Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1988-May - Vol 10 Issue 3

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STAR*TECH Journal
Merit Pit Boss II
CRT-250 PCB
May19ss
Rockola Video 9
Capacitor Failure
Jim Kelly, Customer Service Manager
Merit Industries
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Ronnie Belitz
Lark Amusement Inc.
Bristol, Tennessee
COMPATIBILITY
The new Pit Boss II video game is available in
countertops, full conversion its and as a
simple board replacement in your existing
Merit game. This game has all new software
with a 10 games-in-one cabinet combina-
tion. The new CRT-250 PCB replaces the
CRT-200 PCB in all Merit cabinets. The CRT-
250 software is not compatible with the CRT-
200 software.
PROBLEM
Rockola video game power supplies. The
symptom is no output on any voltage bus.
ENHANCEMENTS
This new CRT-250 PCB has a dual video
processor with over 256k of video memory.
The board also has 512k of program mem-
ory. The bookkeeping is held by a packaged
non-volatile RAM and lithium battery com-
bination. (The older CRT-200 had separate
battery and 6264 RAM.) All questions are
written in the program and there is no aux-
iliary PCB (CRT-205A) used with the CRT-
250. (The CRT-205A held the question
Eproms on the older CRT-200.)
HARDWARE
The new universal countertop cabinet has a
13" Wells-Gardner monitor that easily con-
verts from horizontal to vertical for future
use. (Remove the 4 screws that hold the tube
and simply change the angle of the tube.)
The cabinet opens from the top and bottom
rear areas for service and maintenance. This
cabinet was designed by technicians who
can appreciate easy troubleshooting of elec-
tronic components in a countertop game.If
you have any questions regarding the Pit
Boss II, call Merit Industries Customer Serv-
ice toll free at 1-800-445-9353.
SOLUTION
Replace electrolytic capacitors at the follow-
ing locations: C6, C7 (220uF/16V) and C20
(2.2uF /S0V).
NOTE
If you still have some of these games around,
this is a quick fix and will get the piece back
out on location. These caps will check bade
and it would be a good idea to check the rest -
of the caps used in these supplies just for
good measure. Replace these and any caps
that fail, due to heat, with a higher tempera-
ture rated capacitor. These replacements
are readily available from any parts supply.
***
Murphy's Law #103
In any bureaucracy, paperwork increases as
you spend more and more time reporting o
the less and less you are doing. Stability L
achieved when you spend all of your time
reporting on the nothing you are doing.
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Socket Those
New Chips
Pre1nier Flipper
Display Failure
Jrunes Beck
BAM Engineering/Southern Dist. Co.
Atlanta, Georgia
Srun Cross
Godwin Distributing Co.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
PROBLEM
The new thin DIP (Dual Inline Package) 24
and 28 pin SRAMs that are being used on
many of the newer boards are sometimes a
little scarce, or are not even stocked by some
distributors and parts houses, but don't
despair!
PROBLEM
Display doesn't light.
SOLUTION
Just bend the legs of a standard size wire-
wrap socket inward, and then solder them to
sockets that match the smaller outline. You
.
en have an adapter that will allow you to
use full sized chips. I recommend the use of
machined type sockets to ensure a snug fit
if the original part was socketed.
NOTE
A 16- and an 8-pin socket can be used to
create a thin-line 24-pin, and two 14's to
make the 28.
***
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325 North Eisenhower Lane
Lombard, Illinois 60148
312-629-6500
E-PROMS
2708
2716
2732
2532
2764
2564
2763
27128
27256
27512
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Rl, a 1 thousand ohm resistor at 2 watts
which serves as the current limiter for the -
15vdc supply circuit on the display board,
may have opened up, or may open up a short
time after turning the game on.
NOTE
Two conditions may occur: Rl may be open
all of the time even when the game is off, or
Rl may open up a short time after power on.
SERVICE MANAGER
CLEVELAND COIN is looking for a
Service Manager for its main office in
Cleveland, Ohio. Technical back-
ground in amusement & full-line
vending is required, in addition to
good communications skills. Competi-
tive salary and full benefits being
offered by a leader in coin-op
distribution.
SEND RESUME AND SALARY HISTORY
IN COMPLETE CONFIDENCE TO:
CALL
FOR
PRICES
CASH PAID FOR USED P.C. BOARDS!!!
CALL DRAGAN AT 312-629-6500
ATTENTION: JOHN BATISTIC
17000 S. Waterloo Rd.,Cleveland,Ohio44110

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