Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1984-June - Vol 6 Issue 4 - Page 27
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VOL. 6/#1 MARCH '84
News Bits: Color Oscilloscope Uses Liquid·
Crystal Shutter, Hook a Videodisc to Your
Apple, Flicker-Free 3-0 Movies with New
Stereo System, First Digital TV Sets Shown in
Europe, Sharpest Tube in Town • Bally
Midway "Ms. Pac-Man": Filter PCB Caution,
Power Supply Burnt Pins Mod • Electrohome
and Wico Form Marketing/Distribution Part-
nership • Bally Midway Service Bulletins:
"NFL Football" Vertical Roll with Slave Moni-
tor, "NFL Football" and "Tapper'' (Earlier
Games) Possible PWR Short, "Spy Hunter''
(Sit-Down and Upright) Accelerator/Steering
Pots, "Jr. Pac-Man" Field Kit: Coin Counter,
"Jr. Pac-Man" Logic Boards Not Interchange-
able, "Jr. Pac-Man Mod for Universal Tester,
"Spy Hunter'' (Upright and Sit-Down) Potentio-
meter Calibration • Gottlieb Pop Bumper
Burn-Out Cure • Cinematronics PR7820
Exchange Program • Movies Come to
Showbiz ... Total Entertainment Concept
Combines Movie, Game & Restaurant Market·
ing • Z-80 Micro Outline• The"Bear'' Facts:
Testing Semiconductors • On The Service
Trail: Atari's "Pole Position II", Control Panels,
Atari's "Red Baron" • Bally Midway "NFL
Football" Program Update Kit • New System
Preview: Centuri/Konami's "Track & Field" •
Tele*Tech: RCA SJT400 Random Access
Videodisc Player • Bally Midway Trouble-
shooting Electrohome & Wells Gardner
Monitors (Part 4) • Sega G-80 Card Cage
System Games, Their Custom Chips and
Program Series • In Other Words: Video
Game Components• lnQuizitive • Customer
Service Numbers
VOL. 6/#2 APRIL '84
ASI '84 • Stern "Cliff Hanger'' Intermittent
Operation • Atari Remembers Its Own •
Pioneer Technical Service Regional Offices
• On The Service Trail: Kits, Kits, Kits, The
Bottom Line: Make Your Game Look New •
Tele*Tech: Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lair''
Laserdisc Repair Problems • Gottlieb Pop
Bumper Board Symptom/Solution • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "Jr. Pac-Man"
(Games & Kits) +5vdc Regulator Schematic
Error, "Spy Hunter'' (SID and U/R) Calibration
Mod, "Burger Time" Credit Mod• News Bits:
Laservision Goes Solid State, Warner Has
Modest Quarterly Profit, Arcade-Style Games
Board • Cutting Excess Overhead Costs •
Williams "Gorgar'' Solenoid Problem • New
System Preview: Bally Midway's• Jr. Pac-Man"
(Field Kit) • Electrohome G07·CBO DC
Voltage Measurements • Customer Service
Numbers • Laserdisc Repair: Part 1: Short of
Actual Repair • Manufacts: Atari "Cloak and
Dagger'' Troubleshooting Procedure • RCA
VideodiscServiceCenters • Mylstar"M.A.C.H.
111" Troubleshooting (Cont.) • Atari "Crystal
Castles" ROM Update, Cat Box Checksums,
"Quantum" Schematic Corrections, "Star Wars"
Notes, "Star Wars" Display Problems • In
Other Words: "Space Ace" Villains
VOL. 6/#3 MAY'84
News Bits: "New Look'' for TV, High-Power
Switch, Semiconductor and Gas Lasers, Atari
& Activision to Broadcast Software, RCA Corp.
Phases Out Videodisc Player • American
Lock's Tough, Weather Resistant One-Piece
Extruded All Brass Body Padlocks • RF
Modulator Circuit for Use with Radio Shack
UM1285·8 (#277-221) • On The Service
Trail: The Game That Has Never Worked
Properly • Atari "Star Wars" Troubleshooting
Guide Notes, "Tempest'' Display • AOE
Review • Mylstar Announces Three Day
Seminar • Atari "Food Fight" Joystick Cali·
bration • Photon Allows Players to Enjoy
Personal Involvement in High-Tech Game Era
• Tele*Tech: Conversion Kits • Coin Ac-
ceptors, Inc., Maintains 31 Service Centers
Worldwide for Amusement and Game Industry
Customers • Nintendo Introduces Their
Service Package • Troubleshooting Tips for
Mylstar's "M.A.C.H. 111" • Nintendo Service
Bulletins: "Mario Bros." Coin/Credit Problems,
"Donkey Kong", "Radar Scope" Scrambled
Screen, "Radar Scope" Speed-Up Kit, "Radar
Scope" Frozen Picture• Pioneer's LD·V4000
Industrial Laserdisc Player • New System
Preview: Cinematronics' "Space Ace" •
Laserdisc Repair: Part 2: Theory and Safety •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Spy Hunter",
"Tapper'' & "Root Beer'' Fuse Change, "Astron
Belt'' to "Galaxy Ranger'' Conversion Kit,
Flipper Assembly Revisions, "Spy Hunter''
Cheap Squeak Deluxe Module PAL Substitu-
tion • Bally 555 Lamp Burnout Circuit Mod •
Atari "Firefox'' Amplifone Raster Modification
• In Other Words: Conversion Kits
_JU;;;,;N.;,;E..,1;.;;9~84~-------------------------------------........................
. . • . . . •.·.·.·.·.~·~•.• . . . . . . •
SDIRWIECff JOURNAL
NEW SUBSCRIPTION* BACK ISSUES* BACK VOLUMES ORDER FORM
You can start 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 3 issues of our 1984 publishing year. It's
not too late to order. Build your own library of
S•T J's technical information and keep your-
self 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. 6/#1 MARCH '84
News Bits: Color Oscilloscope Uses Liquid·
Crystal Shutter, Hook a Videodisc to Your
Apple, Flicker-Free 3-0 Movies with New
Stereo System, First Digital TV Sets Shown in
Europe, Sharpest Tube in Town • Bally
Midway "Ms. Pac-Man": Filter PCB Caution,
Power Supply Burnt Pins Mod • Electrohome
and Wico Form Marketing/Distribution Part-
nership • Bally Midway Service Bulletins:
"NFL Football" Vertical Roll with Slave Moni-
tor, "NFL Football" and "Tapper'' (Earlier
Games) Possible PWR Short, "Spy Hunter''
(Sit-Down and Upright) Accelerator/Steering
Pots, "Jr. Pac-Man" Field Kit: Coin Counter,
"Jr. Pac-Man" Logic Boards Not Interchange-
able, "Jr. Pac-Man Mod for Universal Tester,
"Spy Hunter'' (Upright and Sit-Down) Potentio-
meter Calibration • Gottlieb Pop Bumper
Burn-Out Cure • Cinematronics PR7820
Exchange Program • Movies Come to
Showbiz ... Total Entertainment Concept
Combines Movie, Game & Restaurant Market·
ing • Z-80 Micro Outline• The"Bear'' Facts:
Testing Semiconductors • On The Service
Trail: Atari's "Pole Position II", Control Panels,
Atari's "Red Baron" • Bally Midway "NFL
Football" Program Update Kit • New System
Preview: Centuri/Konami's "Track & Field" •
Tele*Tech: RCA SJT400 Random Access
Videodisc Player • Bally Midway Trouble-
shooting Electrohome & Wells Gardner
Monitors (Part 4) • Sega G-80 Card Cage
System Games, Their Custom Chips and
Program Series • In Other Words: Video
Game Components• lnQuizitive • Customer
Service Numbers
VOL. 6/#2 APRIL '84
ASI '84 • Stern "Cliff Hanger'' Intermittent
Operation • Atari Remembers Its Own •
Pioneer Technical Service Regional Offices
• On The Service Trail: Kits, Kits, Kits, The
Bottom Line: Make Your Game Look New •
Tele*Tech: Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lair''
Laserdisc Repair Problems • Gottlieb Pop
Bumper Board Symptom/Solution • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "Jr. Pac-Man"
(Games & Kits) +5vdc Regulator Schematic
Error, "Spy Hunter'' (SID and U/R) Calibration
Mod, "Burger Time" Credit Mod• News Bits:
Laservision Goes Solid State, Warner Has
Modest Quarterly Profit, Arcade-Style Games
Board • Cutting Excess Overhead Costs •
Williams "Gorgar'' Solenoid Problem • New
System Preview: Bally Midway's• Jr. Pac-Man"
(Field Kit) • Electrohome G07·CBO DC
Voltage Measurements • Customer Service
Numbers • Laserdisc Repair: Part 1: Short of
Actual Repair • Manufacts: Atari "Cloak and
Dagger'' Troubleshooting Procedure • RCA
VideodiscServiceCenters • Mylstar"M.A.C.H.
111" Troubleshooting (Cont.) • Atari "Crystal
Castles" ROM Update, Cat Box Checksums,
"Quantum" Schematic Corrections, "Star Wars"
Notes, "Star Wars" Display Problems • In
Other Words: "Space Ace" Villains
VOL. 6/#3 MAY'84
News Bits: "New Look'' for TV, High-Power
Switch, Semiconductor and Gas Lasers, Atari
& Activision to Broadcast Software, RCA Corp.
Phases Out Videodisc Player • American
Lock's Tough, Weather Resistant One-Piece
Extruded All Brass Body Padlocks • RF
Modulator Circuit for Use with Radio Shack
UM1285·8 (#277-221) • On The Service
Trail: The Game That Has Never Worked
Properly • Atari "Star Wars" Troubleshooting
Guide Notes, "Tempest'' Display • AOE
Review • Mylstar Announces Three Day
Seminar • Atari "Food Fight" Joystick Cali·
bration • Photon Allows Players to Enjoy
Personal Involvement in High-Tech Game Era
• Tele*Tech: Conversion Kits • Coin Ac-
ceptors, Inc., Maintains 31 Service Centers
Worldwide for Amusement and Game Industry
Customers • Nintendo Introduces Their
Service Package • Troubleshooting Tips for
Mylstar's "M.A.C.H. 111" • Nintendo Service
Bulletins: "Mario Bros." Coin/Credit Problems,
"Donkey Kong", "Radar Scope" Scrambled
Screen, "Radar Scope" Speed-Up Kit, "Radar
Scope" Frozen Picture• Pioneer's LD·V4000
Industrial Laserdisc Player • New System
Preview: Cinematronics' "Space Ace" •
Laserdisc Repair: Part 2: Theory and Safety •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Spy Hunter",
"Tapper'' & "Root Beer'' Fuse Change, "Astron
Belt'' to "Galaxy Ranger'' Conversion Kit,
Flipper Assembly Revisions, "Spy Hunter''
Cheap Squeak Deluxe Module PAL Substitu-
tion • Bally 555 Lamp Burnout Circuit Mod •
Atari "Firefox'' Amplifone Raster Modification
• In Other Words: Conversion Kits
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).