John Robertson in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) has just announced he has a replacement cpu board available NOW for the Bally home model pinballs Series 2 machines (Series 1 board coming in a couple of months). Here's his announcement:
Finally, after trying to get this off the ground for over ten years I
have a solution to the failing 3850/3870 CPUs and support ICs for the
Bally Home Pinball games.
Just finished the rough test today, and the replacement part covers both
versions of CPU with a PCB needed for the older 3850, and the original
3870 socketed for the second version of the MPU. This uses the later
version software but all of the game functions (including sounds) are
present as per my test machine - a Captain Fantastic (home) machine.
Immediately available for the single chip (3870) series games @ $75USD
plus shipping.And, in a month or two, I should have something ready that folks can
install for the three chip (3850/51) series games that will cost around
$125.
John :-#)#
--
(Please post followups or tech enquiries to the newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."