Re: Star Wars Amplifone Success!

From: Joe Bachmann <joe.bachmann_at_newmail.net>
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 19:24:58 EDT

...as do most other Atari color vector games... BW, Gravitar, etc..

oll wrote:

> sw only saves the top 3.
>
> oll
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Wopat" <lists@falz.net>
> To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars Amplifone Success!
>
> > Well, I see one on Ebay right now. Monitor, Deflector board, rebuilt
> wintron
> > HV:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2128875474
> >
> > Hower, it's wayy expensive. It's past US $350 already, its reserve is at
> US
> > $750! Ouch.
> >
> > Also, in a previous note I had said that my "battery" in Star Wars didnt
> > work. Yep, there is no battery, and yep it DOES work, but just keeps the
> top
> > three scores. There isnt any DIP/setting that can be changed to cause it
> to
> > remember all, is there? There's something to be said about having your
> name
> > on a game 10x in a row :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "oll" <oll@lineone.net>
> > To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 2:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars Amplifone Success!
> >
> >
> > > Im glad you got it working dude,
> > >
> > > Now all I have to do is find a bleedin' Amplifone monitor.. :( Seems in
> > the
> > > UK everyone swapped em with WG 6100's.
> > >
> > > oll
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Wopat" <lists@falz.net>
> > > To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:51 AM
> > > Subject: VECTOR: Star Wars Amplifone Success!
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hooray! Just today I've gotten my new Wintron installed (well, I
> didn't
> > do
> > > > it, but my repair guy did), and it works great! Star Wars looks better
> > > than
> > > > I remember it! It had the Red HV replaced, along with the BU406D. I
> > bought
> > > > some extras, so if someone's in need let me know. It didnt work the
> > first
> > > > try, but thanks to the Amplifone guide, we checked the "stupid,
> asinine,
> > > and
> > > > idiodic brown jumper", and it was no good! Replacing this with a
> jumper
> > > > fixed all, and it looks great!
> > > >
> > > > http://falz.net/starwars/images/swscreenshot_firstday.jpg (crappy NTSC
> > > > screenshot, it doesnt do it justice)
> > > >
> > > > So, I got the game for free, just had to pay for service and Wintron
> > > > flyback, which totallted out to less than $400. It's about time that
> my
> > > > karma paid up!
> > > >
> > > > -Chris
> > > >
> > > > PS- unfortunately, it'd been dead for four years, and the battery died
> > so
> > > my
> > > > old scores are gone. Just gotta figure out how to get that replaced,
> and
> > I
> > > > shall be happy!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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