Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1994-October - Vol 16 Issue 8

october 1994
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STAR*ThCH JoURNAL
0PTO TESTING:
BRING
PRECAUTIONS
BACK
AND TESTER
Ms
PAc?
Jonathan Deitch
Game Tech
Atlanta. Georgia
Joe Schlageter
Kentuckiana Vending
Evansville, Indiana
SUBJECT
SUBJECT
In response to Kerry Messana's
tip in last month's Journal con-
cerning the testing of opto units:
"There are a couple of sneaky
ways of checking these optics out.
You could check the optic s_et-by
shorting the sender. This sliouid
cause the "switch" to read open."
I've been a video technician for
over 4 years and have yet to see
an article pertaining to why Bally
doesn't remake the Ms. Pac
Cocktail.
Tech Library
-STAR* TECH Journal's
Tech Library comes
complete with every
service manual
published.
SAVE OVER
CAUI10N
Be careful: You don't want to
short out the 12vdc power and
blow the fuse. It's easier to just
stick something across the face of
the ,emitter like a business card,
to block the light transmission.
TESTER
Radio Shack sells nice little infra-
red detector cards that glow when
hit with IR light. These work
great for checking opto emitters.
See
5TAR*TECH
Journal'e Exciting
New 6oftware
on page 24 ...
New Database packed
with additional features!
25%
For more information
see page 23.
SUPPLY/DEMAND
Once again I have my head stuck
in one of these things -the moni-
tor doesn't work, the edge con-
nector needs built up, and the
fuse clips are so old they don't
conduct anymore.
WHY AM I BOTHERING?
The 20- to 30-something bar
crowd ~ to play Ms. Pac. In
fact, we can barely keep enough
of them going to satisfy the de-
mand!
REINVENI1NG TIIE WHEEL
It burns me up everytime I read
an article about the never-ending
quest for the ultimate bar game.
It exists! All they need to do is
make one like Ms. Pac with an
independent power supply.
BOTTOM LINE
After all of last years hottest
games have sizzled out, Ms. Pac
cocktails still produce steady
earnings.
MuRPHv's I.Aw
#1608
The optimist
thinks the glass
is half full,
the pessimist
thinks it's half
empty, and
the realist
knows that
eventually he's
going to have
to wash
the damn thing.
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KoRTEK
WELLS GARDNER
WMS STAR
TREK:
MONITOR
PARTS SOURCE
NG
HORIZONTAL
RANGE CAP
PROXIMITY Moo
Rich Risius
Moss Distributing
Des Moines, Iowa
Sid Craun
State Sales & Service
Baltimore, Maryland
John Liikala C.E.E.T.
Canadian Amusement Games
Burnaby, British Columbia
PROBLEM
PROXIMITY SENSOR
PROBLEM
I am having trouble finding some-
one who knows anything about
Kortek monitors. I have one that
has a ripple or hum bar that runs
vertical and pulses the screen.
I've separated the power supply
out of the circuit and put a load
on it, and with a 'scope on the
load I still have the ripple. I've
replaced the zener diodes, tran-
sistors, and all the capacitors in
the power supply but none of that
has helped. Also can't adjust B+.
A condition exist when the eddy
sensor (switch matrix# 16 &17)
is closed, any opto switch on the
same related switch row might
change state. (If closed, it will
read open and vice-versa). This
problem is fixed by cutting a
trace and adding a IN4148 diode
on the proximity sensor board.
To expand the horizontal range
on Wells Gardner K7000 series.
SOLUTION
Marc Mandeltort
Marco Specialties
West Columbia, South Carolina
Sounds like you need a "Get
Well" kit. Zanen Electronics has
get well kits for the Kortek moni-
tors as well as tech help on same.
SOLUTION
If you are adjusting the horizon-
tal frequency on this monitor, try-
ing to eliminate that one side that
has a tear in it, and over-adjust-
ing causes the picture to lose the
horizontal sync, try the following
capacitor change:
PROCEDURE
• Cut the trace going to the
collector of Q3 on the com-
ponent side of the board.
• Install the diode between
pin 4 of connector Jl and the
collector of Q3. The cathode
of the diode goes to Q3. This
is done on the solder side of
the board.
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CHANGE
FROM
1 mfd/25 W volts
1
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TO
10 mfd/35 W volts.
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