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April 1992
Tip For
Removing
Glue
Residue
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Williams
Plastic
Ramp Side
Protectors
STAR*TECH Joumal
Atari
Race Drivin'
Repair Notes
Spare Parts
Kerry Messana
Betson Distributing
Syracuse, New York
Evan Wessel
Mercury Amusements
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Todd Erickson
Summit Amusements
St. Paul, Minnesota
PRoBLEM
PRoBLEM
OPERATOR'S CONCERN
Do you have a problem removing
glue residue and paper labels
from plexiglass or glass.
Plastic ramps are expensive.
Plus, on older games they are
hard to come by.
You have just purchased a second
hand Atari Race Drivin' and
would like to keep one or two
parts in stock that might be
needed in the future.
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
Try straight ammonia. It's cheap
and works great!
Williams now manufactures
Ramp Side Protectors. They are
on all of their new games.
Cross
Reference
On Floppy
SUBJECT
Phillips (call 1-800-526-9354)
has an IBM-pc & compatibles
floppy that can access the full
ECG replacement semiconductor
data base of over 262,000 indus-
try part numbers.
Typical access time of under 1
second! Over 4000 ECG compo-
nents are available in the pro-
gram, making it the largest cross-
ref data base available.
If your computer has 640k of
RAM, a hard drive, and a floppy
~either 3.5" or 5.25", you can order
one of these and perhaps improve
one of the most tedious problems
techs have, hunting up parts.
Call Phillips.
You want know the repair record
and failure chart on this piece
and what parts to keep in stock.
Many of these side protectors can
be fitted onto older games. Then
you have a permenent repair.
BOTl'OM LINE
These will become a big money
saver for the operator. Congratu-
lations, Williams -an excellent
idea!
Article Index
Disk To Ship
The ~ 1992 Data Update disk
for the STAR-lt'I'ECH Journal
Article Index Database V2.0 is
ready to ship.
Previous buyers need to be regis-
tered to receive it. You are regis-
tered only if you sent in the Soft-
ware Registration Card.
All purchases after 3/31/92 will
have the newest data installed.
PAST EXPERIENCE
The Race Drivin' and Hard
Drivin' games are pretty solid.
• The biggest single failure I have
seen is the solder joints on the
pedal board's voltage regulator
cracking. This is a basic TO220
package 7812 regulator.
• I also have fixed a few shifter
assemblies but they have had
various minor problems.
Overall a good dependable game,
no need to be overly worried with
this used piece.