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WELLS-GARDNER COLOR x-Y DISPLAY SCHEMATIC (19K61o1-5617A A+) Microprocessor Address Decoder Power Reset and Watchdog Counter Vector Generator: Program Counter Data Buffer Address Selector Instruction 1. Set self-test switch to on (see Figure 5). Press RE- SET on the PCB, or turn power off and on again. 2. Activate start, fire, Superzap, SLAM, and coin switches. 3. Rotate encoder wheel clockwise and counterclockwise. 4. Observe the white frame around the outside of the screen. 5. Activate SLAM . switch. - 6.
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Tempest Tech Info
Tempest Dip Switch Settings, Pinouts, Memory Map, ROM Info and EAROM info
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Defender Configuration
Keywords: Defender COnfiguration Dip Switches
Submitted by Aaron (aaron@hatstand.demon.co.uk)
The following info is taken straight from the Williams booklet on Defender. BOOKKEEPING AND EVALUATION TOTALS (Functions 1-7) ================================================= 1. In game over mode, set switch to AUTO-UP and depress ADVANCE. The CRT indicates Function 1 and total left chute coins. 2. Record audit totals and depress ADVANCE for functions 1-7. To review a total that has been advanc
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LIST: SEGA Video Games in Japan
http://jedi.seg.kobe-u.ac.jp/~miyamo/game/ Year Title Title (Kanji) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1973 Pong Tron ポントロン Pong Tron II ポントロン２ Hockey TV ホッケーＴＶ 1974 Mini Hockey ミニホッケー Table Hockey テーブルホッケー Goal Kick ゴールキック 1975 Balloon Gun バルーンガン Erase イレース
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/tempest.txt
TEMPEST SWITCH SETTINGS (Atari, 1980)
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GAME OPTIONS:
(8-position switch at L12 on Analog Vector-Generator PCB)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meaning
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Off Off 2 lives per game
On On 3 lives per game
On Off 4 lives per game
Off On 5 lives per game
On On Off Bonus life every 10
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Battlezone High Score Upgrade
Subject: Battlezone high score upgrade (LONG) Date: 23 Jun 1994 12:06:29 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 365 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2ubts5$94c@osage.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bugs.tiuk.ti.com Well I finally got my Battlezone permanent high score fix working, thanks to the 48Z02 datasheet that Clive Bittlestone sent (the chip has 2 chip enables that do not behave the same, and I was using the wrong one, so I swapped a couple of wires and bingo). Also thanks go to Do
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/caliber50.txt
SW 1
Item Condition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
don't touch * off
screen turning
over normal * off
reverse on
test mode normal * off
test on
demo sound yes off
no * on
coin 1 1C/1P * off off
1C/2P on off
2C/1P off on
2C/3P on on
coin 2 1C/1P * off off
1C/2P on off
2C/1P off on
2C/3P
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The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/tempest.txt
"Tempest" (Atari, 1980)
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P20: 44-pin edge connector
component side solder side
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+5VDC RETURN A 1 +5VDC RETURN
+5VDC B 2 +5VDC
C 3 +22VDC
D 4 -22VDC
COIN R E 5 SLAM
COIN C F 6 COIN L
DIAG STEP H 7 SELF TEST
X INV J 8 OUT 5 (not used)
Y INV
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bosconian.txt
BOSCONIAN
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PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE
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LOGIC GND A 1 LOGIC GND
(-) SPKR B 2 SPKR (+)
C 3 COIN METER
D 4
+12V E 5 +12V
+5v F 6 +5v
LOGIC GND H 7 LOGIC GND
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bosconian.txt
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| BOSCONIAN |
| Option Switch Settings |
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| DIP Switch 6K |
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| Coins per credit:
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/woodcock_tempest_repair.txt
Troubleshooting your Tempest Machine, by Gregg Woodcock
This article is Copyright worldwide 1991, 1995; all rights reserved.
This is a file I have put together which should get you started on
repairing your non-working Atari Tempest game. It lists all the
problems I have seen and lots of information from the various manuals.
Monitor failures are much more common than game board failures (in fact,
I find the game boards to be fairly robust) and that topic is so lengthy
that it is covered in another
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971
'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972
'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973
'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973
'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973
'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973
'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973
'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973
'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973
'H','R','B','
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/williams_conversion.txt
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| SWITCHABLE CONVERSION BETWEEN ROBOTRON, JOUST, AND STARGATE |
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COPYRIGHT 1994
REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 (Minor bug fix: Line 976 now shows the
correct "Y7-X8" connection, not the bogus
"Y7-X7" connection from 1.0)
REVISION DATE: 20 Oct 1994
CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys
STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
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The author hereby grants permission to rep
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax87.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1987 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
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$USERDISK:[FRED.STUFF.MORESTUFF.EVENMORESTUFF]) and now you have found
something you want to get back to or reference with out so much directory name
baggage. Sure, it doesn't
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: ERNIE::GRAHAM 2-JAN-1986 10:21:33.70
To: @SYS$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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax89.txt
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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