Re: Asteroids Deluxe graphic problem

That's kinda the way I felt about it Andrew. After spending a couple hours
getting the CPU side running, I just knew it was only a matter of time. Then
I got the odd graphics, and It was like I would find 1 bad chip, and it
would only correct just a tiny portion of the problem. Had I only known.. :)

Kevin

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Andrew Welburn <andy@andysarcade.net>wrote:

> My record chip count was 40+ chips on a bootleg asteroids PCB called
> 'Meteor' made by a UK company called Subelectro. Often when you get a vector
> going after finding 20 or so bad chips but is virtually working but for
> weird graphical anomolies etc you persevere with it, never expecting there
> to be another 20 or so chips causing untold tiny problems :)
>
> And, i worked on that pcb over 18 months on and off, i just didn't want to
> let it beat me, in man hours, its well over 2 weeks of work...
>
> Nowadays i do let pcbs beat me, they go on my 'rainy day' shelf, and i'm al
> ot more productive ;)
>
> --
> Andrew Welburn
> http://www.andys-arcade.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com>
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:55 PM
> *Subject:* Re: VECTOR: Asteroids Deluxe graphic problem
>
> Well the cost of parts was relatively inexpensive. It was more of the
> challenge, and seeing it through. It was a rough day of troubleshooting
> though.
>
> Kevin
>
>

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Received on Wed Oct 27 14:58:54 2010