Re: Forgive the off topic, but arcade mailing list?

From: Kurt Mahan <kmahan_at_xmission.com>
Date: Fri Jun 11 1999 - 00:08:30 EDT

> > What are the "proper" values for crystals on the MH boardset? I've looked
> > at several boardsets and NONE of them have been consistent on the two
> > crystal values. 12.096, 12.000, 10.000, and 8.000 are the values that
> > I've recent seen..
>
> The dedicated games had a 12 and a 10. The tempest/sd/gravitar
> conversions had a 10 and an 8.9 I think(maybe an 8 since that is what
> you have seen). You can tell what crystals a game has by the pitch of
> the music.
> The differece was because the conversions used the Wells-Gardner
> monitor which had a slower 'slew rate'? Im not sure if that is correct
> but the Wells-Gardners were somehow slower than the amplifones.

"oh"

But my dedicated MH has a WG in it.. Should I guess some operator got
pissed about the amlifone blowing up and stuck a WG in it?

Kurt
Received on Thu Jun 10 23:08:36 1999

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