Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1990-October - Vol 12 Issue 8

CUSTOM/8 LINE WIRE HAR-
NESSES MADE TO ORDER
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Harnesses • Interface Boards • Color Conversion Pcb
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JAMMA Generic Harnesses
P.O . Box 1065
18 North Centre Street
Merchantville, NJ 08109
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609/662-1080
609 / 662-053 7
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James Calore
Sharon DiRenzo
Neil Calore
Reinhard Bangerter
James Beck
Jeffrey D. Best
John Boyce
David Cadieux
Tom Cahill
Vic Fortenbach
Peter Gustafson
Phil lvany
Eugene Jarvis
James Rice
Ed Romansko
Mitch Schleis
Brian Schorr
Frank Seninsky
Todd Tuckey
Evan Wessel
Ken Williams
STAR*TECH Journal, October, 1990, Volume 12, Num-
ber 8. Copyright © 1990 by Star Tech Journal. Inc. All
rights reseNed. Address inquiries to: PO Box 1065,
Merchantville. NJ 08109. Phone: 609 /662- l 080. Sub-
scription rates: USA $67 .00. Canada $76.00 (US funds).
Other Countries S 120.00 Air Mail (US funds) .
JAMMA Interface Wired
Conversions Made Simple With Interface Boards
Double Male Interface Board with JAM MA pin out one side and choice
of either 28/56, 22/44 or 18/36 on other side@ $12. Male/ Female
Interface Board with male JAMMA 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.
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Willianis Smash TV
Slani Switch
Back To The Future
Service Lanips
Eugene Jarvis
Williams Electronics Games, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Peter Gustafson
Data East Pinball
Melrose Park, Illinois
SUBJECT
SUBJECT
On the revision 5.0 proms for this video game,
the slam tilt switch has no effect even though in
test mode the game knows about it and can
identify it.
Notice two lights below the start button, one red,
one green. These lights will be on all future Deco
pins starting with Back To The Future.
REASON
The red light on indicates that the game has a
stuck switch that is not critical to game play, but
if it's flashing, the stuck switch is a critical
switch and needs to be fixed right away!
INDICATIONS
Williams video slam switches invalidates coins
that might be coming through the acceptor for
some determinate period. That is so that credits
can't be "knocked up" by beating on the coin
door.
RESULT
That is the whole purpose of the switch! No
sounds are made so that players are not en-
couraged to trash the door. It will not reset the
game. Why kill a game in progress when all you
need to do is stop a little coin door hanky panky.
Wells Gardner
13K7801 No Raster
Ed Romasko
Champions Amusement Centers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The green light on indicates that the playfield
needs to be cleaned because over 1500 games
have been played. Green light flashing indicates
that the playfield is really dirty (over 2250 games
have been played).
NOTE
The green "clean me" lamp is adjustable (EAd31)
from off to 2000. If set to off it will never go on.
Green light flashing indicates that 1.5 games x
the number EAd 31 is set to, have been played
without it being cleaned.
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Ex: 1,500 x 1.5 = 2,250
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Once the game is cleaned, tell it you have done
so by using Ad 9. Setting this adjustment to
"Yes" will reset the "Clean Me" counter to 0.
MODEL
Wells Gardner Monitor Model 13K7801
SYMPTOM
No raster.
CAUSE
Burnt trace on monitor PCB between capacitor
C36 and flyback transformer.
SOLUTION
Repair trace and verify operation.
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