STAR*TECH JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1983
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VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Convergence, and Tracking Adjustments for Wells-
Gardner Color X-Y Monitor • On The Service Trail . .. Atari's
"Pole Position" Notes, Atari's "Dig Dug" Difficulty Adjustment
Atari's "Black Widow"f'Gravitar" Update, The Operato(s Bus~
ness Status, Sega "Tac-Scan" Conversion Kit Bally/Midway
"Super Pac-Man" Drop Off, Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus" •
Sega "Frogger" 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 Coin Return Level 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 (Part 3) •
News Bits/ NEC 4-Megabit Memory Chip • Bally Feature
Lamp Power Supply Mod • Gottlieb "Q•Bert" Technical Notes,
Gottlieb's MA4000 Filter Board, Troubleshooting Gottlieb's
"Q•Bert" GG-11I System • The "Bear" Facts . .. Digital Logic
Intro, 555 Timer Circuits, Kasco "Driver II", Ticket Dispenser
Feedback • An R&D Tax Credit for Your Electronic Coin-Op
Business? • lnQuizitive • In Other Words/Video Games
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83
Stem "Lost Tomb" Service Notes • Atari "Pole Position" Gas
Pedal Modification • On The Service Trail .. Atari Customer/
Field Service, Atari "Millipede" and "Tempest" Option Setting
Recommendations, Wico's New Contact Points • Design
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, "Centaur" & "Speak Easy" Solenoid Expander PCBs •
Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 7) • Manufacturer Phone
Numbers for 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 • Manufacts: Logic Board Lock-
Ups • New System Preview/Nintendo's "Popeye" • Taito
Troubleshooting Chart for FMP001 Switching Regulator •
Atari "Pole Position" Pulley Cable • The "Bear" Facts ... Logic
Truth Tables, "Scoutball" Troubleshooting Tips • In Other
Words/Technical Terms• Data East"Bump 'N' Jump" Option
Switch Settings • lnQuizitive
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 Problem AOE '83 in Review
• AOE Expo'83/Non-Videos • Maoofacts: Sega"Ttxtxf PROM
Identification 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
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Kits • Tech Shop Profile • Bally Feature Lamp Burnout Cure
• New-Tone Electronics, lnc.'s Transient Voltage Protection
Unit • The "Bear" Facts .. . Logic Gates, Logic Math, Divide-
by-N Counters, Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotball" 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 Rides
• COINCO Conducts 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 Video
Game Applications • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 9) •
Chemtronics Electronic Grade Coolant• BallyMidway"Grand
Slam" Fly-AwayTarget Adjustment 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 Operation, Keyboard Programmable Divide-By-N
Counter, "Scoutball" Troubleshooting Tips for Light or Sound
Failure • Sole Proprietorship Lile Insurance • Randustrial
Corp. Maintenance Catalog • In Other Words/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 "Dig-Dug'' and "Xevious" Contact Points, Sega Sit Down
"Star Trek'' Start Button, Meltec "Boom Balls" Trouble Areas •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Journey" Intermittent Shut-Off
of Tape Cassette, "Mappy" Difficulty Level Setting, "Wacko",
"Kozmik Krootr", "Journey", etc. Power Schematic Manual
Errors, "Super Pac-Man"/ "Mappy" Similar Electronics Circuits
• Midway 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 New24-Hour Rapid Return
on Serviced Parts • Chemtronics Triple Purpose Plastic/Glass
Cleaner • Build Your Own Logic Probe • Cinernatronics
"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(Part10) • NewSystemPreview/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 "Beaffacts: Power Supply
Primer, JK Divide-By-Counters, "Audio Skeeball" Tickets,
Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit KiVNew EPROM, Troubleshooting
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 "Gorgar" Solenoid Problem
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" Kit Taito Rectifier Heat
Sinks, Williams' New Plastic Cabinets • Atari Tech Tips:
Dangerous Display Harness, Using the 280 Interface, "Food
Fight" Joystick CalibratiorvSelecting Options • Bally Midway
125VA Power Supply Blown Fuses Care • Bally Midway
Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man" Memory Combinations,
"Ms. Pac-Man" RFI Modification• Atari "Star Wars" Hardware
• Sega "Star Trek''/"The Kit'' • Sega 24-Hour Turnaround
Update • Gottlieb Power Distribution for the GG-I11 Video
System • Atari "Pole Position" Heat Cure • ETA Elects New
Officers at Annual Convention • TD P's New"Motion Fluid 60"
Handles Lubrication for Close-Fitting Parts • New System
Preview/Atari's "Star Wars'' • Protection Mod for Kurz-Kasch
TF650 • Tech Shop Profile/Sandler Vending Company •
Manufacts: Sega Electronics' "Turbo" Troubleshooting (Part 2) •
The "Bear" Facts: Using Ohm's Law, How to Troubleshoot DC
Power Supplies, Troubleshooting Gino Rondina Hydraulic Toys,
"Superball" Ticket Motor Drive Mod; Ball Release Kit Ball Stop
Guard, Ikemoto "Frog Hunter" Ticket Dispenser Kit • How to
Use Low-Cost Photo Equipment to Fight Crime • lnQuizitive
• All-Purpose Non-Contact Aerosol Dust/Lint Remover
Announced by Chemtronics • In Other Words/CPU System
VOL 5/#7 SEPTEMBER '83
News Bits/Funtastic Signs with the Games Network, Home
Computers to Win in Electronic Game Market Gameline Offers
On-Line Video Games for the Atari VCS • Sega Monitor Repair
Policy • On The Service Trail. .. Atari's "Food Fight" Location
Adjustments, Atari's "Star Wars" Controls/Monitor Hi-Voltage
Board, Williams New Flipper Assembly, Sega's "Star Trek'' Kit
Installation • Troubleshooting Gottlieb's "Q•Berf'/Foreground,
Background• AMOA Exposition 1983 • The"Bear" Facts ...
Series and Parallel Resistance/Capacitance Ckts, Non-Video
Game Troubleshooting (Part 2), Bally "Baby Pac-Man" Power-
Up Problem Solid State Sound Replaces Tape Players in Kiddie
Rides • Sega Plans Release of Real-Time Interactive Laser
Disc System • Bally "Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man" Top Saucer
Problem • Ten Ways to Ruin Your Business • Manufacts:
Troubleshooting the Atari Amplttone Color X-Y Display, Atari
"Crystal Castles" Checksums • Atari "Star Wars" Color X-Y
Monitor Modifications • New System Preview/Cinematronics'
"Dragon's Lair" • Sega Tech Tips/Universal Sound Board •
Arcade Debit Card System • 7th Annual Bally Midway 5-Day
School • Tech Shop Profile/Bally Southwest • Atari Tech
Tips: Amplilone Color X-Y Monitor Voltage Regulator Ckt
"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
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