Re: Asteroids Deluxe 12.096MHz xtal

12 Mhz xtal will work fine, game will be slightly slower is all...

John :-#)#

At 10:51 AM 1/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all again,
>
>My Asteroids Deluxe is working perfectly now but I have two spare boards I'd
>like to repair. Neither came up when I plugged them into the machine so I
>began investigating. First thing I noticed, both spares had their crystals
>(Y1) removed. This is supposed to be a 12.096 MHZ crystal but I can't find
>any of these locally. Looking at the schematics, the counter simply divides
>the crystal's frequency into the desired 6MHz shouldn't a 12.000 MHz clock
>produce basically the same clock rate? (I ask because I can get a 12.000MHz
>crystal right away as opposed to ordering one.)
>
>Also, does anyone have a good Electrohome HV cage for the B&W 19" Vector
>monitor that they'd like to sell?
>
>Thanks for any help,
> Josh
>
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Received on Thu Jan 13 08:20:43 2000