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Atari 720° Handgrip Package
By Atari Customer Service
Milpitas, California
PROBLEM: Your 720 ° game requires a irore
secure cabinet handgrip located on the top
rear of the video display enclosure.
SOLUl'ION: Operators or distributors can
obtain the free hardware package for
securing the handgrip, by calling or
writing their nearest Atari Garnes Customer
Service Office.
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Premier/Gottlieb GOLD WINGS:
Fire Precaution
By Premier Customer Service Dept
Bensenville, Illinois
PROBLEM: Possible heat build-up with #67
lamps.
LOCATION: The #67 hi-intensity lamps
located on the playfield and under the
hats.
NOTE: When asking for the hardware
package, be sure to give your 720 ° game
serial number also.
CAUSE: If a transistor driver fails for
one of these lamps and it remains in the
'on' condition, the heat from these lamps
can cause:
1. The lexan insert (hats) to melt.
2. The playfield to bum and discolor.
For technical assistance, call Atari
Customer Service at (408)434-3950
Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm Pactime.
NOTE: This could cause a potential fire
and is a fire hazard.
All products shipped after mid-Decenber,
1986, has a IOOdification incorporated.
WARRANI'Y: Premier strongly reconmends that
the following IOOdification be done to all
games shipped before this date, as failure
to do this will void any and all
warranties.
MJDIFICATION: Replace all, (8 -left and
right Thrusters, Cockpit and Missile), #67
lamps and sockets with #44 lamps and
sockets.
Williams Flipper Discharge
By Todd Erickson
Summit Amuserrent
St. Paul, Minnesota
SUBJOCT: Williams Flipper Repair.
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PROBLEM: Late Williams games use a flipper
power supply that utilizes a capacitor to
enhance the flipper power. This can cause
a problem when working on the game. If the
end-of-stroke switch (EOS) should touch a
logic line, it may cause a board failure
through a discharge of stored energy.
SOLUl'ION: Discharging the power supply
capacitor with the game off, by grounding
the EOS switch, should help prevent any
problems.
Also, replace the 4 ohm, 7 watt resistors
located under the playfield with 30 ohm,
2 watt resistors.
KITS: Retro-fit kits have been shipped to
all Distributors at no charge. To order,
use #GWK-1.
For irore information, contact your local
distributor or Premier Technologies
312/350-0400.
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