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Sinistar Technical Information

Pinouts for "Sinistar"

Sinistar Board Pinouts



         ROM Board
     -----------------            Interface
     | ====     ==== |              Board
     |  2J3      2J4 |           -----------
     |               |           |         |
     |               |           |        #|
     | #             |           |    3J2 #|
     | #2            |           |        #|
     | #J            |           |        #|
     | #2            |           |         |
     |               |           |         |
     |               |           |        #|
     |               |           |        #|
     |               |           |    3J3 #|
     |               |           |        #|
     ---------|-----|-           ---|-----|-
     ---------|-----|---------------|-----|---------------
     |                                                   |
     |                                                   |
     |                                                   |
     |                   CPU Board                       |
     |#                                                  |
     |#  1J3                                             |
     |#                                                  |
     |                                                   |
     |#  1J2                                             |
     |#                                                  |
     |                                                   |
     |  <--Reset SW                                      |
     |#                                                  |
     |#                                                  |
     |#  1J1                                             |
     |#                                                  |
     -----------------------------------------------------    

  Speech  
  Module             Sound Board                 Power Supply Board
-----------     ----------------------       ---------------------------
| O       |     | ====  ==  ==  ==== |       |  ======                 |
| |       |     | 10J3   |  |   10J1 |       |   4J2                 # |
| Balance |     |        |  |        |       |                   4J3 # |  
|         |     |     10J4  10J2     |       |                       # |  
|         |     |                    |       |                         | 
|         ~~~~~~~                    |       |                         | 
|         |     |                    |       |                         |
|         |     |                    |       |                         |    
|         ~~~~~~~                    |       |                         | 
|         |     |                    |       | 4J4/4P4        4J1      |  
-----------     ----------------------       | =======      =======    | 
                                             --------------------------- 
Connectors:

   Rom Board                          Interface Board
   ---------                          ---------------
2J2 - Power Input                  3J2 - Player Panel (B)
2J3 - Coin Door Switches           2J4 - Sound Board Interface

   CPU/Video Board                    Sound Board
   ---------------                    -----------
1J1 - Power Input                  10J1 - Power Input
1J2 - Memory Protect Interlock     1J3 - Monitor Control
                                   10J3 - Sound Select
   Power Supply                    10J4 - Volume Control
   ------------
4J1 - AC Input (from transformer)
4J2 - Power Output
4J3 - Coin Door Power
4J4/4P4 - Connections to external PS transistors


Connector Pinouts:

1J1: Power Input
  1 - N/C
  2 - Ground (Blk)
  3 - Ground (Blk)
  4 - Key
  5 - +12vDC regulated (Gry-Yel)
  6 - N/C
  7 - +5vDC (Gry)
  8 - +12vDC Unregulated (Gry-Wht)
  9 - -5vDC (Orn)

1J2: Memory Protect Interlock
  1 - !Mem Prot (Red-Orn)
  2 - Key
  3 - N/C
  4 - N/C

1J3: Monitor Control
  1 - Red (Red)
  2 - Green (Grn)
  3 - Blue (Blu)
  4 - Ground (Shld)
  5 - Vert. Sync (Blk)
  6 - Horiz. Sync (Wht)
  7 - N/C

2J2: Power Input
  1 - Ground (Blk)
  2 - N/C
  3 - Key
  4 - +5vDC (Gry)
  5 - N/C
  6 - N/C

2J3: Coin Door Switches
  1 - Auto Up / Manual Down (Blu)
  2 - Advance (Grn)
  3 - Right Coin (Yel-Wht)
  4 - High Score (Wht-Gry)
  5 - Left Coin (Wht-Blu)
  6 - Center Coin (Wht-Grn)
  7 - Slam (Wht-Vio)
  8 - N/C
  9 - Key
 10 - N/C

2J4: Sound Board Interface
  1 - Key
  2 - PB1 (Grn-Red)
  3 - PB0 (Grn-Orn)
  4 - PB3 (Grn-Yel)
  5 - PB2 (Grn-Blu)
  6 - PB5 (Grn-Vio)
  7 - PB4 (Grn-Gry)
  8 - CB2 (Grn-Wht)
  9 - N/C

3J2: Player Panel
  1 - Up-Down Switch A1 (Orn-Brn)
  2 - Up-Down Switch B1 (Orn-Red)
  3 - Up-Down Switch C1 (Orn)
  4 - Up-Down Direction 1 (Orn-Yel)
  5 - Righ-Left Switch A1 (Orn-Grn)
  6 - Righ-Left Switch B1 (Orn-Blu)
  7 - Key
  8 - Righ-Left Switch C1 (Orn-Gry)
  9 - Righ-Left Direction 1 (Orn-Wht)
 10 - Fire 1 (Red-Blk)
 11 - Sinibomb 1 (Red-Brn)
 12 - N/C
 13 - 1 Player Start (Yel-Grn)
 14 - 2 Player Start (Yel-Blu)*
 15 - Ground (Blk)
  *2 Player start not connected in cockpit games.

3J3: Player Panel
  1 - N/C
  2 - N/C
  3 - N/C
  4 - N/C
  5 - N/C
  6 - N/C
  7 - N/C
  8 - N/C
  9 - N/C
 10 - N/C
 11 - N/C
 12 - N/C
 13 - N/C
 14 - N/C
 15 - Ground

4J1: AC Input
  1 - 22.6vAC (Blk)
  2 - N/C
  3 - 22.6vAC (Gry-Grn)
  4 - N/C
  5 - 22.6vAC C.T. (Grn)
  6 - N/C
  7 - Key
  8 - 20vAC (Gry-Yel)
  9 - 20vAC (Gry-Wht)
 10 - N/C
 11 - 11.5 vAC (Vio-Yel)
 12 - 11.5 vAC (Orn)
 13 - N/C
 14 - 6.3 vAC (Wht-Yel)
 15 - 6.3 vAC (Yel)

4J2: Power Output
  1 - -5vDC (Orn)
  2 - Key
  3 - +12vDC Reg. (Gry-Yel)
  4 - -12vDC Unreg. (Gry-Grn)
  5 - +12vDC Unreg. (Gry-Wht)
  6 - +12vDC Unreg. (Gry-Wht)
  7 - Ground (Blk)
  8 - Ground (Blk)
  9 - Ground (Blk)
 10 - Ground (Blk)
 11 - N/C
 12 - +5vDC (Gry)
 13 - +5vDC (Gry)
 14 - +5vDC (Gry)
 15 - N/C

4J3: Coin Door Power
  1 - 6.3vAC (Yel)
  2 - 6.3vAC (Wht-Yel)
  3 - +27vDC (Red)
  4 - N/C
  5 - Key
  6 - Ground (Blk-Orn) Memory Protect Interlock

4J4/4P4: Connections to external PS transistors
  1 - Base (Yel)
  2 - Emitter (Wht)
  3 - Collector (Grn)
  4 - Base (Blk)
  5 - Key
  6 - Emitter (Blu)
  7 - Collector (Orn)

10J1: Power Input
  1 - N/C
  2 - +12vDC(Gry-Wht)
  3 - +5vDC (Gry)
  4 - N/C
  5 - Ground (Blk)
  6 - N/C
  7 - N/C
  8 - -12vDC Unreg. (Gry-Grn)
  9 - Key

10J2: Speaker
  1 - Audio (Blk-Red)
  2 - N/C
  3 - N/C
  4 - Ground (Red-Blk)

10J3: Sound Select
  1 - Key
  2 - PB1 (Grn-Red)
  3 - PB0 (Grn-Orn)
  4 - PB3 (Grn-Yel)
  5 - PB2 (Grn-Blu)
  6 - PB5 (Grn-Vio)
  7 - PB4 (Grn-Gry)
  8 - CB2 (Grn-Wht)
  9 - N/C

10J4: Volume Control
  1 - IN (Red)
  2 - OUT (Blk)
  3 - Key
  4 - Shield (Audio shielding)