Re: Battlezone rom hack?

What kind of current is flowing between those two boards? Would a standard
ribbon cable with some sort of adapter at each end do the trick? Perhaps
just a separate, higher capacity interconnect for the power.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Bill Karkula <sociableone@gmail.com> wrote:

> It’s a pain, but replacing the two 24 pin headers and then *ALL* ROM and
> PROM sockets on the AUX and AVG will get the reliability back. Replacing
> the 24 pin interconnect cable also is a good idea. If you use the Braze
> kit, you still need to replace the two Vector ROM sockets as they need to
> stay inserted (ones ending in “421” and “422”). The set in my BZ cab has
> run for over two years now with no issues.****
>
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> *From:* owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:
> owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Harrison
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 02, 2012 6:41 AM
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* Re: VECTOR: Battlezone rom hack?****
>
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>
> I did the HS hack myself years ago and it's been working great. The board
> interconnects, on the other hand, are a different story. I wish there was a
> kit to change the connectors to something more reliable.****
>
> ** **
>
> Jeff****
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Saku Taipale <stt@brain.damage.fi> wrote:*
> ***
>
>
> I have a HUGE high score in my BZ due to a some glitch in game. The game
> was set for public free-play during old-game happening in a museum. When I
> got it back there was highest score something like over 10 million.
>
>
> Greetings: Saku Taipale, stt@damage.fi****
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012, AlW wrote:****
>
> The Braze kit has been working great in my machine since it came out. It
> does what you ask and saves high scores!
>
> -Al-
>
> On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:11 AM, "David Shoemaker" <davids@oz.net> wrote:****
>
> Battlezone has a history of being unstable over the long run. Much of it
> related to the roms/sockets. Is there any documented hack out there to
> reduce the bank of roms down to a single rom?
>
> Or is the Braze high score kit about the best solution for this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> David****
>
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