Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1990-November - Vol 12 Issue 9

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CUSTOM/8 LINE WIRE HAR-
NESSES MADE TO ORDER
Harnesses • Interface Boards • Color Conversion Pcb
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JAMMA Generic Harnesses
P.O. Box 1065
18 North Centre Street
Merchantville, NJ 08109
Phone:
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Contributors:
609/662-1080
609/662-0537
404/631-2928
James Calore
Sharon DiRenzo
Neil Calore
Arnie Aarstad
Mark Anderson
James Beck
Jeffrey D. Best
Todd Erickson
Dave George
Pete Gustafson
Jim Hartung
Paul Maglinger
Victor Navon
James Overman
Luan Pham
Frank Seninsky
Steven C. TenBusschen
Todd Tuckey
JAMMA Interface Wired
Conversions Made Simple With Interface Boards
Double Male Interface Board with JAM MA pinout one side and choice
of either 28/56, 22/44 or 18/36 on other side@ $12. Male/Female
Interface Board with male JAM MA pinout on one side and choice of
28/56, 22/44 or 18/36 female connector on other @ $15. 8 line tails
@ $20. 8 line generic complete with terminations@ $26.50. Boards
wired to your pinout $7. Nintendo Monitor Color Conversion PCB,
instructions furnished $22. Quantity prices on request. Prices subject
to change without notice.
LOUISE'S HARNESS SHOP INC.
712 County Rd. 58, Prattville, AL 36067.
800/365-1941. 205/365-1841. Fax: 205/365-4435.
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STAR*TECH Journal, November, 1990, Volume 12, Number 9,
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Atari Afterburner
Throttle Sub
Taito Chase HQ
Steering Parts
James Beck
Geater Southern Distributing
Atlanta, Georgia
Todd Erickson
Summit Amusement
St. Paul, Minnesota
PROBLEM
PROBLEM
So, you want to put an Afterburner into one of
your convertable cabinets but the throttle was
destroyed. So, you decide to use two microswitch
pushbuttons (fast and slow) instead. With no
button pushed, it would make the "game" nor-
mal speed.
I recently needed steering parts for my Chase HQ
byTaito. They had been backordered at my local
distributor for many weeks!
So, you try to connect the pots to the
pushbuttons (pushing the button would con-
nect the pot wiper to the game, but some how
that does not work). You would like to get rid of
the pots completely and use resistors.
Sot.unoN
Try this: Take your normal push button switch
that has a N/O, N/C, and COM and connect the
input to the board to the COM terminal, the +5
to the N / 0 terminal, and the ground to the N / C
terminal. That should give you a button that is
normally slow and goes to wide open on being
pressed.
This assembly has been one of the most
troublesome items on my route today. It was
never designed right in the first place. I can
equate it to General Motors changing a gas
motor into a diesel. It will never be right!
SOLUTION
The game is still an excellent game. I feel it was~
worth the investment to purchase a replacement
steering wheel kit from Happ Controls. I felt the
360 degree wheel would be better for my appli-
cation.
The kit worked out perfect! I am now upgrading
all of my Chase HQ games. This kit will also fit in
upright Continental Circuits.
The kit may be purchased direct from Happ
(708/593-6130) or from your local distributor.
Cine:matronics Baseball Season II Reset
Paul Maglinger
Maglinger Electronics
Evansville, Indiana
SYMPTOM
I recently had a Cinematronics Baseball Season
II which would reset after entering initials,
birthdate • or sometimes the team color. Also.
there was numerical garbage in the statistics.
REASON
I found out that the strange data in the RAM was
caused due to the 3.6 volt lithium battery being~
completely dead.
SOLUTION
Replace battery and reset all bookkeeping and
statistic totals.

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