Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1984-June - Vol 6 Issue 4

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VOL. 6/#1 MARCH '84
News Bits: Color Oscilloscope Uses Liquid·
Crystal Shutter, Hook a Videodisc to Your
Apple, Flicker-Free 3-0 Movies with New
Stereo System, First Digital TV Sets Shown in
Europe, Sharpest Tube in Town • Bally
Midway "Ms. Pac-Man": Filter PCB Caution,
Power Supply Burnt Pins Mod • Electrohome
and Wico Form Marketing/Distribution Part-
nership • Bally Midway Service Bulletins:
"NFL Football" Vertical Roll with Slave Moni-
tor, "NFL Football" and "Tapper'' (Earlier
Games) Possible PWR Short, "Spy Hunter''
(Sit-Down and Upright) Accelerator/Steering
Pots, "Jr. Pac-Man" Field Kit: Coin Counter,
"Jr. Pac-Man" Logic Boards Not Interchange-
able, "Jr. Pac-Man Mod for Universal Tester,
"Spy Hunter'' (Upright and Sit-Down) Potentio-
meter Calibration • Gottlieb Pop Bumper
Burn-Out Cure • Cinematronics PR7820
Exchange Program • Movies Come to
Showbiz ... Total Entertainment Concept
Combines Movie, Game & Restaurant Market·
ing • Z-80 Micro Outline• The"Bear'' Facts:
Testing Semiconductors • On The Service
Trail: Atari's "Pole Position II", Control Panels,
Atari's "Red Baron" • Bally Midway "NFL
Football" Program Update Kit • New System
Preview: Centuri/Konami's "Track & Field" •
Tele*Tech: RCA SJT400 Random Access
Videodisc Player • Bally Midway Trouble-
shooting Electrohome & Wells Gardner
Monitors (Part 4) • Sega G-80 Card Cage
System Games, Their Custom Chips and
Program Series • In Other Words: Video
Game Components• lnQuizitive • Customer
Service Numbers
VOL. 6/#2 APRIL '84
ASI '84 • Stern "Cliff Hanger'' Intermittent
Operation • Atari Remembers Its Own •
Pioneer Technical Service Regional Offices
• On The Service Trail: Kits, Kits, Kits, The
Bottom Line: Make Your Game Look New •
Tele*Tech: Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lair''
Laserdisc Repair Problems • Gottlieb Pop
Bumper Board Symptom/Solution • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "Jr. Pac-Man"
(Games & Kits) +5vdc Regulator Schematic
Error, "Spy Hunter'' (SID and U/R) Calibration
Mod, "Burger Time" Credit Mod• News Bits:
Laservision Goes Solid State, Warner Has
Modest Quarterly Profit, Arcade-Style Games
Board • Cutting Excess Overhead Costs •
Williams "Gorgar'' Solenoid Problem • New
System Preview: Bally Midway's• Jr. Pac-Man"
(Field Kit) • Electrohome G07·CBO DC
Voltage Measurements • Customer Service
Numbers • Laserdisc Repair: Part 1: Short of
Actual Repair • Manufacts: Atari "Cloak and
Dagger'' Troubleshooting Procedure • RCA
VideodiscServiceCenters • Mylstar"M.A.C.H.
111" Troubleshooting (Cont.) • Atari "Crystal
Castles" ROM Update, Cat Box Checksums,
"Quantum" Schematic Corrections, "Star Wars"
Notes, "Star Wars" Display Problems • In
Other Words: "Space Ace" Villains
VOL. 6/#3 MAY'84
News Bits: "New Look'' for TV, High-Power
Switch, Semiconductor and Gas Lasers, Atari
& Activision to Broadcast Software, RCA Corp.
Phases Out Videodisc Player • American
Lock's Tough, Weather Resistant One-Piece
Extruded All Brass Body Padlocks • RF
Modulator Circuit for Use with Radio Shack
UM1285·8 (#277-221) • On The Service
Trail: The Game That Has Never Worked
Properly • Atari "Star Wars" Troubleshooting
Guide Notes, "Tempest'' Display • AOE
Review • Mylstar Announces Three Day
Seminar • Atari "Food Fight" Joystick Cali·
bration • Photon Allows Players to Enjoy
Personal Involvement in High-Tech Game Era
• Tele*Tech: Conversion Kits • Coin Ac-
ceptors, Inc., Maintains 31 Service Centers
Worldwide for Amusement and Game Industry
Customers • Nintendo Introduces Their
Service Package • Troubleshooting Tips for
Mylstar's "M.A.C.H. 111" • Nintendo Service
Bulletins: "Mario Bros." Coin/Credit Problems,
"Donkey Kong", "Radar Scope" Scrambled
Screen, "Radar Scope" Speed-Up Kit, "Radar
Scope" Frozen Picture• Pioneer's LD·V4000
Industrial Laserdisc Player • New System
Preview: Cinematronics' "Space Ace" •
Laserdisc Repair: Part 2: Theory and Safety •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Spy Hunter",
"Tapper'' & "Root Beer'' Fuse Change, "Astron
Belt'' to "Galaxy Ranger'' Conversion Kit,
Flipper Assembly Revisions, "Spy Hunter''
Cheap Squeak Deluxe Module PAL Substitu-
tion • Bally 555 Lamp Burnout Circuit Mod •
Atari "Firefox'' Amplifone Raster Modification
• In Other Words: Conversion Kits
LCD Shock Mounted
The 3½ digit LCD is shock
rrnunted to reduce breakage.
THE .BECKMAN HD-100
The HD-100, the Hardhat meter, is an indispensible
caused by circuit loading. Increased measurement
accuracy over other comparable meters is achieved
by providing a high input impedance in all DC
voltage ranges.
tool that has rugged protection from mishaps and
adverse environments.
2000-Hour Continuous Battery Life
The common 9V transistor battery provides up to
2000 hours of continuous operation, and up to 2
years of life under typical use. For added con-
venience, the decimal point blinks during the last
ten percent of battery life.
Guaranteed Long-Term Accuracy
A highly stable band-gap reference element and
thin-film voltage divider network guarantee the
specified accuracy for a one-year minimum,
without calibration
Easy-to-Use Single Selector Switch
Makes the instrument easier to use and saves
time. You get a unique switch design that is far
more reliable and durable than found in conven-
tional VOMs.
Completely Equipped to Handle
Your Toughest Jobs
Each unit comes fully equipped with a 9V battery,
safety-designed test leads and operato(s manual.
Reliable 100% Factory Burn-In and
Computer Tested
Every function and range is computer tested at the
factory to assure you of a meter that works the
first time, every time.
High Accuracy 22-Megohm Input
Impedance
This special feature reduces errors commonly
Water-tight
Seal
Heavy duty sealing
locks out dirt grime
and moisture.
Fast and Accurate In-Circuit Diode
Transistor Test Function
This special test function allows accurate
measurements of forward 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.
lnsta-Ohms® Continuity Indicator
You can make continuity checks with the speed
and ease of an analog meter. The lnsta-Ohms®
Continuity Indicator features an ohms symbol that
appears in the display the instant continuity is
established with test leads.
Maximum Protection RF Shielding
You can enter high RF energy fields generated by
communication transmitters and high voltage
sources with confidence in your results.
Drop-proof
Double-thick case
walls and ribs to
resist cracking.
Beckman Warranty
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DIGITAL FEATURES ... AT AN ANALOG PRICE
The Beckman DM25 digital multimeter gives you a wide range of
features at a down-to-earth price.
Features like . . .
• Five AC and DC voltage and current ranges
• Six resistance ranges
• A diode test function to test junction forward bias
• An instant continuity beeper to make circuit tracing ·easy
• A capacitance test function
• Dual voltages for in-circuit or out-of-circuit resistance tests
• Conductance to measure extremely high resistance values
• Auto-polarity, auto-zero and auto-decimal capabilities to
eliminate guesswork.
• A single function- and range-selector switch for sure and easy
use.
This pocket-size meter is the best low-cost digital multimeter you
can buy. It measures approximately 53/e" in length, 3¼" in width
and less than ¼" high. It weighs only 5. 75 ounces including
battery.
Also included with your DM25 is a test lead set spare fuse(2A),
a 9V battery and instruction manual. Your meter is backed by the
Beckman warranty.
ONLY $79.95
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