Re: Battlezone Linear Power Supply

Tony,

I have three identical Battlezone PSUs to your first post below. All are
dated late 1980 / early 1981 (judging by the cap date code), and none have
the Atari sticker on the transformer (nor do I recall them ever having
one).

The cut-out next to the 15 pin upper-left corner (your photo) has the "L"
shaped punched out hole - my *guess* is that this design allows either the
large plug shown in your first photo, or the smaller plug shown in your
second.

I have tested all my PSUs on both a Battlezone Cabaret harness and an
Upright harness (a few months back) and both harnesses work. (They are
slightly different to accomodate twin speakers and marquee illumination -
but not at the PSU end.

So, I would conclude that the bigger connector is the newer one - check
the cap date code (if it has one) on your and see if you just have an
earlier design.

Cheers - Tim.

Tony Jones <tony@tonyjones.com>
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Many years ago I bought a "tested working" Battlezone PSU off RGVAC as a
spare.

I was about to sell it, but first tried to test it in my Battlezone
cabaret and the 15pin connector (upper left) on the supply is of a
different style than the supply in my cabaret so it won't connect to
the harness.

The transformer part# is the same on both (142003) and the
parts descriptions in upright/cabaret manuals seem to imply
that the two supplies are identical, but they don't specifically
mention the connector in question.

Does anyone know if two different connector styles were used, or is
this something other than a Battlezone supply ?

http://www.tonyjones.com/games/bzpsu.jpg

Thanks

Tony
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