Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1983-August - Vol 5 Issue 6 - Page 22
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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/AUGUST 1983
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VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Convergence, and Tracking Adjustments for Wells-Gardner
Color X-Y Monitor • On The Service Trail ... Atari's"Pole Position"
Notes, Atarrs "Dig Dug" Difficulty Adjustmeni Atari's "Black
Widow"f'Gravita(' Update, The Operato(s Business Status, Sega
"Tac-Scan" Conversion Kit Bally/Midway"Super Pac-Man" Drop Off,
Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus" • Sega "Frogger" Intermittent
Sound • Rowe/Seeburg Service Tips • Atari "Pole Position" High
Score Retention Mod, Gas Pedal Maintenance, Steering Wheel Lock-
up, lntennittent Gear Shrti Double Vision • ROM/PROM Test Cable
Assy • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 6) • Data East Cassette
System Power Supply Mod • New System Preview/Atari's "Xevious"
• Coinco Coin Return Level Mod • Bally/Midway"Pac-Man Plus"
Precaution • Taito "Front Line" Ribbon Cables • Taito "Wild
Western" Option Switch Settings • Atari Coin Door Part Numbers •
Bally/Midway Picture Tube Interchangeability • Manufacts:
Summary of Major Op-Amp circuits (Part 3) • News Bit&' NEC 4-
Megabit Memory Chip • Bally Feature Lamp Power Supply Mod •
Gottlieb " Q•Berf' Technical Notes, Gottlieb's MA4000 Filter Board.
Troubleshooting Gottlieb's "Q•Bert" GG-III System • The "Bear"
Facts ... Digital Logic Intro, 555 Timer Circuits, Kasco "Driver II",
Ticket Dispenser Feedback • An R&D Tax Credit forYw Electrooic
Coir,-Op Business? • lnQuizitive • In Other Words/Videc Games
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83
Stem "LostTomb" Service Notes • Atari "Pole Position" Gas Pedal
Modification • On The Service Trail ... Atari Customer/Field Service,
Atari "Millipede" and "Tempest" Option Setting Flecommendations,
Wico's New Contact Points • Design Scene Simulation System for
Sale • Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man" Vldiot PCB
Adjustments, "Baby Pac-Man" Schematic Typo, "Baby Pac-Man"
Flipper E.O.S. Wiring, " Centaur" & "Speak Easy" Solenoid Expander
PCBs • Sega Electronics' ROM Line(Part 7) • Manufacturer Phone
Numbers for Canada and Other Countries • Gottlieb "Q•Berf'
Symptom&' Possible Causes, 8088 Microprocessor Notes • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong Jr." Speed Up/Down Kits • News Bit&'Flat Computer
Displays • Manufacts: Logic Board Lock-Ups • New System
Preview/Nintendo's "Popeye" • Taito Troubleshooting Chart for
FMP001 Switching Regulator • Atari "Pole Position" Pulley Cable
• The "Bear" Facts ... Logic Truth Tables, "Scoutbalr' Trouble-
shooting Tips • In Other Words/Technical Terms • Data East
"BllTlp 'N' Jump" Option Switch Settings • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#3 MAY '83
AOE '83 Highlights • Coin Acceptors, Inc. Introduces Low-Cost
Logic Board Tester • Bally Midway Service Bulletin: Thumper
Bumper Locking Ring • On The Service Trail ... National Lock
Reports on Lockout Problell\ AOE '83 in Review • AOE Expo
'83/Nor,-Vldeos • Manufacts: Sega "Turbo" PROM ldent~ication
Chart • News Bit&' Service Trends Survey • AOE Asides • Sega
Electronics' ROM Line (Part 8) • A New Company Introduces a New
Imaging Surface • New System Preview/Sega's "Star Trek" •
Bally Midway Wire Cheating Kits • Tech Shop Profile • Bally
Feature Lamp Burnout C1.-e • New-Tone Electrooics, lnc.'s Transient
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Voltage Protection Unit • The "Bea( Facts ... Logic Gates, Logic
Math, Dividle-by-N Counters, Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotbalr'
Hockey, Destron"Bio-Rhythm" and"Astrograph'' Modifications• In
Other Words/Video Game Manufacturers • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#4 JUNE '83
AOE '83: Largest Yet • Kiddie Rides USA Debuts New Rides
• COINCO Conducts Service Seminars • On The Service Trail .
Williams Drop Target JllTlper Wire Fix, Williams "Black Knight"
Fli~rCoil Replacement • Atari "Tempest"ColorX-Y Monitor, Bally
Midway "Super Pac-Man" Entancement Chip • TCG Adds New
Replacement Parts • Manufacts: Introduction to the 68000 •
News Bit&'Hybrid Flat Displays, Other Video Game Applications •
Sega Electrorics' ROM Line (Part 9) • Chemtrooics Electronic
Grade Coolant • Bally Midway "Grand Slam" Fly-Away Target
Adjustmenl Bally Midway "Journey" Cassette Notes • New
System Preview/Cinematronics' "Cosmic Chasm" • Tech Shop
Profile/United Distributors, Inc. • SEga Electronics Service Bulletins:
Sega G-80 Power Supply Ground Mod, Sega "Zaxxon" UprighVTable
Joystick Mod • Sega Color X-Y Monitor Zener Replacement •
Analyzing the Data East Cassette System • The "Bea(' Facts: PAO
Show, R-S Latch OperatiOI\ Keyboard Programmable Divide-By-N
Counter, "Scoutbalr' Troubleshooting Tips for Light or Sound Failure
• Sole Proprietcrship life Insurance • Randustrial COfJl Maintsnance
Catalog • In Other Word&'Pinball Game&'Mf~ • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#5 JULY 1983
News Bit&'Depl of Labor Service Industry Growth Report, New Tube
Family • Abloy Electric Switchlocks Get UL Listing • On The
Service Trail ... Atari "Pole Position" Front Glass Panel, Atari "Dig-
Dug" and "Xevious'' Contact Points, Sega Sit Down "Star Trek" Start
ButtOI\ Meltec "Boom Balls" Trouble Areas • Bally Midway Service
Bulletins:" Journey'' Intermittent Shut-Off of Tape Cassette, "Mappy"
Difficulty Level Setting, "Wacko", "Kozmik Krootr", "Journey", etc.
Power Schematic Manual Errors, "Super Pac-Man"f'Mappy" Similar
Electronics Circuits • Midway Initiates Service Newsletter for
Operators • American Lock Company Develops New Security Cam
Lock • Well&-Gardner Color X-Y High Voltage Supply • Pace's
Pulse Heat Power Source • Manufacts: Sega Electrooics' "Turbo"
Troubleshooting (Part 1) • Saga's New 24-Hour Rapid Return on
Serviced Parts • Chemtronics Triple Purpose PlastirJGlass Cleaner
• Build Your Own Logic Probe • Cinematronics "Cosmic Chasm''
Engineering Changes: Monitoc Jitter, Stray Lines, Power Proolem,
Cooling, Erratic Trackball, Game Lock Up, Power Up Credits, Muffled
Audio • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 10) • New System
Preview/Universal's "Mr. Def' • Analyzing the Data East Cassette
System (Part 2) • The Importance of Good Cash Management •
Tech Shop Profile/Pioneer Sales & Service Inc. • The "Bea( Facts:
Power Supply Primer, JK Divide-By-Counters, "Audio Skeebalr
Tickets, Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit Kit/New EPROM, Trouble-
shooting the CDC Micron Timer • Industry Technical Schools
• Bally "Baby Pac-Man' Switched llunination Mod, Atari "Quantum"
Monitor Mod • In Other Word&'Conversiion Kits • lnQuizitive •
HELP! WIiiiams "Gorga(' Solenoid Problem
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STAR1i IECH JOURNAL
hear.
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The names of various elements of the CPU
System comprise this issue's word puzzle.
Find and encircle these words as they
appear below. They run vertically, horizon-
tally, diagonally and sometimes backwards.
CPU SYSTEM
A K J
L H E
T E s
a A G
A WO
w p R
H E C
G A J
H V W
N
M T
B A R
w C
K L
w J
0
R
y
B B B
F J E
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N T I D R F X
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N M F E C A E
H F w R D u N
u E w D K B E
M A R C w y 0
L E 0 N a I D
s L p L Z M y
C s V R u F C
F A G y 0 G u
0 G R A MM M
Find these hidden words in the above puzzle:
RAM
WATCHDOG
RESET
CLOCK
PROGRAM
ADDRESS
DATA
EPROM
BUFFER
CONTROL
Here is the answer key
to July's puzzle:
CONVERSION KITS
K C A B H C N
u
u
R
w B
E E
0
I
G
E R B
B
R
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s
M
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K A
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C C
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A A
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F B
You can initiate your subscription by filling out the information below. When subscribing, you can
send your payment (in U.S. funds) or have us bill you. Your subscription includes 12 monthly
issues plus a Year-End Index for easily tracking the information you need. Also listed below are
the tables of contents for the first 5 issues of our 1983 publishing year. It's not too late to order.
Build your own library of S*TJ's technical information and keep yourself up to date.
If you need back volumes, you can check the appropriate box(es) below. Back issues and
volumes must be pre-paid when ordered. Please send payment in U.S. funds.
VOL. 5/#1 MARCH '83
Purity, Convergence, and Tracking Adjustments for Wells-Gardner
Color X-Y Monitor • On The Service Trail ... Atari's"Pole Position"
Notes, Atarrs "Dig Dug" Difficulty Adjustmeni Atari's "Black
Widow"f'Gravita(' Update, The Operato(s Business Status, Sega
"Tac-Scan" Conversion Kit Bally/Midway"Super Pac-Man" Drop Off,
Bally/Midway "Pac-Man Plus" • Sega "Frogger" Intermittent
Sound • Rowe/Seeburg Service Tips • Atari "Pole Position" High
Score Retention Mod, Gas Pedal Maintenance, Steering Wheel Lock-
up, lntennittent Gear Shrti Double Vision • ROM/PROM Test Cable
Assy • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 6) • Data East Cassette
System Power Supply Mod • New System Preview/Atari's "Xevious"
• Coinco Coin Return Level Mod • Bally/Midway"Pac-Man Plus"
Precaution • Taito "Front Line" Ribbon Cables • Taito "Wild
Western" Option Switch Settings • Atari Coin Door Part Numbers •
Bally/Midway Picture Tube Interchangeability • Manufacts:
Summary of Major Op-Amp circuits (Part 3) • News Bit&' NEC 4-
Megabit Memory Chip • Bally Feature Lamp Power Supply Mod •
Gottlieb " Q•Berf' Technical Notes, Gottlieb's MA4000 Filter Board.
Troubleshooting Gottlieb's "Q•Bert" GG-III System • The "Bear"
Facts ... Digital Logic Intro, 555 Timer Circuits, Kasco "Driver II",
Ticket Dispenser Feedback • An R&D Tax Credit forYw Electrooic
Coir,-Op Business? • lnQuizitive • In Other Words/Videc Games
VOL. 5/#2 APRIL '83
Stem "LostTomb" Service Notes • Atari "Pole Position" Gas Pedal
Modification • On The Service Trail ... Atari Customer/Field Service,
Atari "Millipede" and "Tempest" Option Setting Flecommendations,
Wico's New Contact Points • Design Scene Simulation System for
Sale • Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Baby Pac-Man" Vldiot PCB
Adjustments, "Baby Pac-Man" Schematic Typo, "Baby Pac-Man"
Flipper E.O.S. Wiring, " Centaur" & "Speak Easy" Solenoid Expander
PCBs • Sega Electronics' ROM Line(Part 7) • Manufacturer Phone
Numbers for Canada and Other Countries • Gottlieb "Q•Berf'
Symptom&' Possible Causes, 8088 Microprocessor Notes • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong Jr." Speed Up/Down Kits • News Bit&'Flat Computer
Displays • Manufacts: Logic Board Lock-Ups • New System
Preview/Nintendo's "Popeye" • Taito Troubleshooting Chart for
FMP001 Switching Regulator • Atari "Pole Position" Pulley Cable
• The "Bear" Facts ... Logic Truth Tables, "Scoutbalr' Trouble-
shooting Tips • In Other Words/Technical Terms • Data East
"BllTlp 'N' Jump" Option Switch Settings • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#3 MAY '83
AOE '83 Highlights • Coin Acceptors, Inc. Introduces Low-Cost
Logic Board Tester • Bally Midway Service Bulletin: Thumper
Bumper Locking Ring • On The Service Trail ... National Lock
Reports on Lockout Problell\ AOE '83 in Review • AOE Expo
'83/Nor,-Vldeos • Manufacts: Sega "Turbo" PROM ldent~ication
Chart • News Bit&' Service Trends Survey • AOE Asides • Sega
Electronics' ROM Line (Part 8) • A New Company Introduces a New
Imaging Surface • New System Preview/Sega's "Star Trek" •
Bally Midway Wire Cheating Kits • Tech Shop Profile • Bally
Feature Lamp Burnout C1.-e • New-Tone Electrooics, lnc.'s Transient
.- -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Voltage Protection Unit • The "Bea( Facts ... Logic Gates, Logic
Math, Dividle-by-N Counters, Pulse Generator, Namco "Hotbalr'
Hockey, Destron"Bio-Rhythm" and"Astrograph'' Modifications• In
Other Words/Video Game Manufacturers • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#4 JUNE '83
AOE '83: Largest Yet • Kiddie Rides USA Debuts New Rides
• COINCO Conducts Service Seminars • On The Service Trail .
Williams Drop Target JllTlper Wire Fix, Williams "Black Knight"
Fli~rCoil Replacement • Atari "Tempest"ColorX-Y Monitor, Bally
Midway "Super Pac-Man" Entancement Chip • TCG Adds New
Replacement Parts • Manufacts: Introduction to the 68000 •
News Bit&'Hybrid Flat Displays, Other Video Game Applications •
Sega Electrorics' ROM Line (Part 9) • Chemtrooics Electronic
Grade Coolant • Bally Midway "Grand Slam" Fly-Away Target
Adjustmenl Bally Midway "Journey" Cassette Notes • New
System Preview/Cinematronics' "Cosmic Chasm" • Tech Shop
Profile/United Distributors, Inc. • SEga Electronics Service Bulletins:
Sega G-80 Power Supply Ground Mod, Sega "Zaxxon" UprighVTable
Joystick Mod • Sega Color X-Y Monitor Zener Replacement •
Analyzing the Data East Cassette System • The "Bea(' Facts: PAO
Show, R-S Latch OperatiOI\ Keyboard Programmable Divide-By-N
Counter, "Scoutbalr' Troubleshooting Tips for Light or Sound Failure
• Sole Proprietcrship life Insurance • Randustrial COfJl Maintsnance
Catalog • In Other Word&'Pinball Game&'Mf~ • lnQuizitive
VOL. 5/#5 JULY 1983
News Bit&'Depl of Labor Service Industry Growth Report, New Tube
Family • Abloy Electric Switchlocks Get UL Listing • On The
Service Trail ... Atari "Pole Position" Front Glass Panel, Atari "Dig-
Dug" and "Xevious'' Contact Points, Sega Sit Down "Star Trek" Start
ButtOI\ Meltec "Boom Balls" Trouble Areas • Bally Midway Service
Bulletins:" Journey'' Intermittent Shut-Off of Tape Cassette, "Mappy"
Difficulty Level Setting, "Wacko", "Kozmik Krootr", "Journey", etc.
Power Schematic Manual Errors, "Super Pac-Man"f'Mappy" Similar
Electronics Circuits • Midway Initiates Service Newsletter for
Operators • American Lock Company Develops New Security Cam
Lock • Well&-Gardner Color X-Y High Voltage Supply • Pace's
Pulse Heat Power Source • Manufacts: Sega Electrooics' "Turbo"
Troubleshooting (Part 1) • Saga's New 24-Hour Rapid Return on
Serviced Parts • Chemtronics Triple Purpose PlastirJGlass Cleaner
• Build Your Own Logic Probe • Cinematronics "Cosmic Chasm''
Engineering Changes: Monitoc Jitter, Stray Lines, Power Proolem,
Cooling, Erratic Trackball, Game Lock Up, Power Up Credits, Muffled
Audio • Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 10) • New System
Preview/Universal's "Mr. Def' • Analyzing the Data East Cassette
System (Part 2) • The Importance of Good Cash Management •
Tech Shop Profile/Pioneer Sales & Service Inc. • The "Bea( Facts:
Power Supply Primer, JK Divide-By-Counters, "Audio Skeebalr
Tickets, Cotton Candy Vendor Retrofit Kit/New EPROM, Trouble-
shooting the CDC Micron Timer • Industry Technical Schools
• Bally "Baby Pac-Man' Switched llunination Mod, Atari "Quantum"
Monitor Mod • In Other Word&'Conversiion Kits • lnQuizitive •
HELP! WIiiiams "Gorga(' Solenoid Problem
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