RE: Re[2]: Battlezone Strangeness

Looking back in the archives maybe it wasn't an 'M' error but an 'L',
because I tried Chris Candreva's solution and it worked.

>From: Christopher X. Candreva <chris_at_westnet.com>
>Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 13:05:48 EDT
>
>On Fri, 25 Aug 100, Dave Downin wrote:
>
>
>> I've got a cabaret Battlezone that just started giving me a "L" (low
byte)
>> error in self test mode. In game mode there is no display on the screen
(spot
>> killer on). The manual says to see one of the schematic sheets for
further
>> info on this error. I don't have the schematics (only the manual).
>
>
>Did you try 'fluffing up' the interconnect wires ? When mine does that, I
>have someone watch the screen while I 'fluff' the wires, and tell me when
>the L goes away.
>
>
>(Every time I tried to actually fix it, it would start working on it's own
>from moving the machine to fix it. So I gave up.)
>
>
>-Chris
>
>
>==========================================================
>Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
>WestNet Internet Services of Westchester

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Subject: Re[2]: VECTOR: Battlezone Strangeness

-----Original Message-----
From: "Gregory Maser" <gemaser@mchsi.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 20:28:40 -0500
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Battlezone Strangeness

>
> Actually, the last error I encountered prior to my harness having problems
> was a mathbox "M" error, but I resolved that by "fluffing" the
interconnect
> cable and it cleared it right up.
>
you gave it a blowjob?
what is fluffing?

resoldering the sockets & replacing the cable would have been better.

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