Re: Forgive the off topic, but arcade mailing list?

From: Jess Askey <jess_at_magenta.com>
Date: Fri Jun 11 1999 - 00:59:28 EDT

Kurt Mahan wrote:
>
> > > What are the "proper" values for crystals on the MH boardset? I've looked
> > > at several boardsets and NONE of them have been consistent on the two
> > > crystal values. 12.096, 12.000, 10.000, and 8.000 are the values that
> > > I've recent seen..
> >
> > The dedicated games had a 12 and a 10. The tempest/sd/gravitar
> > conversions had a 10 and an 8.9 I think(maybe an 8 since that is what
> > you have seen). You can tell what crystals a game has by the pitch of
> > the music.
> > The differece was because the conversions used the Wells-Gardner
> > monitor which had a slower 'slew rate'? Im not sure if that is correct
> > but the Wells-Gardners were somehow slower than the amplifones.
>
> "oh"
>
> But my dedicated MH has a WG in it.. Should I guess some operator got
> pissed about the amlifone blowing up and stuck a WG in it?

Yep, AFAIK *all* Major Havoc uprights shipped with Amplifones in them.
If you swap your crystals you may find that your vectors either line up
better or are more straight. Can anyone clarify this speed thing? I know
it was discussed a long time ago but I can't remember...
Received on Fri Jun 11 00:04:11 1999

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