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1996.09.29 GUIDE TO LOWER MAINLAND ARCADES
VERSION 1.0a : 1996.09.29 by Glenn Tarigan Additional comments by "Moby" Henry Kong Andrew Chang Feel free to distribute this document. Make sure the credits remain intact. I'd like to get some comments, especially from people who have been to any of the arcades mentioned here. What can I do to improve this guide? Do you have any details or opinions to add? Note: "Lower Mainland" refers to a southwest portion of British Columbia, Canada. The major arcades listed so far
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1983 Jed Margolin
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From: MCCARTHY 6-AUG-1983 13:40
To: ALBAUGH,MARGOLIN,SHERRILL
Subj: VAX/16032 development board
DB16000 DEVELOPMENT BOARD SETUP.
After 4 hours of trial and error, and some "Oh, did we forget to tell you .."
from NATIONAL, the 16032 development board is up and ready for VAX
communications. The forrowing are the basic setup procedures and
requirements as of 8-5-'83, with ver
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1.0) Conversion FAQ:
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COPYRIGHT 1994
REVISION NUMBER: 1.1
REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994
REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4},
Added a few words on manuals in {7.3}
and analog controllers in {8.1.3})
REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only)
CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir
THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes,
To
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FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
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UPGRADE: PLAY BUBBLES ON YOUR HACKED ROBOTRON/JOUST/STARGATE MACHINE
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.0 (first public release) REVISION DATE: 1 Jun 1994 CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys STANDARD DISCLAIMER The author hereby grants permission to reproduce and distribute this document for personal use, subject to the condition that the document (along with any copyright and disclaimer notices) is not modified in any way. The opinions expressed within this document are those of the author only and not necessarily those of the author's employer. This document is provide
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Typical Failures of Early Williams Games
From: woodcock@crchh75b.bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: Typical Failures of Early Williams Games Date: 22 Feb 1994 23:29:15 GMT richard.l.schieve (rls@cbnewsc.cb.att.com) wrote: > Several people have asked me to repost some of my old articles. > I suspect many have seen the following which was one of my first > "Tech Tips" ;-) Sorry to do this to you again, Rick, but I have added a BUNCH of stuff to your file and would like to "share", too (I c
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Subject: FAQ POSTING (rgva.collecting)
From: tony_jones@no.spam Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: FAQ POSTING (rgva.collecting) Frequently Asked Questions rec.games.video.arcade.collecting $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 1997/11/05 03:23:40 $ This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (hereafter abbreviated to rgva.collecting) This FAQ is posted every 14 days and the current copy should be considered
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THE HISTORY OF CINEMATRONICS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR VECTOR GAMES
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COPYRIGHT 1994, 1995
REVISION NUMBER: 2.0
REVISION DATE: 23 December 1994
REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (02/11/92 - First attempt at listing and ordering
all Cinematronics games.)
REVISION HISTORY: 2.0 (12/23/94 - Rearranged sections, added new sections
for Barrier, Speed Freak, Boxing Bugs,
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Hyper Fighting: Ken Strategy Guide
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Mortal Kombat FAQ Version 5.0
******************************************************************************** * * * Mortal Kombat Comprehensive Moves, Combos, Fatalities, and Hints Listing * * (almost FAQ) (Posted at the beginning and middle of each month) * ******************************************************************************** Version 5.0 (4/28/93) (Last Major Revision for a LONG while) What's New: o Complete
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The Sega Out Run FAQ Version 0.3
Maintained by Chris White Andrew W. Sharples This FAQ may only be reproduced with permission, and must not be edited, altered or modified in any other way. WWW and TXT formats available from : www.diamondblack.demon.co.uk # As the case is with all FAQs, this document is a work in progress. # # Additions, corrections, and comments are very welcome. # [What's New] Version 0.3 - 7th February 1998 * Added : Machine S
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A Random Games-list
Game Name Manufacturer Year Pinout Class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V 005 Sega 1981 18 Wheeler Midway 1979 3D Bowling MED 1978 H 720 Degrees Atari Games 1986 800 Fathom USB 1982 H Aeroboto William
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From: zonn@concentric.net (Zonn Moore)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
Subject: Re: TECH:Cinematronics vectors
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 06:55:00 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1987 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::RAINS 2-JAN-1987 10:27:26.19
To: @sys$mail:engineer
CC:
Subj: Computer Health Note #3
VAX-edrin Headache #3
You've been poking around somewhere in another directory (something like
SYS$USERDISK:[FRED.STUFF.MORESTUFF.EVENMORESTUFF]) and now you have found
something you want to get back to or reference with out so much directory name
baggage. Sure, it doesn't
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1985 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::SHEPPERD 4-JAN-1985 17:20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK.UAF
Subj: Printer in Rains's area
There is another printer hooked up now in the phone closet near Rains's office.
It's known as RAINS$PRINT and if you want it to be the default printer for you
then put the following in your LOGIN.COM file:
$ ASS 'f$log("RAINS$PRINT")' SYS$PRINT
The physical name is TXD5:, but I advise
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin
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From: ERNIE::GRAHAM 2-JAN-1986 10:21:33.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ATARI GAMES 401-K PLAN
John Klein asked me to put the following memo out on junk mail:
TO: All Employees
FROM: John Klein/Dennis Wood
We are quite pleased to report that our 401-K Plan has gotten off
to an excellent start. As of today we had 118 employees making
contributions to the Plan.
We encoura
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1984 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::SUTTLES 9-JAN-1984 11:40
To: @SYS$MAIL:COINOP
Subj: A neat trick with mail
For all of you who use the MAIL program as a form of
the "paperless office", I have discovered a bug (pronounced
"fea-ture") in same.
It seems that the addressee line (TO: ...) is parsed
independently of file handling. Mail looks at each item in
the list, and checks for a double colon (
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: New employee.
If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new
employee starting today.
His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the
Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner
cubicle just outside my office.
Drop by and say Hi.
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1988 Jed Margolin
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From: MIKE::LIEBSTER 4-JAN-1988 14:39:28.82
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: PAYMENT OF CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS
STARTING THIS YEAR WE WILL BE PAYING CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS THROUGH
PAYROLL INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AUTOMATICALLY
KEEP TRACK AND GENERATE YEAR-END 1099 INFORMATION.
THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL CONTRACTORS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE NO
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin
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From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: LTURNER
Subj: New Baby
This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the
Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore.
He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A.
Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz
Height -- 20 1/2 inches
Mother and baby are home and doing well.
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1989 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::HALLY 3-JAN-1989 09:01:01.61
To: DENCKER,RAY,HALLY,ROTBERG,BURGESS,MARGOLIN,COMSTOCK,NOBLE,MOSER,DIEKNEITE,FULLER,GROSSMAN
CC:
Subj: S.T.U.N. TEAM
last update: 1/3/89
Project: S.T.U.N. RUNNER (571)
Planned Field Test: FEB. 89
Planned Finished Goods Assy. JUNE 89
Project Leader: MIKE HALLY
Programmer(s): ED ROTBERG
ANDY BURGESS
Engineer: JE
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HOW TO DIAGNOSE, REPAIR AND UPGRADE YOUR
AMPLIFONE AND WELLS-GARDNER COLOR VECTOR (XY) MONITORS
version 6.1 (4-6-96) by
Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@nortel.com)
This article is Copyright worldwide 1991, 1996; all rights reserved.
OFFICIAL CYA LEGAL WARNING AND WAIVER:
Although I have made every effort to be precise, this article may
contain errors. Even if it does not, some people may still damage their
machines or themselves while using the
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Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade
From: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock)
Subject: How to repair Atari's color XY (vector) monitors (update)
Sender: news@news.rich.bnr.ca (news server)
Message-ID: <C6z10H.3tB@news.rich.bnr.ca>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 15:14:41 GMT
Reply-To: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock)
Nntp-Posting-Host: crchh75b
Organization: Bell-Northern Research; Richardson, Texas, USA
Keywords: Atari color XY vector monitor Ampliphone Wells-Gardner repair
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1992 Jed Margolin
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From: BERT::FRANCES 2-JAN-1992 17:56:52.97
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: PHONE MESSAGE
DAN ASH 879-3037 10:27AM
NEW 2101 MATERIAL HAS NO BUGS. CALL MARGO FOR MORE INFO.
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From: BERT::BROWN 3-JAN-1992 19:39:22.02
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BROWN
Subj: PREMIUM PAYMENT PLAN, MODIFIED CAFETERIA PLAN
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