Just got my JY NVRAM'd and to preserve midnight madness, I don't see any reason I cannot keep the remote battery pack in place for time keeping? Any thoughts?
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Mitch....that's the question, I don't think it'd damage the board at all...and if not - why not keep the remote batteries to keep time for Midnight Madness mode pins....consider, if, like me - I already have the board NVRAM'd and have the remote pack in place - if it doesn't hurt the board - then why not...
On the advice of big JohnW that it poses no problem - I tried it....and it works...so for those that have Midnight Madness pins...if you want to NVRAM - you can keep the batteries (although remote those things or indeed what is the point) and it'll keep your time...if your forget to change them - no big wup - ain't gonna do a thing if they die....
I know...but I've had instances where the remote pack dowels popped out, one of three batteries went bad, etc. in the end lost the settings...so NVRAM...but with JunkYard - it's cool to have the time showing on the DMD and playing literally at midnight...with friends/family...so doing what I just did, I don't ever have to worry about my settings...that's forever set now - but also JY can keep accurate time/date as well...remember how folks freaked out about not NVRAM'ing midnight madness pins - well there is no point to hesitate - do it, but if you want to keep the time going - just keep the batteries....
Update.....just checked it - been 5 days...all is well and time was SPOT on....it's staying...I already had the batteries remoted - so why not keep it...keeps Midnight Madness on time and NVRAM takes care of everything else...
Fired it up and it was exactly on time after 5 days...it may drift in 3 months, but hey, it'll probably be close enough....
Quoted from alienagent:Which WPC games do something with the real time clock?
I know of Junkyard, Twilight zone and Scared stiff, is there anything else to add to my list?
Congo, Dirty Harry, Johnny Mnemonic, Junkyard, NBA Fastbreak, and Who Dunnit.....I am unaware of Scared Stiff having it, nor Twilight Zone....
11 days with NVRAM and remote battery pack in conjunction....time/date - spot on...to the minute...fyi...
Andrew - You're thinking too hard...I had the board NVRAM'd..then remembered JY has midnight madness - so I thought, well I already have the remote battery holder - all the way out to the coin door - with lithium batteries in it - so why not leave it to keep the clock rolling....if I lose power or the batteries go - nothing but the time is lost...in the meanwhile - time is kept and I didn't have to do anything more than what I had in place already...that's it really....figured for those that had concerns over midnight madness could double up if they felt it was needed, But make no mistake - I'm not biased one way or the other - I just wanted to see if it'd work and report it....
The only other thing about the RTC that 'matters' is that for the choice few pins that have "Midnight Madness" - you would know that it will happen at midnight - real time (if you set your clock to begin with) - if you have friends/family over and want to mess with them - or you like playing at midnight and like to know it'll be a part of the gameplay... otherwise the Midnight Madness would be random based upon when the pin thinks the time is....theoretically making it not so much Midnight Madness, but more so Monte Carlo Madness (for those into statistics)
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