Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1995-December - Vol 17 Issue 10

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WILLIAMS REPONSE:
WHY THE DIODES WERE REMOVED
"Originally, the lamps in the Twilight Zone clock
were controlled lamps, not General Illumination.
You will note that there are four power leads com-
ing out of the clock for lamp voltages. Two are all
that are necessary for a GI circuit, but the four
leads allows the lamps to be controlled as a 2x2
matrix.
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There are three reduction gears and two synched
gears in the clock. The synched gears have special
short teeth and marking to permit proper align-
ment and vertical hands at midnight. Apparently
Williams didn't do this step properly the first time
because the hour hand always looked a few min-
utes shy of midnight.
The results were fantastic. My 1Z has been hap-
pily telling time for over a year now. Noise seems
to be reduced by over 50%. Of course the lamps
are dimmer, but I'll accept that for reliability. Why
Williams eliminated the diodes is explained be-
low. The board component marking shows the di-
ode cathode and the manual shows the diodes.
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As usually happens in the course of game design,
the Twilight Zone team ran out of controlled lamps.
The lamps in the clock were switched to GI as a
consequence. The diodes, which are necessary
when the lamps are part of the controlled lamp
matrix, were replaced with zero-ohm jumpers sim-
ply to make the clock as bright as possible. Since
the information in the manual was produced early,
and since it did not make sense to spend the money
changing the silk screen on the lamp circuit board,
that information is out-of-date with the clock lamps
as produced.
The problem with heat buildup within the clock
was not noticed (and not anticipated) during the
development and prototype stages of Twilight Zone."
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