Re: Battlezone and Red Baron AVGs not interchangeable?

There is a conversion process (very simple to perform) that can transform
the Battlezone AVG board into one that can be used with Red Baron.

I successfully converted a Battlezone board to run Red Baron, and my
cockpit Red Baron came with a converted Battlezone board that probably had
been converted by the operator.

If anyone needs the conversion info I can dig around for it. The process
basically involves cutting one or two traces and adding a jumper wire or
two. It's really easy.

         - Matt

At 11:04 AM 9/16/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I wish it was that simple! Apparently, I have a later revision of the Red
>Baron AVG. It's marked "D" and has 9 ROMs, not 8 like my BZ boards. The
>schematic on line at
>http://www.spies.com/arcade/schematics/atari/RedBaron2A.tiff shows (I think)
>a "C;" it seems to be the same configuration I have.
>
>The manual I have also says on the AVG parts list page:
>"! WARNING !
>Although this PCB may closely resemble Battlezone and other X-Y game PCBs,
>it is not interchangeable with them. Attempting to use this Red Baron PCB in
>any other game may cause a fire!"
>Lewis
>
> >
> > Okay, now that we've all had a laugh, here's some *useful* information:
> >
> > The game ROMs are on the AVG board, not the Aux board. You need to replace
> > the BZ ROMs on the AVG board with those for Red Baron. That, and
>connecting
> > a Red Baron Aux board, will give you a complete Red Baron boardset.
> >
> > -aramos
> >
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