Re: Tech: Battlezone Vectors Everywhere

I would recommend Alex Yeckley for repair - www.elektronforge.com - BZ is not on
his list of "preferred" boards, but he has other Atari vector stuff on the list
such as Star Wars and Tempest. He does note that he will gladly work on things
not on the list. Anyway I would recommend him since he's always been
communicative, prompt, and fairly priced...unlike some of the others in the
business. Besides, now that he's linked to "The Britney Spears Guide to
Semiconductor Physics" on his site, how could you resist? ; )

Richard
www.arcadeobsession.com/sog

Appolo wrote:

> I reflowed these connectors. I'll re-check continuity between the pins.
>
> I tried putting the game into test mode. All that displays is a line across
> the middle of the screen like this...
>
> _\___________________________/_
>
> No beeps, no sounds, no indication of failed parts. No pattern that the
> manual says should be there.
>
> As I said in a earlier message, the game comes up now and plays. Stuff is
> just all over the screen and sounds seem okay.
>
> Does anyone fix these?
>
> Mike Appolo
> http://www.appolo.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Rosenzweig" <Joel_Rosenzweig@Agilent.com>
> To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tech: Battlezone Vectors Everywhere
>
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > I had similar problems to this and found that the "ribbon cable" used to
> > connect the mathbox with the main board was faulty. Of course, like so
> many
> > of the PCBs with MTA connectors, the pins on the boards sometimes develop
> > hairline fractures and need to have their solder reflowed, too. It would
> > not hurt to reflow the solder on both boards just in case.
> >
> > Joel-
> >
> >
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