir\lSega "Zaxxon"
Joystick, Wico Contact Sets, Atari Mailing List Nintendo "Donkey
Kong", Ant~Straw Mod, Free Games? • Taito Service Tips "Grand
Champion" Lock-Up, "Kram" High Score ROM Revision, "Electric Yo Yo"
ROM Revision, "Qix'', "Alpine Ski", "Wild Western", "Kram" and
"Electric Yo Yo" Power SuJllllY Mod • Sega's New Customer Service
Numbers • Atari Color Rasterscan Monitors/Troubleshooting Guide •
Bally/ Midway External Video Game Monitor • Gremlin/Sega ''Turbo"
Notes: Slllering Board Mod~ication, Typo Errors in Mini Owner.; Manual
• A.P.E. lntrodllces Lnt of Desokleling Systems and Circuit Track
Repair Kits • lntluizltlve • Electronic Technicians Association Elects
Officers
IOL. 4/#8 OCTOBER '82
Midway ''Tron'' Notes: UprighVCocktail PCBs, Video Cable • Atari "Dig
Dug" Freeze Game Action • Midway "Tron" Rack Advance • Atari
Power Supply Suggestion • Sega/Gremlin "Frogger' Audio Volume
Mod • Pace's CIR-KIT for Repair of Tracks on PCBs • Williams
"Stargate" and "Rollotron" PCB Compatibility • Nintendo Flange
Mount/Credit Solution • Taito: Troubleshooting PCBs • Gottlieb
System 80 General Troubleshooting Guide • Wells-Gardner CRT
Replacements• TaitoCoinDoorCable Precaution/''Kram", "Yo Yd' and
"Space Dungeon" • On The Service Trail .. . Games in '83 • Jukebox
Publications Reviewed • Gottlieb "Cawman"/ Maintenance and
Servicing Access to Monitor • Star*TechJoumal 3rd Annual Reader
Survey Results • New System Preview/Taitds "Jungle King'' •
Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 1) • Atari "Dig Dug" Cl8dlt Mod/New
Rev PCBs • Gottlieb's "React()(': A Technical Outline • Chicago
Switch's New Spill ResistantSwitchforGames • ''Tempest" ByAtari-
Vldeo Art • Nintendo "Donkey Kong Jr." /Adding a Slam Switch •
Stem Reset Modttication for "Super Cobra" Type Logic Boards •
Gottlieb "Ha111ted House" Lower Level Up-Kicker Final Solution •
lnQulzltive • A.M.OA 1982 Exposition •K-TRON's Coin/Currency
Counter and Weighing Scale
IOL. 4/#9 NOIEMBER '82
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-Tron Scale,
"Tron" Handles, "Zaxxon" Joystick, Hum Bar and "Ms. Pac-Man",
"Satan's Hollow" Power Supply Jumper • Bally/Midway Toll-Free
Service Numbers • Manulacts: Technical Tips For Atari"Dig Dug" and
"Centipede" • ROM/PROM TestRigforSignatureAnalysis • In Other
Words: Integrated Circuit Functions • Bally/Midway's Video Trouble-
shooting Guide • Randustrial Corporation's Owrnight Floor Resurfacer
• Jensen Toofs 1982-83 Catalog • ETA Wage Survey • Choosing
Location Speaker Systems • New System Preview/ Nintendo's
"Donkey Kong Junior" • lnQuizltive • Pacific Amusement Operators
Show • Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 2) • Troubleshooting the
Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Monitor Power Supply• TaitoMemoryFailure
Troubleshooting Procedure • Troubleshooting Gottlieb Displays
IOL. 4/#10 DECEMBER '82
AMOA Expo '82 • Identifying IC Socket Problems • Troubleshooting
the Electrohome G07 HVL Circuit • Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 3)
• The "Bea(' Facts ... "Whac-a-Mole" Ticket Motor Drive • On The
Service Trail. .. Rowe BC-35 Bill Changer, Williams' Games • Midway
''Tron" Limited Buy-In Feature • Manulacts: Atari Power-On Reset and
Watchdog Circuits • New System Preview/Gottlieb's "Q•Bert" •
Tai to "Grand Champim" Steering Wheel Moo • In Other Word&'Electrooic
Components• TaxTlpslorColll-OpAmusementOperators(Depreciating
Equipment - New or Used) • lnQuizltive • Talto "Jungle King" to
"Jungle H111t" Conversion Kit
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