Star Tech Journal

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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/AUGUST 1982
WE
REPAIR
EVERYTHING
FAST!
Board Specialists
Video Games
Domestic & Foreign
Technicians
formerly with Bally
Brian Dugan &
Greg MacEachern
Send your repair work to:
REPAIRS
UNLIMITED
117 Robin Road
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
(305) 339-6601
ATARI
"DIG DUG" CREDIT ACCUMULATION/TEMPORARY FIX
Atari is aware of a possible credit problem in their hit video game, "Dig Dug".
The symptoms reported are that the right coin mech gives multiple credits for
one coin (usually four credits for one coin). This combination is not an option
and occurs mostly with the right coin slot.
Atari is working on the solution and at the same time, they are pushing Namco,
the Japanese designer of the game, for a fix.
The Atari engineering department has received several of the malfunctioning
logic boards from the field, but as of this date, has not been able to duplicate the
problem in their lab.
The official factory cure will be published as soon as it is available from Atari.
Meanwhile, a temporary fix that eliminates credit accumulation on the right
slot has been used in the field by some operators.
By disconnecting the right coin switch wires and paralleling the left coin switch
wires to the right switch, the right coin circuit will be eliminated entirely.
NOTE: With this set-up, all coin counts ( total coins) will be registered on the
left coin meter.
PACE's
NEW CATALOG OF EQUIPMENT
Pace, Incorporated, the world's leading
manufacturer of equipment for rework
and repair of electronic circuit
boards, has released a new catalog.
The catalog of new equipment includes
descriptions of Pace rework and
repair systems, desoldering systems,
function accessories, work acces-
sories, materials, tools and aids.
The new catalog also includes
information on Pace's highly
acclaimed motion picture/video
training courses - "Basic Soldering"
( now available in 11 languages)
and "Rework and Repair for
Electronics."
Pace also provides a unique Repair Support
Program including documented solutions to your
operations specific repair problems; customized repair
instructions; and instructor training courses.
Copies of the new Pace catalog are available at no cost from Pace
representatives worldwide or by contacting: Marc Seigel, Pace,
Incorporated, 9893 Brewers Court, Laurel, Maryland 20707.
Phone: 301/490-9860.
MURPHY'S LAW #406
If it looks easy, it's tough.
If it looks tough, it's damn well impossible.