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1942 Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts

1942 Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts

1942 Dip Switch Settings

Information provided by David Shoemaker (a-bds@microsoft.com), and
John Keay (John.Keay@tiuk.ti.com).


DIP SWITCH A
============

Adjustment  Options                                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
----------  --------------------------------------  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Players     Five (5)                                +  +
            Two (2) *                               +  -
            One (1)                                 -  +
            Three (3)                               -  -

Bonus       30,000; 100,000; every 100,000 after          +  +
 Ships      30,000; 80,000; every 80,000 after            +  -
            20,000; 100,000; every 100,000 after          -  +
            20,000; 80,000; every 80,000 after *          -  -

Specifi-    Upright specification *                             +
 cation     Table-top specification                             -

Coin 1      Free play                                              +  +  +
            1 credit = 4 coins                                     +  +  -
            1 credit = 3 coins                                     +  -  +
            3 credits = 2 coins                                    +  -  -
            1 credit = 2 coins                                     -  +  +
            4 credits = 1 coin                                     -  +  -
            2 credits = 1 coin                                     -  -  +
            1 credit = 1 coin *                                    -  -  -


DIP SWITCH B
============

Adjustment  Options                                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
----------  --------------------------------------  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Screen      Stop                                    +
 Stop       Normal *                                -

Difficulty  Very                                       +  +
            Difficult                                  +  -
            Easy                                       -  +
            Normal *                                   -  -

Screen      Screen turn                                      +
 Turn       Normal *                                         -

Test mode   Test mode on                                        +
            Test mode off *                                     -

Coin 2      Free play                                              +  +  +
            1 credit = 4 coins                                     +  +  -
            1 credit = 3 coins                                     +  -  +
            3 credits = 2 coins                                    +  -  -
            1 credit = 2 coins                                     -  +  +
            4 credits = 1 coin                                     -  +  -
            2 credits = 1 coin                                     -  -  +
            1 credit = 1 coin *                                    -  -  -

+ = ON  - = OFF  * = Default or recommended setting


1942 Pinouts

Submitted by Rich Gopstein (gopstein@bms.com)

Solder Side     Parts Side
GND A 1 GND
+5 B 2 +5
+12 C 3 +12
GND D 4 GND
Speaker - E 5 Speaker -
Speaker + F 6 Speaker +
Coin Counter - H 7 Coin Counter +
key J 8 key
Shoot 1 K 9 Up 1
Down 1 L 10 Left 1
Right 1 M 11 GND 1
Shoot 2 N 12 Up 2
Down 2 P 13 Left 2
Right 2 R 14 GND 2
2 Player start S 15 GND
1 Player start T 16 GND
Coin Switch U 17 GND
Service Switch V 18 GND
unused W 19 Loop 1
unused X 20 Loop 2
unused Y 21 Vid GND
Sync Z 22 Red
Green a 23 Blue
unused b 24 unused
unused c 25 unused
unused d 26 unused
+5 e 27 *
GND f 28 GND

* Pin 27 was blank in the manual, but it's probably +5v.

Another Capcom "1942" pinout

Submitted by Ralph Kimmlingen (ub2f@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)

Solder SidePINComponent Side
N.C.A1+5V
+5VB2+5V
+12VC3+12V
GND D4GND
GND E5GND
Speaker+F6Speaker+
unusedH7unused
N.C. J8N.C.
Fire K9Up
Down L10Left
RightM11GND
unusedN12unused
unusedP13unused
unusedR14GND
Start2S15GND
Start1T16GND
CoinU17GND
CoinV18GND
unusedW19Loop
CoinX20unused
SyncY21Red
GreenZ22Blue

Note: Speaker- and VideoGND can be connected to GND.

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