Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1983-November - Vol 5 Issue 9

STAR*TECH JOURNAL/NOVEMBER 1983
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VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Convergence, and Tracking Adjustments tor Wells-Gardner
Color X-Y Monitor • On The Service Trail ... Atarfs "Pole Position"
Notes. Atarfs"Dig Dug" DillicultyAdjustmen\ Atarfs"BlackWldow'/
"Gravitar" UJXjate, The Operato(s Business Status. Se Conversion Kit. Bally/Midway"Super Pac-Man" Drop Off, Bally/Midway
"Pac-Man Plus" • Se Seebu-g ser,;ce 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 • Se Electronics' ROM line (Part 6) • Data East Cassette System Power
Supply Mod • New System Preview/Atari's "Xevious" • Coinco
Coin Return Leve! Mod • Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus" Precaution
• Taito "front line" Ribbon Cables • Taito"Wild Western" Option
Switch Settings • Atari Coin Door Part Numbers • Bally/ Midway
Picture Tube Interchangeability • Manufacts: Summary of Major
Op-Amp Circuits (Part3) • News Bits/NEC4-Me • Bally feature Lamp Power Supply Mod • Gottlieb"Q•Berf' Tecll-
nical Notes. Gottlieb's MA4000 Filter Board. Troubleshooting
Gottlieb's "Q•Bert" GG-111 System • The "Beaf' Facts ... Digital
Logic Intro, 555 Timer Circuits. Kasco "Driver II", Ticket Dispenser
feedback • An R&O Tax Credit tor Your Electronic Coin-Op
Business? • lnOuizitive • In Other Words/Video Games
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83
Stem "Lostlornb" Seivice Notes • Atari "Pole Positiorl' Gas Pedal
Modttication • On The Service Trail. . Atari Customer/ field Service,
Atari "Millipede" and "Tempest" Option Setting Recommendations,
Wico's New Contact Points • Design Scene Simulation System tor
Sale • Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man'' Vldiot PCB
Adjustments, "Baby Pac-Man" Schematic Typo, "Baby Pac-Man''
flipper E.0.S. Wiring, "Centauf' & "Speak Easy" Solenoid Expander
PCBs • Sega Electronics' ROM line(Part7} • Manufacturer Phone
Numbers tor Canada and Other Countries • Gottlieb "Q•Berf'
Symptoms/Possible Causes, 8088 Microprocessor Notes• Nintendo
"Donkey Kong Jr." Speed Up/Down Kits • News Bits/flat Computer
Displays • Manutacts: Logic Board Lock-Ups • New System
Preview/Nintendo's "Papeye" • Taito Troubleshooting Chart tor
FMP001 Switching Re • The "Bea(' facts ... logic Truth Tables, "Scoutbalr' Troubl&-
shooting Tips • In Other Words/Technical Terms • Data East
"Bump 'N' Jump" Option Switch Settings • lnOuizitive
VOL. 5/#3 MAY '83
AOE '83 Highlights • Coin Acceptors. Inc. Introduces Low-Cost
logic Board Tester • Bally Midway Service Bulletin: Thumper
Bumper Locking Ring • On The Service Trail . . National lock
Reports on Lockout Problell\ AOE '83 in Review • AOE Expo
'83/Noo-Vldeos • Manufacts: Sega "Turbo" PROM ldentttication
Chart • News Bits/Service-Trends Survey • AOE Asides • Se Electrooics' ROM line (Part 8) • A New Company Introduces a New
Imaging Surface • New System Preview/Saga's "Star Trek" •
Bally Midway Wire Cheating Kits • Tecll Shop Profile • Bally
fealllre Lamp BlJ'nout ClJ'e • New-Tone Electronocs. lnc.'s Trans,ent
Voltage Protect10n Unit • The "Bea(' Facts
Logic Gates. Logic
Math, DMde-by-N Counters. Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotllalr'
Hockey, Oestron"Bio-Rhy1hm'' and"Astrograph" Modifications• In
Other Words/Video Game Manufacturers • lnQu1z1tlV8
VOL. 5/#4 JUNE '83
AOE '83 Largest Yet • Kiddle Rides USA Debuts New Rides •
COi NCO Conducts Se!Vlce Seminars • On The SeMCe Trail
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Williams Drop Target Jumper Wire fix, Williams "Black Knlghr'
flipper Coll Replacement • Atari "Tempest" Color X· Y Moni!Of, Bally
Midway "Super Pac-Man" Enhancement Chip • TCG Acids New
Replacement Parts • Manutacts: Introduction to the 68000 •
News Bits/Hybrid flat Displays, Other Video Game Applications •
Sega Electronics' ROM line (Part 9) • Chemtronics Electrooic
Grade Coolant • Bally Midway "Grand Slam" fly-Away Target
Adjustment Bally Midway "Journey" Cassette Notes • New
System Preview/Clnematrooics' "Cosmic Chasm" • Tech Shop
Profile/United Distributors, Inc. • Sega Electronics SeMce Bulletins:
Sega G-80 Power Supply Ground Mod, Se Joystick Mod • Se Analyzing the Data East Cassette System • The "Bea(' Facts: PAO
Show, R·S Latch Operation, Keyboard Programmable Divide-By-N
Counter, "Scoutllalr' Troubleshooting Tips for Light Of Sound Failure
• Sole Proprietorship Ltte lnsmance • Randustrial COil). Main-
tenance Catalog • In Other Words/Pinball Games/M~ • lnOulzitlve
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 "Oi(j-
Oug" and "Xevious" Contact Points. Se ButtOf\ Mettee "Boom Balls" Trouble Areas • Bally Midway ser,;ce
Bulletins:" Journey'' Intermittent Start-ON of Tape Cassette, "Mappy"
OiNlculty level Setting, "Wacko'', "Kozmik Krootf', "Journey'', etc.
Powe< Schematic Manual Errors, "Super Pac-Man''f'Mappy'' Similar
Electronics Circuits • Midway Initiates Service Newsletter for
Operators • American Lock Company Develops New Security Cam
Lock • Wellt-Gardner Color X·Y High Voltage Supply • Pace's •
Pulse Heat Power Source • M.nifacts: Sega Electronics' "Turbo"
Troubleshooting (Part 1) • Sega's New 24-Hour Rapid Return on
Serviced Parts • Chemtrooics Triple Purpose Plastic/Glass Cleaner
• Build Your Own Logic Probe • Cinematronlcs "Cosmic Chasm"
Engineering Changes: Monitor: Jitter, Stray lines. Power Problem,
Cooling, Erratic Trackball, Game lock Up, Power Up Credits, Muffled
Audio • Se PfllYlew/Unlversal's "Mr. Del" • Analyzing the Data East Cassette
System (Part 2) • The Importance of Good Cash Management •
Tech Shop Profile/Pioneer Sales & Service Inc. • The "Bea( Facts:
Powe< Supply Primer, JK Divide-By-Counters, "Audio Skeebalr
Tickets, Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit Kit/New EPROM, Trouble-
shooting the CDC Micron Time< • Industry Technical Schools •
Bally "Baby Pac-Man" Switched Illumination Mod, Atari "Quantum"
Monitor Mod • In Other Words/Conversion Kits • lnOulzitive •
HELP! WIiiiams "Gorgaf' Solenoid Problem
VOL. 5/#8 AUGUST '83
News Bits/Downloading Video Software, ICs Soon to Beconne
Centipedes • Armor Chain Compeny Announces New Ant~ Theft
Anchor tor Vending Machines • On The SetVice Trail ... Varistor
Protection, Sega's "Star Trek'' Ki\ Talto RectWier Heat Sinks,
WIlhams' New Plastic Cabinets • Atari Tech Tips: Dangerous
Display Harness. Using the Z80 Interface, "food fight" Joystick
CahbratiorvSelectingOpt1ons • BallyMldway125VAPowerSupply
Blown Fuses Care • Bally Midway Se!Vlce Bulletins: "Baby Pac-
Man" Memory Comb1nal100S. "Ms. Pac-Man'' Rfl Modification •
Atan "Star Wars" Hardware • Sega "Star Trek"f'The Kit" • Sega
24-Hour Turnaround Update • Gottlieb Power Distribution for the
GG-11I Video System • A tan "Pole Pos1l1on" Heat Cure • ETA
Elects New 0Nlc8rs at Annual COl1\'9fltlon • TOP's New "Motion
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fluid 60" Handles Lubrication tor Close-fitting Parts • New System
PfllYlew/Atarfs "Star Wars" • Protection Mod tor Kurz-Kasch
Tf650 • Tech Shop Profile/Sandler Vending Company• Manulacts:
Sega Electronics' "Turbo'' Troubleshooting (Part 2) • The "Bear"
facts: Using Ohm's Law, How to Troubleshoot DC Power S~les.
Troubleshooting Gino Rondlna Hydraullc Toys, " Superbalr Ticket
MotOf Drive Mod; Bal Release Kit Bal Stop Guard, Ikemoto "frog
Hunter" Ticket Dispenser Kit • How to Use Low-Cost Photo
Equipment to fight Crime • lnOutzltlve • Al~Purpose Non-Contact
Aerosol Oust/Uni Remover Announced by Chemtronics • In Other
WordS/CPU System
VOL 5/#7 SEPTEMBER '83
News BIIS/fllllastic Signs with the Games Networ1<, Horne Computers
to Win In Electronic Game Marke\ Gameine Offers On-Line Video
Games !Of the Atari VCS • Sega Mionltor Repair Policy • On The
Service Trail ... Atarfs "focx! fight" Location Adjustments. Atari's
"Star Wars" Controls/Monitor H~Voltage Board, WIiiiams New
FUpper A~y, Sega's "Star 1191<" Kit Installation • Trotille-
shootlng Gott11eb's ·a•Berf'/foreground, Background • AMOA
Exposition 1983 • The "Bear" Facts ... Series and Parallel
Resistance/Capacitance Cktl, Noo-Vldeo GIWll9 Troubleshooting
(Part 2), BaNy"Baby Pac-Man" POWlll·Up Problem, Solid State Sound
Replaces Tape Players In Kiddle Rides • Sega Plans Release of Rea~
Time Interactive Laaer Oise System• Baly"Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man"
Top Saucer Problem • Ten Ways to Ruin VOii' Business •
Manutacts: Troubleshooting the Atari Amplttone Color X-Y Display,
Atari "Crystal Castles" Checksums • Atari "Star Wars'' Cotor X·Y
Moni!Of Modifications • New System Prevlew/Clnematroolcs'
"Dragon's Lal(' • Sega TechlipS/Unlversal Sound Board • Arcade
Debit Card System • 7th Alnlll Bally Midway ~Day School •
Tech Shop Proflle/Baly SouttMst • Atari Tech Tips: Ampllfone
Color X·Y Monitor Voltage Regulator Cid, "l911'4)9Sr' Wettt-Gardner
X·Y Monitor IPC Boan! Mod • Serw:e Tips: Nintendo Monitor
Vertical Roller, Bally Pine 555 l.1111) Burnout, BaHy"Baby Pac-Man"
Feature Lamp Burnout • In Other WordS/Game Synonyms •
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News BltS/Plaltlc EPROMs Taget Production Applicatlona •
Clnematronb' "Dragon's Lair" lntennlttent Verticll Roll • Stem
"frenzy" Power-Up Credits • Coin Alarm Systems by Capricorn •
On The Service Trail .. . Sega"Starlrel(' G-80 Power Pins, Nintendo
Control Panels, Manulacllnrs Need Help, Pre-AMOA Industry
Outlook • Bally Midway SeMce Bulletine: "Discs of Tron" 125VA
Power Chassis Mod, "Proleaor Pac-Man" Video Distortion • Sega
Bumi Power SlJlll)ly Comec!Of Mod • Managerial Strategies •
Base-Car Communication • New-Tone Electronlcs Quartz Crystal
Application Guldle • New System Preview (Part 2) Clnematronics'
"Dragon's Lal(' • Tnlli>leshootlng Sega's "frogger" • Sega
Service Notes: Electrohome Color X-Y Monitor Deflection Amp Mod,
G-80 Power SlJlll)ly Comector Mod, "Pengo" EPROM Lock-Up •
Atari "Star Wars'' Urntlable Power-Up • The "Bear" Facts: Laser
Dia: Technology Brief, 555 Timer Update, Troubleshooting Motors.
Clutches and Brakes for Kiddle Rides and Made Pieces, Gino
Rondlna "Rally Video
Review • Manulacts: Understanding
Speech Synthesizers • Star*Tech Jcunal 4th ArnJal Reader
Su!veyResults • MytstarSOlllCUSpeechPlggybackBoardReplac&-
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New System PlllYlew/Atarfs "Crystal Castles" • Tech Shop
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THE BECKMAN
HD-100
High Visibility
Color
The international yellow
color helps prevent
accidental loss.
Tough
Thermoplastic
Fire-retardant case
provides protection
against damage from
breakage.
Buil Tough
to Last
The HD-100, the Hardhat meter, is an
indispensible tool that has rugged
protection from mishaps and adverse
environments.
2000-Hour Continuous Battery Life
The common 9V transistor battery pro-
vides up to 2000 hours of continuous
operation, and upto2 years of life under
typical use. For added convenience, the
decimal point blinks during the last ten
percent of battery life. Compared to
other multimeters with only 200 hours
typical use, Beckman meters save you
at least 10 battery replacements - a
real time and money saver for your
outdoor and indoor applications.
Easy-to-Use Single Selector Switch
One single selector switch makes the
instrument easier to use and saves time.
There is less chance of error because
you go directly to the function and range
you seek. In addition, there are no con-
fusing rows of pushbuttons or multiple
switches. You get a unique switch design
that is far more reliable and durable
than found in conventional VOMs.
lnsta-Ohms® Continuity Indicator
Now you can make continuity checks
with the speed and ease of an analog
meter. The lnsta-Ohms® Continu ity
Indicator features an ohms symbol that
appears in the display the instant con-
tinuity is established with test leads.
The ohms sign is designed for easy
reading in bright daylight or low light
conditions.
Reliable 100% Factory Burn-In and
Computer Tested
To assure you of a rel iable product - a
meter tough enough to go where you go
- Beckman performs a 100% burn-in of
each meter. Every function and range is
computer tested at the factory to assure
you of a meter that works the fi rst time,
every time. ·
Maximum Protection RF Shielding
Now you can enter high RF energy
fields generated by communication
transmitters and high voltage sources
with confidence in your results. The HD-
100 meter is completely shielded to
eliminate RF interference.
High Accuracy 22-Megohm Input
Impedance
This special feature reduces errors
commonly caused by circuit loading.
Increased measurement accuracy over
other comparable meters is achieved
by providing a high input impedance in
all DC voltage ranges.
LCD Shock Mounted
The 3½ digit LCD is shock
mounted to reduce breakage.
Drop-proof
Double-thick case
walls and ribs to
resist cracking.
Recessed
Rotary Switch
Prevents damage in
the tool box.
Water-tight
Seal-----J. /
Heavy duty sealing
locks out dirt, grime
and moisture.
2-Amp/250V Fuse
Protection in all current
ranges.
Guaranteed Long-Term Accuracy
A highly stable band-gap reference
element and thin-film voltage divider
network guarantee the specified accu-
racy for a one-year minimum, without
calibration.
Fast and Accurate In-Circuit Diode
Transistor Test Function
You no longer need to search among
several ranges for semiconductor test
capability. This special test function
allows accurate measurements of for-
ward voltage drops across diode, LEDs,
and transistor junctions with 2mA of
"constant" test current. Semiconductor
junctions can also be measured while
in-circuit, with as little as 500 ohms
shunt resistance.
Completely Equipped to Handle
Your Toughest Jobs
Beckman delivers the HD-100 multi-
meter ready to work. Each unit comes
fully equipped with a 9V battery, safety-
designed test leads and operator's
manual.
Beckman Warranty
Beckman multimeters have been de-
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trouble-free operation. For this reason,
each instrument comes with a one-year
limited warranty under which Beckman
agrees that if the instrument fails for any
reason whatsoever, except abuse,
Beckman will (at its election) repair or
replace the multimeter with a new or
reconditioned unit of equivalent quality.
The user must fill out and return the
warranty card as a condition precedent.
to warranty coverage. Thereafter, the
user simply mails the unit back to the
factory or local authorized service center
with a check for $3.00 to cover postage
and handling. A new or reconditioned
instrument will then be returned to the
user, typically with only a one- or two-
day turnaround at the service center.
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