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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/JANUARY 1984
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ing Tips for Licht or Srund Failure • Sole Proprietorship Ltte Insurance •
Randustrial Corp. Maintenance Catalog • In Other Words/Pinball
Games/Mfg. • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Convergence, and Tracking Adjustments for Wells-GardnerColorX·
Y Monitor • On The Service Trail ... Atari's"Pole Position" Notes. Atarls
"Dig Dug" Difficulty Adjustment Atari's "Black WrJrJtl'/ "Gravitar" Update,
The Operator's Business Status. Sega "Tac-Scan'' Conversion Kit Baly/
Midway "Super Pac-Man" Drop Off, Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus'' •
Sega "Frogger" Intermittent Soond • Rowe/ Seeburg Service Tips •
Atari "Pole Position" High Score Retention Mod, Gas Pedal Maintenance,
Steering Wheel Lock-Up, Intermittent Gear Shift, Dooble Vision • ROM/
PROM Test Cable Assy • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 6) • Data
East Cassette System Power Supply Mod • New S~stem Preview/Atari's
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 "Di~Dug" and "Xevirus"
Contact Points, Sega Sit Down "Star Trek'' Start Buttof\ Meltec "Boom
Balls" Trooble Areas • Bally MrJway Service Bulletins: "Joorney"
Intermittent Shut-Off of Tape Cassette, "Mappy" Difficulty Level Setting,
"Wacko", "Kozmik Kroot(', "Joorney", etc. Power Schematic Manual
Errors. "Super Pac-Man''f'Mappy" Similar Electronics Circuits• Midway
Initiates Service Newsletter for Operators • American Lock Cl)fl1)3ny
Develops New Security Cam Lock • Wells-Gardner Color X·Y High
Voltage Supply • Pace's Pulse Heat Power Soorce • Manufacts: Sega
Electronics' "Turbo" Troubleshooting (Part 1) • Sega's New 24-Hoor
Rapid Return on Serviced Parts • Chemtronics Triple Purpose Plastic/
Glass Cleaner • Build Ywr 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 (Part 10) • New System Preview/
Universars " Mr. Do!" • Analyzing the Data East Cassette System (Part 2)
• ThelmportanceofGoodCashManagernent • TechS~Profile/l>ioneer
Sales & Service Inc. • The "Bw Facts: Po-Supply Pnmer, JK Divide-
By-Crunters, "Audio Skeebalr' Tickets, Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit
Kit/New 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 "Gorgaf' Solenoid Problem
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Western" Option Switch Settings • Atari Coin Door Part Numbers •
Bally/Midway Picture Tube Interchangeability • Manufacts: Summary ol
Major OJ>-Amp Circuits (Part 3) • News Bits/NEC 4-Megabit Memory
Chip • Bally Feature Lamp Po- Supply Mod • Gottlieb "Q•Bert'' Tech-
nical Notes. Gottlieb's MA4000 Filter Board, Troobleshooting 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
TaxCreditforYoorElectronicCoirt-OpBusiness? • lnQuizitive • In Other
Words/Video Games
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83.
Stern "Lost Tomb" Service Notes • Atari "Pole Positiorl' Gas Pedal
Modttication • On The Service Trail .. Atari Customer/ Field Service, Atari
"Millipede" and "Tempesr Option Setting Recommendations, Wico's New
Contact Points • Design Scene SifllJlation System for Sale • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man" Vldiot PCB Adjustments,
"Baby Pac-Man" Schematic Typo, "Baby Pac-Man" Flipper E.0.S. Wiring,
"Centaur" & "Speak Easy'' Solenoid Expander PCBs • Sega Electronics'
ROM Line (Part 7) • Manufact1.m Phone Numbers for Canada and Other
Coontries • Gottlieb "Q•Berf' Symptoms/Possible Causes. 8088 Micro-
processor Notes • Nintendo "Donkey Kong Jr." Speed UwDown Kits •
News Bits/Flat Computer Displays ·• Manufacts: L~ic Board Lock-Ups
• New System Preview/Nintendo's "Popeye" • TaIto Troobleshooting
Chart for FMP001 Switching Regulator • Atari "Pole Position" Pulley
Cable • The "Bea(' Facts ... Logic Truth Tables, "Scoutbalr' Trooble-
shooting Tips• lnOtherWords/TechnicalTerms • DataEast"Bump 'N'
Jump" Option Switch Settings • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#8 AUGUST '83
News Bits/Downloadir,;i VrJieo Software, ICs Soon to Become Centipedes
• Armor Chain Company Annoonces New Anlt-The11 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: Dangeroos Display Harness. Using the zao Interface,
"Food Fighr Joystick CalibratiorvSelecting Options • Bally Midway
125VA Power Supply Blown Fuses Care • Bally Midway Service
Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man'' Memory Combinations, "Ma Pac-Man" RFI
Modttication • Atari"StarWars" Hardware• Sega"StarTrek"f'TheKir
• Sega24-HoorTurnaroundUpdate • GoWiebPowerDistributionforthe
GG·IIIVrJieoSystem • Atari "Pole Position" Heat Cure• ETA Elects New
Officers at Annual Convention • TDP's New "Motion FlurJ 60" Handles
Lubrication for CIOS&-Fitting Parts • New System Preview/Atarrs "Star
Wars" • Protection Mod for Kurz-Kasch TF650 • Tech Shop Profile/
Sandler Vending Company • Manufactsc Sega Electronics' "Turbo"
Troobleshooting (Part 2) • The "Bear'' Facts Using Ohm's Law, How to
Troobleshoot DC Po- Supplies, Troubleshooting Gino Rorldina Hydraulic
Toys, "Superbalr 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 • Al~Purpose Noo-
Contact Aerosol Dust/Lint Remover Announced by Chemtronics • In
Other Words/CPU System
VOL. 5/#3 MAY '83
ADE '83 Highlights • Coin Acceptors, Inc. Introduces Low-Cost Logic
Board Tester • Bally Midway Service Bulletirt Thumper Bumper Locking
Ring• OnTheServiceTrail. .. National LockReportsonLockootProblem
AOE '83 in Review • AOE Expo '83/Nort-Videos • Manufacts: Sega
"Turbo" PROM Identification Chart • News Bits/Service Trends Survey
• AOEAsides • SegaElectronics' ROMLine(Part8) • ANewC~ny
Introduces a New Imaging Surface • New System Preview/Sega's ' Star
Trek'' • Bally Midway Wire Cheating Kits • Tech Shop Profile • Bally
Feature Lamp Burnout Ctn • New-Tone Electronics. lnc.'s Transient
Voltage Protection Unit • The "Bear" Facts ... Logic Gates. Logic Math,
Divide-by-N Coonters. Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotbalr' Hockey, Destron
"Bio-Rhythm'' and "Astrograph" Modifications • In Other Words/VrJieo
Game Manufacturers • lnQuizitive
VOL 5/#7 SEPTEMBER '83
News Bits/Funtastic Signs with the Games Net-1<, Horne Computers to
Win in Electronic Game Market Gameline Offers Ort-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 Ht-Voltage Board, Williams New Flipper Assembly, Sega's "Star
Trek" Kit Installation • Troubleshootir,;i Gottiieb's "Q•Berf'/F~nd,
Backgrrund • AMOA Exposition 1983 • The "Bear" Facts ... Senesand
Parallel Resistance/Capacitance Ckts, Nort-Vldeo Game Troubleshooting
(Part 2), Bally "Baby Pac-Man" Power-Up Problem Solid State Soond
~eplaces Tape Players in Kiddie Rides • Sega Plans Release of Rea~ Time
Interactive Laser Disc System• Bally"Mr. & Mra Pac-Man" Top Saucer
Problem • Ten Ways to Rtin Your Business • Manufacts: Trolbleshooting
the Atari Amplifone Coklf X·Y Display, Atari "Crystal Castles" Checksums
• Atari "Star Wars" Color X·Y Monitor Mod~ications • New System
Preview/Cinematronics' "Draaorls Lai(' • Sega Tech Tips/Universal
Soond Board • Arcade Debit Card System• 7thAnnualBallyMidway5•
VOL. 5/#4 JUNE '83
AOE '83: Largest Yet • Kiddie Rides USA Debuts New Rides • COIN CO
Conducts Service Seminars • On The Service Trail ... Williams Drop
Target Jumper Wire Fix, Williams "Black Knight" Flipper Coil Replace-
ment • Atari "Tempesr Color X·Y Monitor, Bally Midway "Super Pac-
Man" Enhancement Chip • TCG Adds New Replacement Parts •
Manufacts: Introduction to the 68000 • News Bits/Hybrid Flat Displays,
OtherVrJieoGameApplications • Sega Electronics' ROM Line(Part9) •
ChemtronicsElectronicGradeCootant • BallyMidway"GrandSlam'' Fly-
Away Target Adjustment Bally Midway"Journey" Cassette Notes • New
System Preview/Cinernatronics' "Cosnuc Chasm" • Tech Shop Profile/
United Distributors. Inc. • Sega Electronics Service Bulletins: Sega G-80
~ Supoty Grrund Mod, Sega "Zaxxon" UpnghVTableJoystick Mod •
Sega Cotcii X·Y Monitor Zener Relllacernent • Analyzing the Data East
Cassette System • The "Bea(' ~acts: PAO Show, R·S Latch OperatiOI\
Keyboard Programmable DivrJle-By-N Coonter, "Scootbalr' Troubleshoot-
Day School • Tech Shop Profile/BalMoothwest • Atari Tech Tips:
Amplttone Coklf X·Y Monitor Voltage
ulator Ckt "Tempest'' Wells-
Gardner X·Y Monitor IPC Board Mod • ervice Tips: Nintendo Monitor
Vertical Roller, Bally Pins 555 Lamp Burnoot Bally "Baby Pac-Man''
Feature Lamp Burnoot • In Other Words/Game Synonyms • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#8 OCTOBER '83
News Bits/Plastic EPROMs Target Production Applications • Cinema-
tronics' "Dragon's lair" Intermittent Vertical Roll• Stem"Frenzy" Power-
Up Credits • Coin Alarm Systems by Capricorn • On The Service Trail. ..
Sega "StarTrek" G-80 Power Pins, Nintendo Control Pa Is, Manufactll'ers
Need HelP.: Pre-AMOA ln
Midway Service
Bulletins: 'Discs of Tron" 125VA Power C s
"Professor Pac-
Man'' Video Distortion • Sega Burnt Po
y Connector Mod •
Managerial Strategies • Base-Ca
ication • New-Tone
Electronics Quartz Crystal Appli ti
• New System Preview
(Part 2) Cinematronics' "D
Lair" • Troobleshooting Sega's
"Frogge(' • Sega S • e
• Electrohome Color X·Y Monitor
Deflection Amp Mod,
~ ~P.)rsupi>1y Connector Mod, "Pengo'' EPROM
Lock-Up • Atari "
Unreliable Power-Up • The "Bea(' Facts
Laser Disc T
rie~ 555 Timer Update, Troubleshooting Motors.
Clutches and
for Kiddie RrJes and Arcade Pieces, Gino Rondina
"Rally Video Ca Review • Manufacts: Understanding Speech Synthe-
sizers • Star•T ech Joo ma I 4th Annual Reader Survey Results •
Mylstar Soond/Speech Piggyback Board Relllacement • Jensen's New
Catalog of Computer EQUipment and Tools • New System Preview/ Atari's
"Crystal CasHes'' • Tech Shop Profile/Workl-Wide Distributors • In Other
Words/S*TJ Advertisers • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#9 NOVEMBER '83
News Bits/Vldeogames to Become Computer Terminals? New Coklf
Display Uses LiqurJ Crystals, Zilog's 32-Bit Microprocessor Chip, The
"McDonald's of Information", Random-Access CED • On The Service
Trail. .. Rowe OBA 1/5 Bill Acceptor/Atari "Pole Position II", "Joosr
Pinball by Williams: Problems and Percentaging • Bally MrJway Service
Bulletirt "Discs of Tron" Wiring Error • A Glossary ol Microprocessor
Terms • Gino Rondina "Rally Video Car" Circuit Operation (Part 1) • The
"Bear" Facts: 7 Segment Displays • Videodisc Maintenance • Readir,;i
Effectively • Atari "Star Wars" Tech Tips: Control CalibratiOI\ Freeze
Mode Warning, PCB Component Changes, AMO RAMs, Game Options •
New System Preview/ Centurrs "Gyruss'' • Manufactsc Sega "Champion
Basebalr Theory ol Operation • Bally Midway Service Manual • Pioneer
PR-7820 Laser Disc Notes: "DraQOO'S Lair" Options/Mods, PR-7820
Warranty Procedure, Disc Moont1ng, Disc Cleaning • Tech Shop
Profile/Brady Distributing Company • In Other Words/Laser Disc Optics
• lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#10 DECEMBER ' 83
AMOA '83 Highlights• Bally MrJwar, Service Bulletins: "Discs of Tron":
Upright/Environmental Differences, 'Granny and the Gators'': Diode
Chanpe. Bally Pinball Test Fixture Updates • News Bits/New Game
CartridQes are Reprogrammable, Superlattices Boost Semiconductor
CapabiOty, LiQhtweight Piezo Film Challenges Ceramics • Cinematronics'
"Dragon's Lair" Intermittent Joystick • Manufacts: Atari "Star Wars''
Notes • Cinernatronics' "Dragon's Lair" to TV Hook Up • Computer
Creations Does 3-D Backgrrunds for Williams' New Laser Disc Game
"Star Rider" • Centll'i "Gyruss" Shorted Power Supply Problem •
Vldieodisc: DescriptiorvFormat • Bally Midway "Astron Belt": Self Test
Back Door Key, Demodulator Board - Dip Switch 1, Demodulator Board
(Connectors & Adjustments), Basic Game Troobleshooting, Laser Disc
Player Troubleshooting& Maintenance, Video Disc Precautions, Laser Disc
Storage, False Error Message • Gino Rondina " Rally Video Ca(' Circuit
Operation (Part 2) • Tech Shop Profile/Royal Distributing Company •
Bally Midway Cheai>-Squeak Srund Module: SelfTesVTheory of Operation
• Wells Gardner X·Y Monitor/Final Solution • New System Preview/Bally
Midways "Discs of Tron'' • Atari "Star Wars" Af11)1ttone X·Y Monitor •
Bally Midway Troubleshooting Electrohome & Wells Gardner Monitors
(Part 1) • Atari Coin Video Customer Service New Locations • Bally
Midway "Ma Pac-Man" Speed-up Mod • In Other Words/Transistor
Terms • lnQuizitlve.
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