Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1992-November - Vol 14 Issue 9

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STAR*TECH Journal
WELLS
GARDNER
25"
MONITOR Dll\lI
DISPLAY
November 1992
LELAND SUPER
OFF ROAD
EEPROMS
IDENTIFICATION
DYNAMO
CABINET
HARNESS
COLORS
James Beck
Greater Southern Distributing
Atlanta, Georgia
Vic Fortenbach
Vicco Electronics/ Leland Service
Cathedral City, California
SYMPI'OM
GAME
SUBJECT
The symptom is that on a Wells
Gardner 25" monitor, the display
is going dim. You can tum the
brightness all the way up, and if
you tum the HV up the picture
starts to fade. The monitor is
fairly new, only a one year old
model and you know that it's sup-
posed to last longer than this.
Leland Super Off Road
Many of you asked me at the
AMOA show why we've recently
changed the cable harness colors
in our system cabinets. This, I
understand, has caused you some
problems installing your kits, be-
cause the wire harness in the new
cabinets doesn't match the old
wire harness colors.
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SUBJECT
There seems to be some confusion
as to which EEP (EEProm) to use
in which Super Off Road game.
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CAUSE
The Wells Gardner model #7000
and on up monitors use a capaci-
tor-coupled RGB input, and if
your board has a lot ofV de bias on
the video signal it will "swamp"
the monitor input.
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SOLUTION
If this is your case, (measure for
De on these video lines) try put-
ting 5K pulldown resistors on the
RGB outsputs from the Pcb.
NOTE
This last EEP (#252) has resis-
tors between pins 2 to 3 and be-
tween pins 3 to 4.
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Lou Rudolph, Technical Svc Mgr
Dynamo Corporation
Richland Hills, Texas
CAUSE
The changes in the wire harness
colors is due to the recently
adopted AMOA/AAMA stan-
dards as proposed by the AMOA/
A.AMA Standards Committee of
which we are a part of.
Pmu>osE
The purpose of this committee is
to set standards, throughout the
industry, on things like cable har-
nesses, joystick spacing, button
hole sizes, etc. on video cabinets,
as well as other common industry
products (much like the Jamma
Agreement) to make servicing
easier for you, our customers.
THE FUTURE
• Pinball Maintenance & Repair
• Monitor Symptoms & Solutions
• Troubleshooting Coin-Op Games
• Merchandising/Redemption Repair
Dynamo will continue working
with the Standards Committee to
help bring you a product with the
highest standards of quality, ser-
viceability, and reliability for
many years of trouble free use.
STAR* TECH Journal
November 1992
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STAR*TECH JOURNAL
FIRST FoR ALL YouR
TEST EQUIPMENT NEEDS
DIGITAL MUTIMETERS
HUM
HINTS
James Beck
Sysop
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Scott Serpa
Arcade Services
Albany, Oregon
SUBJECT
SYMPTOM
If you haven't called the BBS sys-
tem very many times, here are a
few pointers.
The Rockola jukeboxes that I
have in operation have started to
exhibit an annoying background
hum, ( 60 Hz).
PARTS TESTERS
OSCILLOSCOPES
609/662-1080
OR FAX
609/662-0537
Address Changes
SECTIONS
Our system has three main sec-
tions. You get to the sections by
making a selection from the main
menu.
Please use your account
number when updating
your subscription
information.
CAUSE
In all cases so far, this has been
caused by one of two capacitor
failures. If you have a box that
uses the power supply board
#52315-a, first check the filter
caps for any Vac ripple.
If they are clean, look at pins 4
and 8 of the preamp IC 1 and 2.
You will probably find some Vac
floating about (more than likely f )
on the negative 15 volt supply at
pin 4).
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Your account number is a
five digit number found
on the top line - left side of
your address label, which
is affixed to your journal.
Thank you!
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SOLUTION
In the message section, you'll no-
tice it's divided into several "ar-
eas." You can think of a message
area as a topic.
Replace caps C67 and C69 on the
power supply board. These are
the filters for the positive and
negative 15 volt supply to the
preamp and tone circuits.
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The file section is also divided in to
areas. Think of this section as a
big software library grouped into
several areas.
HINTs
If you are new to computers or to
modem communication, the main
thing for you to do is RELAX.You
cannot harm our equipment, so
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don't worry about that. If you get
lost in the system, try pressing
"?". The question mark is your
way of asking for help. We should
probably say "WHEN you get
lost" because poking around in
various corners of the system is
half the fun!
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