Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1990-October - Vol 12 Issue 8

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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.
Toll Free CustSvc
Wico Corp. has announced a new toll free num-
ber which features expanded service areas and
longer customer service hours. Now, customers
throughout the US and Canada can place orders
by calling 800/FOR-WICO (800/367-9426).
Customers can call between 7:00am and
6:30pm Central Standard time. Orders will be
shipped from the nearest Wico stocking station.
Willianis Flipper
Replacenient Kit
Tom Cahill
Williams Electronics Games, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
JUST DO IT!
Don't Let Those Time & Money Saving Mod's,
Fixes & Technical Tips
Gather Dust In Your Service Files ...
Mail or fax them to STAR*TECH Journal & keep
your name (and your company's) out in front with the
most progressive technicians in the Coin-op Industry.
SUBJECT
This flipper kit, available through authorized
distributors, should be just what the pinball
operator needs. Most of the parts in the kit will
update the older style 50 volt flippers.
We do not include the coil with the kit due to the
weight and packing, but most operators have
started to use the parallel winding coils on all of
their games for longer life and constant power.
Just Do It!
STARM'ECH Journal, PO Box 1065,
18 North Centre Street, Merchantville, NJ 08109
Phone: 609/662-1080 0 Fax: 609/662-0537
FLIPPER KIT
For the past year we have had a flipper rebuild kit
to help keep the games running at their peak.
The following kit (A-13524-1) will help rebuild 2
flippers, with the new flipper links and coil stop
brackets which help prevent linkage breakage.
Every operator slwuld have access to these parts
from the original manufacturer.
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A-13524-1
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Flipper Parts Replacement Kit
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