Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1993-December - Vol 15 Issue 10

December 7993
STAR*TECH Journal
GLOBAL
ICE FULL
IIANTAREX
CATALOG
COURT FRENzy
MTC9000
INTERNATIONAL
MOVING
SHUTDOWN
NUMBERS
BASKET
TEST
Re: Electronics Catalog.
Readers of last issue's article
regarding Global Engin-
eering's new EIA catalog from
outside of the USA may have
had a problem reaching them
via the 800 number listed. The
number published was for do-
mestic inquiries only.
For out-of-country contact
with Global, please use the in-
ternational numbers provided
below. The electronics catalog
is avaiable free.
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Edward Romasko
Champions Amusement Ctr
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scott Serpa
Arcade Services
Albany, Oregon
PROBLEM
SYMPTOM
Innovative Concepts Full
Court Frenzy basket keeps
turning slightly in game mode
or attract mode.
I had a Hantarex MTC 9000
that was coming on for a frac-
tion of a second then shutting
down. All the filter caps were
OK and there was no garbage
on any of the B+ lines.
SOLUTION
At the base of the backboard
pole, in the center of the turn-
table, there are 3 Hex head
screws that need to be tight-
ened (use Loctite on these
screws).
Phone: 303/792-2181
RESULT
Fax: 303/397-7935
This will allow sensors under
turntable to read encoder ring
correctly.
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PROBLEM
I found R94 burned open~
• when I replaced it I checkeo
the voltage on C57 and found it
low ( this should be about 26V),
and R94 was starting to get hot
again.
The problem turned out to be
IC 1 a TDA 1670 vertical de-
flection IC (sub with ECG
1862).
SOLUTION
To confirm this, disconnect pin
14 of IC 1 and re-test voltage
on C57, the monitor should
also power up now without
vertical deflection.
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December 1993
STAR*TECH Joumal
NAMCO
DATA EAST
CRACKYCRAB
To PAY
TICKET
WILLIAMS
DRIVE
ROYALTIES
Edward Romasko
Champions Amusement Ctr
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PROBLEM
Ticket meter on Namco Cracky
Crab is not turning.
SOLUTION
After having determined that
the meter is good, replace the
2N2222A transistor on the
ticket dispenser board.
~
DRIVE
On the Deltronics model D 1-4-
P-S ticket dispenser, this tran-
sistor drives the ticket meter.
MuRPHY S LAW
1
~1,10
Never argue with
a fool
-people might not
know the
diff ere nee.
Williams Electronics Games,
Inc. ("Williams"), Data East
USA, Inc. and Data East Pin-
ball, Inc. (jointly "Data East")
announced today that they
had settled two suits that Wil-
liams brought in the Federal
court in Chicago in 1992 and
1993 against the Data East
companies and Gary Stern
and Joseph Kaminkow.
Williams suits claimed that
the individuals induced the
infringement of certain Will-
iams patents and that Data
East infringed such patents
and certain trademarks, en-
gaged in false advertising, and
violated a prior settlement
agreement with Williams.
Data East and said individu-
als have denied these allega-
tions and any wrong doing. As
part of the settlement, Data
East agreed to license from
Williams the patents and
trademarks which were the
subject of the litigation and
pay royalties to Williams for
any use thereof; other details
of the settlement are confiden-
tial.
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