Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1997-June - Vol 19 Issue 4

June 1997
STAR* TECH JOURNAL
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• ♦ SERVICING·
·MONITORS·
&
♦ MONITORS::
• Symptoms/Solutions •
Together they cover nearly
every monitor used in the
coin-op games industry from
1979 to 1996. Modifications,
enhancements, troubleshoot-
ing, parts sources, replace-
ments and a ton of fixes by
easy-to-find symptom/solu-
. tion format. Both manuals
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PROPOSES NEW STANDARD
New standards were proposed
and revisions offered at the re-
cent meeting of the Standardiza-
tion Committee during the
AMOA Expo in Dallas. The next
full committee meeting will be
during the ASI Show at the Sands
Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
PROPOSED
STANDARD
CONVERSION
Krrs
FOR
"The logic board for universal
conversion kits, intended for in-
stallation into video games, shall
be provided with the JAMMA
Standard Edge Connector,
Player 3 & 4 Input Connector
(when applicable) and the Video
Output Connector specified in
Appendix B. The input current
for the logic board shall not ex-
ceed the Power Connections
ampere specifications for the
JAMMA Standard Edge Con-
nector in Appendix B."
REVISION
TO
17
"Video games intended for instal-
lation of universal conversion kits
STANDARD
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• 0 Servicing Monitors $49
O Monitors: Sym/Sol $69
shall be provided with the mat-
ing harness connectors for the
JAMMA Standard Edge Con-
nector and the AAMA Player 3
& 4 Input Connector (when ap-
plicable). See Appendix B for
details.
The committee decided to circu-
late both proposals around the
industry for comments and have
a vote at the next full meeting. If
and when it passes the Industry
Standardization Committee, it
will be submitted to UL (Under-
writers Laboratories) for adop-
tion into UL 22.
This would give the manufactur-
ers the option to have their cabi-
nets and conversion kits certified
to be interchangeable in the field
without voiding the product
safety certification of the end
product.
Any comments on these propos-
als should be directed to the
AMOA/ AAMA Standardization
Committee.
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June 1997
BALLY ATTACK FROM MARS
STROBE ALERT
REVITALIZE
YOUR VIDEO!
With STAR*TECH
Journal's
Gary Phillips
Central Amusement
Seaside Heights, New Jersey
SUBJECT
vious that the trigger coil (T 1) fine
wire leads were broken.
Needed to drop a line to alert
techs about the Attack From Mars
pinball strobe light modification
we're doing now before it's too
late.
Frx
Sometimes this break occurs at
the PC board, other times at or
just inside the coil case itself,
which requires surgical-style cut-
ting (with a scalpel) of the plastic
case. Cut close to the wire stub
and then solder a new fine wire
extension replacement.
Increase your profits by
increasing the brillance
of your video monitors!
THE
PROBLEM
The strobe light is very impor-
tant for high coinage earning on
this game. When it fails, the cash
box suffers fast.
SAFE
&
EASY
INSTALLATION
F1Ts ALL
11"
TO
36"
MONITORS
FOREIGN
&
DOMESTIC
See page 20 for details
and order info!
T'SHOOTING
PM
Then for preventative reoccur-
ring maintenance, we use a sili-
cone seal to attach and shock
mount the coil directly to the PC
board. G'luck!
First inspection of the defective
strobe found 250 V de across the
strobe tube but no trigger cycling
voltage. After finding the high
voltage supply PC board (located
behind the playfield), it was ob-
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