RE: Battlezone rom hack?

This is what I did to my machine when I got it 2006 and have never had a problem since.
(Since decent desoldering guns are relatively cheap nowadays online (<$200)) I prefer to spend an evening replacing the
sockets and headers rather than hacking the game.

Bill Boucher
http://www.biltronix.com

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> 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.
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> Jeff
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> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Saku Taipale <stt@brain.damage.fi> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Greetings: Saku Taipale, stt@damage.fi
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> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012, AlW wrote:
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> The Braze kit has been working great in my machine since it came out. It
> does what you ask and saves high scores!
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> -Al-
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> On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:11 AM, "David Shoemaker" <davids@oz.net> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Or is the Braze high score kit about the best solution for this problem?
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> Thanks,
> David
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