Re: Battlezone rom hack?

Well if the sockets are still good, but are tarnished (chips can be the
same way). I mix up some water and Tarn-x. Remove the Eproms, and use a
tooth brush to scrub the socket contacts clean, as well as the Eproms. I
see alot of chips and sockets with black tarnish on them, and it get's rid
it. Not sure of any long term effects, like I said I've been going on two
years without issue.

Sockets that have lost tension, just need to be replaced. I think the
reason everyone uses Brazes Kit is because they can replace 1 40 pin
socket, and have high score save functions. It is the simplest solution.

Kevin

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Franklin@Bowen.net <Franklin@bowen.net>wrote:

> Can you give more details on "cleaned the sockets with Tarn-x"?
>
> --
> My generic signature
>
> On Aug 2, 2012, at 15:24, Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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