Re: Battlezone rom hack?

Well I was in a bit of a hurry, so I just reflowed the headers, and cleaned
the sockets with Tarn-x Put it all back together, and it's been running for
the past 2 years.

One of these days, I'll get around to replacing the sockets.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM, <wboucher6@cogeco.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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