re: tempest help

From: Scott Swazey <sswazey_at_qualcomm.com>
Date: Thu Dec 11 1997 - 22:20:05 EST

steve,
        you might want to try replacing the pokey chip that is connected to the
spinner signals. the tempest i bought had what looked like a bad spinner.
it turned out to be a bad pokey chip.

-scott

at 08:34 am 12/10/97 -0800, ozdemir, steve wrote:
>g'day folks,
>
>along similar lines, i have some bad tempest spinners. i'm assuming
>that the led that shines through the wheel has gone bad. does anyone
>know of a replacement part (or better yet a number that i could bring to
>my electronic's parts store)? thanks!
>
> steven s ozdemir
> sso@dsc.com
>
>>----------
>>from: mayday19[smtp:mayday19@idt.net]
>>sent: tuesday, december 09, 1997 9:37 pm
>>to: vectorlist@spies.com
>>cc: mayday19
>>subject: tempest help
>>
>>i just picked up a tempest ur that has a small prob. i will probably want
>>to sell it right away as soon as it is fixed as i already have a cabaret
>>tempest ($500+shipping, this thing is really clean). i did a big trade
>>and i didn't want it too much. :>
>>
>>i haven't looked at it yet, but the problem is that the game powers up
>>fine (monitor looks great), and you can start a game and fire and super
>>zap, but the spinner will not work. the guy i got it from said if you
>>start a game, remove the aux board connector and replace it, it will work
>>fine for as long as the machine is turned on. i tried this a couple times
>>and it worked. i've only looked at it long enough to try that so far, but
>>i'd figure i'd get a second opinion on it first..any ideas?
>>
>>thanks,
>>jeff
>>--
>>http://idt.net/~mayday19
>>
>
>
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Received on Thu Dec 11 19:29:21 1997

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