Re: R: Asterock anyone ?

Marco, any news about Asterock info ?

Will be visiting Andreas in february and pick up the board anyway, but it would be good to know before if there's any news.

Thanks !

Op 12 dec 2009, om 12:36 heeft Andreas Kraemer het volgende geschreven:

> Well, I verified the EPROM checksums with the Fluke 9010A using their signature test
> (all are the same as in MAME. Also burned a new set of 8 EPROMS. The IPT_TILT switch
> is recognized in test mode correctly by a beep when closing and another beep when
> opening again. Also IPT_TILT is recognized in run mode making the PCB to produce a
> continuous beep when closing and stopping the beep, when opening again.
>
> Still have the feeling, I miss something obvious...
>
> Best Regards,
> Andreas
>
>
> "vernimark" <vernimark@vernimark.com> schrieb:
>> mmm...
>> I think you could burn new eprom set from mame or control the eprom
>> checksum.
>> I've some contacts with mame devs, i asked them some infos and I can
>> redirect you here:
>> http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=1791
>> I don't know if it can help you but please check the IPT_TILT signal because
>> if TILT is active coins aren't accepted. Try to invert the TILT signal and
>> see what happens.
>>
>> Do you have the asterock cabinet?
>>
>> Regards,
>> marco
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andre Huijts [mailto:a.huijts@upcmail.nl]
>> Sent: venerdì 11 dicembre 2009 22.54
>> To: vernimark
>> Subject: Re: R: VECTOR: Asterock anyone ?
>>
>> Thanks Marco,
>>
>> Maybe you missed Andreas' post about this issue, but we got all that
>> covered.
>> We know about the+23V etc. indeed weird :D
>>
>> And through Andreas' great site (www.andysarcade.de) we did get all the docs
>> (thanks to you !!!)
>>
>> We are completely puzzled about it. Andreas checked everything
>> hardware-wise.... He sees the inputs go high (5V through the resistors) but
>> the program simply doesn't start the game.... he also checked the buffer IC,
>> OK.
>> He checked all the coin dip-switch settings and still it doesn't work....
>>
>> I wonder if there is a software "trick" for starting the game. I think a
>> Mame developer could give some answers on this matter but how to contact
>> them ?
>> Maybe it needs some extra signals we miss or something like that....
>>
>> It's such a shame because Andreas worked so hard to fix the completely dead
>> board and he's got it completely running except for the starting of the
>> game....nuts !
>>
>> Cheers, Andre
>>
>>
>> Op 10 dec 2009, om 00:23 heeft vernimark het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Hi Andre,
>>> do you have the asterock user manuals?
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.vernimark.com/arcade/default.asp?PageMode=1&PageMode2=2&GameID=39
>>>
>> 4&Game=asterock&Year=star&Manufacturer=star&Video_Type=A&Video_HV=A&Video_Co
>>> lours=A&OrderBy=Game&Mode=start#Game394
>>>
>>> or:
>>>
>>> operators manual
>>> http://www.vernimark.com/arcade/archive/pdf/asterock_manual.pdf (2M)
>>>
>>> schematics
>>> http://www.vernimark.com/arcade/archive/pdf/asterock_schematics.pdf (2M)
>>>
>>> schematics - vector PDF
>>> http://www.vernimark.com/arcade/archive/pdf/asterock_schematics.zip (17M)
>>>
>>> please check if voltages are correct. For instance when you press a
>> control
>>> it is not pulled down with ground but with +23V; it is quite important
>>> because it's unusual
>>>
>>> let me know,
>>> Marco
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Andre Huijts [mailto:a.huijts@upcmail.nl]
>>> Sent: mercoledì 9 dicembre 2009 22.46
>>> To: vernimark
>>> Subject: Re: R: VECTOR: Asterock anyone ?
>>>
>>> Hi Marco,
>>>
>>> Did you get any reply from your friend on this ?
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 3 dec 2009, om 02:26 heeft vernimark het volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>> hi andre, I'll forwad you email to a friend of mine that knows quite well
>>>> how asterock works.
>>>> I have an asterock pcb too, but I don't know what to say you.
>>>> Anyway are you sure DIP SWITCH are in correct position? Try X X X X X ON
>>> ON
>>>> ON
>>>> regards,
>>>> marco
>>>>
>>>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>>>> Da: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>>> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org]Per conto di Andre Huijts
>>>> Inviato: giovedi 3 dicembre 2009 0.15
>>>> A: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>>> Oggetto: VECTOR: Asterock anyone ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone ever worked on an Asterock PCB ? Or maybe the MAME emulation ?
>>>>
>>>> I've got a machine, and Andreas (he's on this list too) was kind enough
>> to
>>>> have a go at fixing the PCB which succeeded, except he can't get the game
>>>> credited.
>>>> He checked all the inputs on the test screen, works fine. Slam-switch not
>>>> stuck high.
>>>>
>>>> Any tip
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>> André Huijts
>> andre.huijts@upcmail.nl
>>
>>
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André Huijts
andre.huijts@upcmail.nl

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