Star Tech Journal

STAR*TECH Joumal
December 1991
The Beginners Guide To
REPAIRING
VIDEO CARD GAMES
And
8 LINE MACHINES
HOT TIPS I: Bench Tech
Keep this valuable reference manual nearby on your
workbench-you waluse it! A compilation of"hand picked"
STAR,t'JECHJoumalarttcles plus additional time-saving
tech tips from selVice managers around the count:Iy.
Arranged by game manufacturer, alphabetically. Special
plastic comb binding allows handbook to lay flat on your
bench, freeing both hands for the job. And sized at 5-1 /
2" x 8-1 /2" it won't clutter your work area. $29.95.
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New! Just Published. Author Don Powell, owner
of Don's Video Repair of Shelbyville, Tennessee has
written this complete Beginners Guide to Repairing
Video Card Games and 8 Line Machines.
Learn From Experience. Don has been in the
business for over 20 years and has seen it all. In this
manual, he presents the topics in a logical order
bringing the novice technician along at an even pace
while allowing the expert serviceperson to extract
the data needed to keep up these specialized games.
Theory & Symptom/Solutions. Since there are
quite a few Video Card Games on the market, and
older ones are still being operated, -non has elected
to go into depth on a few of the more common ones
and to list symptoms and solutions for a great many
others. Game pinouts and prints are included.
HOT TIPS Il: Field Tech
Don't leave home without it! Just like HafTIPS I: Bench
Tech -except for this special issue manual, we had
veteran field service people select the most helpful
STAR,t'JECH Journal articles and add some of their own
great tech tips! Geared toward the tech/mech doing
selVice on location, as opposed to shop repair with the
luxuries of time and resource materials. Arranged by
game manufacturer, alphabetically. Special plastic comb
binding allows handbook to lay flat, freeing both hands
for the job. This sturdy 5 1 /2" x 8 1 /2" handbook will flt
comfortably into your toolbox. $29.95.
Covered From A To Z. The goal of this manual is
to enable anyone to repair a Video Card Game up to
and including the Printed Circuit Board. Chapters
are devoted to Tools, Testing the AC to DC sections,
and Schematic Symbols. On the Printed Circuit
Boards, the most common problems are discussed
including the Input circuits, the Video circuits and
the Reset circuits of many of the popular games.
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