RE: The Resurrection of Vertigo

G'day folks,

I'm glad to see David Fish using the same format to borrow the Vertigo
boards as he and I did back when David borrowed and resurrected the
Cinematronics Exercisor. I hope this catches on since some accountability
is introduced by publicly announcing all the terms.

Not that we need to hold David Fish accountable...in my dealings he's always
been the model of integrity. But I'd hope that this format for borrowing
rare things to do projects would catch on.

By the way, I saw some Exidy boards where Al and I are going to visit this
weekend, and I may have seen some Top Gunner manual/schematics. With Al
there I'm sure we'll have no problem making identifications and forwarding
this information to David.

Again, note the impending change in my work email address...

                  Steve Ozdemir
                  sso@plpt.com (this address will bounce in mid Feb)
                  ozdemir@xenon.stanford.edu (permanent email address)
                  steven.ozdemir@att.com (likely new email address)

ps - I'm changing jobs in February, and the last one is my best guess at my
new address.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fish, David [SMTP:dfish@bev.etn.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 5:48 AM
> To: 'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'
> Subject: The Resurrection of Vertigo
>
>
> A couple of days ago, while discussing Fluke pod schematics, Al Kossow
> dropped a hint that he'd be willing to lend he his two Exidy Vertigo
> board sets so that I could take a crack at getting them to work. He
> presently has no spare time to work on these himself, so naturally, I
> jumped on this offer like a starving wolf on a spring lamb.
>
> I'm sending this e-mail out to the group for two reasons; first, to make
> any interested parties aware of the project, and second, to set up a means
> of traceability and accountability for any items which will be exchanged
> between Al and myself. The project kicked-off when Al forwarded me copies
> of the EPROM images.
>
> OK, now that we've got that part out of the way... What it boils down
> to is this, Al going to lend me his two Vertigo board sets so that I can
> try to get one or both operational. Once that's done I'll get some screen
> shots then send the boards back to Al. The tough part is that there are
> no schematics available, no pinouts available and no verified ROM images
> available. There doesn't seem to be much information about this game
> other than a couple of pictures from Dangerous Dan, and these look to be
> pictures of a prototype rather than the unit shown in the service manual.
> There's no guarantee that the one set of EPROMs hasn't dropped a few bits.
> But... I love a good challenge.
>
> I gave Al my word that I'd start this project as soon as I receive the
> boards. While no deadline for finishing was set I'm guessing that it's
> going
> to take a minimum of two months of weekends and after-work. We'll see just
> how patient Al really is.
>
> BTW, If anyone has copies of the schematics for either Exidy Vertigo or
> Exidy Top Gunner please let Al or me know. Hell, if anyone knows ANYTHING
> about either of these games let us know.
>
> David Fish | "We want...Information.
> INFORMATION
> Melrose, MA USA | You won't get it!
> fishd@tiac.com | By hook or by crook we will"
> dfish@bev.etn.com | _The Prisoner_
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 5 09:23:36 1999