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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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Atari Black & White Vector Generator Theory of Operation
(Extreme thanks to Duncan Brown for passing along this time consuming information!!) VECTOR ROM OR DISPLAY LIST CODE (as seen by the State Machine): Byte 1 Byte 2 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--+--+- Y length (or rise) | | | | | | | | | | +---------------------------+---------- Overall scale factor | | | | | | | | (8 7 6 5)
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/liberatr.doc.txt
Well, I typed up the docs for someone, so I decided to add the pinouts
and post them to the net. Someone please check the pinouts over and if
they look fine, upload the file to wiretap(Can't do it myself).
Liberator is a 1 or 2 player game. The action takes place in various
star systems in outer space. There are missile bases on planets and
enemy space ships that the player tries to destroy. The object of the
game it to find and destroy the enemy missile bases.
The player controls a fleet of 4
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/liberator.txt
Path: goonsquad.spies.com!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech2!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!inferno.com!mrbill
Subject: liberator docs and pinouts
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
From: mrbill@inferno.com
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 95 01:44:05 PST
Message-ID: <804734589602@inferno.com>
Organization: The Inferno - San Jose, CA
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Well, I typed up the docs for someone, so I decided to add the pinouts
and pos
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/atari/ast2b.tiff
4 INPUTS PLAYER INPUT CIRCUITRY J2o IOO,ak * SPL S E LF- T E5• lA FIRE [j-J 4(PERJ DIAG STEP (diagnostid step), 3 KHz, SELF-TEST SLAM, HALT, FIRE and HYPER inputs are read by the MPU when SINPO (switch input zero enable) is low, Switches to be, read are selected by ABO thru AB2 from the MPU. All inputs are read on DB7. Switch inputs are active when pulled to ground. DIAG STEP, 3 KHz, and SELF-TEST are signals read by the MPU? to initiate and control the: game’s self-test pro- cedure. SLAM is a signal read b
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Title : Arcade Game Pinouts :
Date : 09-January-2003 :
Source : taken from the Conversion FAQ v1.1 :
by Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir :
and pinout identification by Tim Lindquist :
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Atari Color Vector Generator 1981-1985
Last Modified on 3/14/96 The Atari vector generator is a state machine run that runs independently of the 6502 processor. The state machine has its own instruction set as well. Most of these instructions are two bytes long while one is four. The VG can do many tasks with its time. It can: HALT itself and tell the 6502 that it is done, Move the beam to the CENTER of the screen, Load SCALE info to the binary and linear scaling registers, Load STATS to the stat registers, JMP to a new me
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Converting Schematics to an Emulator V1.2
Original URL: http://atarihq.com/danb/files/zarzon.txt Converting Schematics to an Emulator V1.2 by Daniel Boris (dboris@erols.com) 5/9/98 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Zarzon Hardware 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Processor 2.3 Memory Map 2.4 Roms 3.0 Video Section 3.1 Video RAM 3.2 CRT controller 3.3 Video Shifter 3.4 Color Selector 3.5 Putting all together 4.0 Sound (to be added later) Appendix 1: Converting Binary to Hex 1.0 Introduction The purpose of
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Reproduction Phoenix Instruction Cards and Custom Coin Card
( INSERT COINS
( SELECT GAME FOR ONE OR TWO PLAYERS
( USE JOYSTICK TO MOVE YOUR SPACE SHIP TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, AND FIRE BEAM GUN TO SHOOT PHOENIX ARMY.
( THEN SCORE REACHES 3,000 & 30,000 POINTS ONE SPACE SHIP IS ADDED EACH TIME FOR THESE POINTS.
( A STRATEGY IS NEEDED TO AVOID ARMY’S ATTACK BY PUSHING BARRIER BUTTON.
( GAME IS OVER WHEN ALL SPACESHIPS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
200 POINTS · · · WHEN FLYING 20PTS. · · · · · · WHEN WAITING
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/monitortech/atarixyhints.txt
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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I decided to combine the Amplipho
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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronicsconversions.txt
STEPS TO RO -> RO + SC or SC -> SC + RO CINEMATRONIC CONVERSION
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PARTS FOR SIMPLE CONVERSION: Rip Off (RO) control panel and RO (or Star
Castle (SC)) motherboard. A SC (or RO) sound
board. 9 pin molex connectors (plus 8 male
pins and 1 female pin) to power each of the
sound boards. One 9 pin molex connector
(plus 1 male pin and 8 femail pins) to tap into
the cabinets power to the sound board.
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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/gametech/segatoatarixyconv.txt
From: essayes@telerama.lm.com (David Shuman)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
Subject: Sega XY on Atari monitor: it works!
Date: 3 Jan 1996 16:32:11 -0500
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The good news is, it can be done. The bad news is, it isn't
perfect, at least not yet.
SEGA-TO-ATARI VECTOR MONITOR ADAPTER
by David Shuman
mappy@virginia.edu, essayes@telerama.lm.com
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/monitortech/gwoodcock_xyhelp.txt
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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/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 1991 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: New employee.
If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new
employee starting today.
His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the
Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner
cubicle just outside my office.
Drop by and say Hi.
_____
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Asteroids Deluxe Vector Generator
Program Counter Counters F4, H4, and J4 contain the address of the next data byte (instruction) to be fetched from the the Vector Generator memory. Because these counters point to the next instruction in memory to be retrieved and performed, they are called the program counter. This program counter is incrememted one count (to the next sequential address) each time the information at its current address is loaded into data latch 0 or data latch 2. The program counter may also be preset to "jump"
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1985 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::SHEPPERD 4-JAN-1985 17:20
To: @SYS$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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