Atari Coin Connection

I
TECHNICAL TIPS
I Toumey
Basketball™
SYMPTOM:
Two vertical black lines en the
basketball court.
SOLUTION:
Put a 330 pico farad capacitor
from chip P5 to Pin 6 (H blanking)
to ground.
Superman·
SYMPTOM:
Bookkeeping functions are lost
overnight with the power off.
SOLUTION:
1) Bad Batteries: To test the
batteries, first unplug the game
and let it set for about 10 minutes.
This insures that capacitor~ in the
battery backup circuit are fully
discharged. Measure the voltage
between H6 Pin 22, the 4.5V
supply for the battery-backed
RAM, and ground. If this voltage is
below 4.5V, replace the batteries.
2) Bad Battery Holder: The
solder lugs going into the PCB on
the battery holder have been
breaking when the spring bracket
on the battery holder is improp-
erly tightened. This can result in
an intermittent 4.5V supply when
the power is off.
'SUPERMAN is a trademark and © of DC Comics Inc.
News Flash!
Doonesbury's Duke has a pin-
ball machine in his r ec room. This
was reported in a recent Sunday
edition of the popular classic car-
toon by Gary Trudeau. This may
indicate the start of a new trend
for Doonesbury aficionados.
Atari, Inc.
1265 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94086
ATARI®
Innovative
leisure
(I A W.,uner Co.,..,rnu1'1t.af
1"
Co1r1pany
I
Time
PROMOTION IDEA
I
Money Dig
With the f ootiJall season almost
A fun, attention-grabbing pro-
upon us, it is now time to renew
player enthusiasm in an official motion for arcades is to sponsor a
ATARI FOOTBALL™ Tournament. MONEY DIG.
Set up a giant sandbox in the
This is a copy of a flyer from a
successful competition held last parking lot near the location. Hun-
spring. A repeat event to start with dreds of tokens or wooden nickels
the pro season would certainly can be mixed in with the sand. The
sandbox should be roped off so
draw a lot of attention.
people have to go in from only one
entrance. Announce the event well
SEASIDE PARK
in advance and contact the local
media for coverage. At a specific
ANNOUNCES
0
set time, the first 50-100 people
ATARI FOOTBALL
can be allowed into the ''money-
TOURNAMENT
laden sand pile'' to dig up all the
FIRSTLEVELPLAYSTARTS APRIL 19 1970
coins.
AT FUNTOWN ARCADE
, •
.;,
To expand on this idea, suggest
You must be registered to play!
that other stores in the area join
Register Now• Fee $3.00
in. They can have ''wooden
Trophies a nd Prizes.--...
nickels'' or some other token type
wi ll be awarded
:
item made to be redeemable for
All entrants
merchandise or discounts. The
wi ll receive
mixture of different ''money''
a Trophy
items in the sandbox may increase
. the response. It also provides more
capability for advertising the
event.
J:UIT81fl IBC!BE
GAl\1E RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS , ,
' "'Q se<'ti<,n.s of 1hc Twmamcni e~lled 1he f irs1 Le\·cl and the
Each cvrne:.1a1u will be assigned a nine (9) gam<' sC'hcdulC' 31 the
I. There will be
Pl3yuffs.
l
J
t-i rM lc\'CI. This ~cheduk "''ill be sci up 1hrough a random drawing. Oates
and 1imc) will be scheduled un a regular basis during 1hc C\'Cning hours. No-
:),~ow, will forfei t 1hcir 83nl('. The <'ight (8) cvnt<:sta111s wi1h 1hc bes1 :weragcs
\\ 111 m,wc on 101hc Playuffs. The Play1.1ffs will be i.1rnigh1 climin:utOns through
to an ' 'Al•ri Super Bowl".
2. 1-ir)t Lc,·cl ga,ncs will bt nine (9) minutts long, 10 bt «tintd equally by both
C'l•IIIC)l:tnts. Playuff games will t>t twcl,·t (12) minute$ fong, and will be ruined
by f'untown Are•dc.
.\. 1 hl'h.' v. ill bt rckrtci. tu t•nforl~ po:.1cd g.1mc rul<:s,
The
Wortd Series
Baseball fever is upon us as the
grand professional competition
gets closer. It would be timely to
start a playoff now on ATARI
BASEBALL™. (See the June/ July
issue of CC for specific tournament
idea on this game.)
Quiz Answers
Answers to June/ July TECH QUIZ
by Fred McCord.
1. Edge connector 6. Electronics
2. Nanosecond
7. E
3. NMI
8. Algebra
4. J-K
9. Kilo
5. Oscillator
JOE KEENAN
Publisher-Atari, Inc.
Editor-Carol Kantor
Art Director-Jim Masi
Bulk Rate
U.S. Postage
PAID
Sunnyvale, CA
Permit 317