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Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :)
Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to identify unknown boards. This article gives some quick tips on how to figure out what the pinouts are for an unknown PCB. The text is moderately technical so if you're not sure what R
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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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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/board pinouts/karatechamp.txt
3/19/96 Corrected pin lettering to match manual and standard
(previously lettered sequentially A-V)
Added -5V on pin V as shown in documentation
Franklin Bowen (mjrhavoc@clark.net)
Data East Karate Champ Connector
This is for what I thought was the second in the Karate Champ Series,
I am not sure if the first game has the same pinouts or not and would
appreciate hearing if someone knows.
This is the Karate Champ that has different background scenes for
each Dan. The first i
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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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Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt
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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
From: jeff hendrix <jhendrix@quark.com>
To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'"
Subject: RE: Univid 1000
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:44:51 -0700
Here is a list of the harnesses and what boards they go to, I also might
have a few harnesses for trade.
UNIVID 1000 harness numbers
Atari
101 Arabian
102 Centipede
103 Cloak & Dagger
104 Crystal Castle
105 Dig Dug
106 Food-Fight
107 I-Robot
108 Kangaroo
109 Liberator
110 Millipede
111 Pole Position
111 Pole Position II
112 Xevious
Ce
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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/super_sprint.txt
SUPER SPRINT
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Champ/Super sprint (and other System 2 games as well)
Video Board
^^^^^^^^^^^
[P19/J15]
1 - VID RTN
2 - **KEY**
3 - RED
4 - GREEN
5 - BLUE
6 - COMP SYNC
7 - H SYNC
8 - V SYNC
9 - N/C
10 - N/C
11 - N/C
[P13/J13]
1 - N/C
2 - GND
3 - **KEY**
4 - GND
5 - N/C
6 - +5v
7 - +15vDC
8 - +5v
9 - +SENSE
10 - N/C
11 - -SENSE
CPU Board
^^^^^^^^^
[P20/J20]
1 - N/C
2 - N/C
3 - GND
4 - GND
5 - N/C
6 - +5v
7 - **KEY**
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt
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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax92.txt
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
File:
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