Re: Dead Asteroids

Phil,

   Do you have any pictures of the modified board? A
couple of us on the list have modified Lunar Lander
boards (with various missing pieces) and it would be
interesting to see if yours has the same mods.

Thanks,
-Chris

--- Phil Morris <phil@morris0.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> I've just obtained an Asteroids that I knew was dead
> before I bought it. I thought at the time that it
> was just the main board, but now I'm not so sure
> ..........
>
> Before I go on, I'll say that I'm a complete newbie
> at this. I've also done some research and can't find
> anything directly related to this particular fault.
>
> Also, this is no 'ordinary' Asteroids, it was
> originally a Lunar Lander and the main PCB has been
> heavily modified to run Asteroids, said mod also
> includes a daughterboard.
>
> When powering on the machine the monitor emits a
> fairly high pitched squeal, there is no display,
> also the player one button stays lit. If I
> disconnect the monitor then the player one button
> stays lit and pressing it doesn't achieve anything.
>
> Could a dodgy main PCB cause the monitor to squeal
> in such a manner, or is this indicative of an
> additional fault in the monitor?
>
> Should I wait and try a known working Asteroids
> board that I have on order, or look into seeing if
> there is a fault in the monitor circuitry?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
>

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Received on Tue Dec 11 07:24:56 2001