Re: The "untested" seller again...

From: Jon Raiford <raiford_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 21:29:46 EST

I think you will find that the LF347N on the adaptor board is your
problem.. At least thats the chip I haven't replaced yet and mine
does the same thing. Does anyone have any of these or know where
I could buy just one?

Jon

At 05:35 PM 12/2/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Thanks for the earlier discussion on "krazykat1"... I wish I had asked
>sooner. I've purchased a "working" Major Havoc PCB and Tempest Converter.
>Oh boy...
>
>To be fair, I can see how someone in a hurry might call it tested and
>working. If you were to plug it in, aside from some flicker, it would look
>okay. But if you were to play it, that's a different story.
>
>Test mode shows that the ROM at 6H has a bad checksum, and that there is a
>problem with the Pokeys. That lines up with the symptoms... bad/strange
>sound, and input from the spinner/start/fire buttons does nothing (even in
>test mode). But, the Superzapper button causes a reset (even in test
>mode). BTW... I've swapped out all four Pokeys. They're good.
>
>I've written Jan and we'll see what happens from here.
>
>--
>jcm
>jmccorm@galstar.com
>
>
Received on Thu Dec 2 20:34:35 1999

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