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Title: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Darth Nuno on October 07, 2007, 05:03:17 am
...once again, a great vintage game was 'stolen' in UK  :lol:  ... this time... it's an Atari Battlezone cab ... All the story IN VIDEO right here :

(http://www.dragonslairfans.com/battlezone/vignette-battlezone.jpg) (http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=290)

I love UK  :o  ...so many great vintage arcade games  :P
Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: polaris on October 07, 2007, 12:37:13 pm
i thought i told you and level42 youre banned from britain, the customs must have slipped up this time. :D

nice find again, you must have a superb looking collection :cheers:

Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: Level42 on October 07, 2007, 06:02:52 pm
Hey-Hey, ALL (yes ALL) my cabs, each and every single one of them, I got from my home country The Netherlands. I do not dare to go into Darth Nuno's terretories :P

Darth: Fantastic catch.....another great reason for a re-visit. Shame you missed my thread about the Galaxian going to that Retrocomputer fair. It was a really nice day. I got the first serious offer for it while I was still rolling the cab inside :) ! Some 2 or 3 other guys seriously asked what I wanted for it......just for fun I asked €1000,- and I think one actualy would have paid it.......but of course it's not for sale. You don't sell your kids either  do you ? ;)

I hope everyone is ready/willing/able to download a 130 Mb video to see this roadtrip....maybe put up some pics for the poor fellows with slow internet connections ?
Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: polaris on October 07, 2007, 06:51:56 pm
ill just pass on my info on nuno to customs in that case :D

the vids 130 meg!?! , no wonder my computer fainted!!


Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: Level42 on October 08, 2007, 01:16:13 pm
ill just pass on my info on nuno to customs in that case :D

You must have forgotten that the borders between the EU countries (and yes, however much the British hate it, they ARE part of it, well sort-of, in their own way ;) ) have been "removed". Customs couldn't care less about those cabs :)
Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: Darth Nuno on October 08, 2007, 01:51:19 pm
Yes... I was a little bit affraid the first time I got a cab from UK... but  there's no problem at all with these old video games (except UK is losing each time I go there a little bit of their 'retro-arcade-heritage'  8))
Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: Level42 on October 08, 2007, 02:12:01 pm
Bwahhh, I'd call it balancing things :D


Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: polaris on October 08, 2007, 03:37:04 pm
i wish the borders were as open as you say, id be over to holland 'shopping', once a fortnight, but believe me they may not care what goes out, but they ---smurfing--- well care about what comes in. :D
i love being part of europe though, it means i have seven political representatives as opposed to just six.
Title: Re: Battlezone... the UK Video Roadtrip ;-)
Post by: Level42 on October 11, 2007, 06:32:46 am
Yeah, but that's a typical UK thing....not the other way around or between most of the other EC countries...
I sympathize with you :)

However, what would be the problem taking an old cab into the UK from the mainland ?

You still are entitled of free goods movement within the EU aren't you ?
Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Darth Nuno on November 18, 2007, 10:58:34 am
Ok, let's start to work on this one...

Atari Euro Model :

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston1.jpg)

Two boards :

- [ A ] BOARD / BATTLE ZONE AUX BD  :arrow:

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston2.jpg)

- [ B ] BOARD / 6502A ANALOG VEC GEN  :arrow:

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston3.jpg)

The usual Audio Regulator board....

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston4.jpg)

The power supply ... full of dust  :?

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston5.jpg)

Ok, let's power on the game :

- Nothing on screen (but the tube is powered)
- 1 high tone
- 1 low tune

Check out the doc :

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston8.jpg)

Ok, the problem is during the self procedure, so that's the reason I can't see anything on the screen... The monitor display things AFTER the self-test...

Let's pull off the boards, in order to localize the *bad* ram(s ?) :

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston6.jpg)

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston7.jpg)

Here's what I need  :arrow:

(http://www.arcadelifestyle.net/battlezone/batzfirston9.jpg)

Ref : 2114L3PC / 8030

Do you know where I can order such rams ?
Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Level42 on November 19, 2007, 04:39:02 pm
http://www.arcadechips.com/product_info.php?products_id=35

These are also used on f.i. the Centipede PCB.

Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Level42 on December 05, 2007, 03:45:15 pm
Any updates Bruno ?


Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Darth Nuno on December 05, 2007, 03:51:53 pm
Any updates Bruno ?




Not yet... I focus on the 'extend' of my gaming room (right here (http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=32.0))  ::)
...and I've just started to work on my Galaga  :P

...and I'm just back from a new roadtrip one hour ago  8)

Too many thinks on the same time... as usual  :-\ :laugh:
Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: JimmyU on December 05, 2007, 03:57:34 pm
...and I'm just back from a new roadtrip one hour ago  8)

Any hints?
Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Darth Nuno on December 12, 2007, 09:38:37 am
...and I'm just back from a new roadtrip one hour ago  8)

Any hints?

The roadtrip is now available right here ->

(http://www.dragonslairfans.com/roadtrips/stun.jpg) (http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=313.0)

 8)
Title: Re: Battlezone...Roadtrip + WIP -> Bad Ram =(
Post by: Darth Nuno on March 27, 2008, 01:34:39 pm
http://www.arcadechips.com/product_info.php?products_id=35

These are also used on f.i. the Centipede PCB.



Back on this  ::) :P

The ram I need are ref : 2114L3PC

The ones from arcade chips are ref : 2114 / 91L14 RAM

Are they compatible ?