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SIAR1f IECHJOURNAL
THE TECHNICAL MONTHLY FOR THE AMUSEMENTS INDUSTRY
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 8
OCTOBER 1986
Merit-Nomac PUB TIME Darts
by Jim Kelly/Service Manager
Merit Industries
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Merit Industries, Inc. has recently
acquired the assets of Nornac Ltd. The new
comp:my, Merit-Nanac, Inc., will continue
to manufacture the PUB TIME dart game fran
their Illinois facility. Now, operators
will be able to purchase Merit's own BULL
WSTER darts or the PUB TIME darts from
authorized Merit Industries or Merit-Nornac
distributors.
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Continuing to support and service the PUB
TIME dart game, Merit-Nanac will keep the
warranty at 6 roonths f ran tine of
purchase. The warranty covers defects in
material and workmanship (both electrical
and mechanical).
All PUB TIME dart part orders can be
ordered by calling your local Merit
Industries or Merit-Nornac distributor. All
technical service problems can be answered
by calling Merit customer Service, toll
free, at 1-800-445-9353.
Atari POLE POSITION Resistor Burn
By
Atari Field Service Departnent
Milpitas, califomia
Game: POLE POSITION (or other Atari Ganes)
Symptoms: R29 am/or R30 on the
Audio/Regulator PCB bums.
This problem is caused by a bad or
intermittent power supply, lost from the
Audio/Regulator PCB to the game logic PCB.
Solution: In roost cases, by replacing the
44 pin edge connector, Atari
part #179073-044, the problem
is corrected .
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Bally BLACK BELT Manual Error
By
Ed Schmidt/Asst. Field Service Manager
Bally Midway Manufacturing Conpany
Franklin Park, Illinois
SUbject: Manual Error Correction
Re: 6803 Pinball Power Module Scherratic
Drawing A084-91785-D000
C6 and C7 read .1 UF
Change to read .01 UF
Game Marnials Involved: 8 BALL OIAMP
BFAT THE Ciro<
I.ADY LUCK
z.uIORIOIB
BIACK BELT
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