what are the 80b mpu options these days? I see rd in stock. Have seen Swemmer but no place with them in stock.

Anyone else I'm missing? 1st time needing a mpu board so not certain what's out there.

Thanks

Mike

Check out this website....
https://www.flippp.fr/support.php?lg=en

Not sure about others but Alien Star is 100k increments, so not always achievable in tourneys. It helps enough though since most players in comps can get past that level.

I have a Pascal board ready to put in there for the next one, which has a freeplay feature included.

If you search on eBay for johan6685 you’ll see all the boards Swemmer has.
As of now (November 14) he only has one system 80 board remaining. Just bought one for my caveman. He is quick to answer any questions you may have.

All system 80a are 100k increments. System 80a is actually internally a /10 setup built off of system 80 and they just add a dummy 0 to the 1's digit. (Similar to how Alien Poker did it).

That's why 7 digit 80a games have '00' instead of '0' at game start.

For tournaments there are people that have the keys so just keep loading up the credits or do one of the non-invasive methods, or put the free play roms in.

Panthera allows the high scores to increment by 10k.

Thanks for info
Purchased it this morning

Okay, bit of an epilogue to this... The pop bumper driver boards I don't think were the problem (though I had two that hadn't been updated per the service bulletin, and took care of those). What seems to have actually been happening is that the 5v coming off the power supply was at a sweet spot where with all three pop bumper drivers connected it would pull low enough to prevent a boot a lot of the time, but with one removed it would stay high enough to allow it to boot most of the time. I bet this explains a lot of my random resets too. I adjusted the 5v up a bit and the machine boots consistently now, with all three pop drivers installed.

I'm still digging in to the display issue, but I think I got some good data about what's going on tonight. I played a bit after figuring out the 5v thing and reinstalling the third pop bumper driver, and had the displays cut out on me a few more times. I poked around with a multimeter when that happened, and I see both the 6.2v and 32V AC inputs looking good.

Then, I hooked up my oscilloscope, and sniffed around both when the displays were working, and when they were. Data coming in from the MPU looks fine to me, activity on those pins is about the same whether the displays are showing anything or not, and I can see it at the hex buffers and digit drivers. But... Given what I know about these displays it sounds like an intermittent interruption to the data flowing in would cause them to shut off until things were power cycled. So, I'm going to have another look at the connections between the MPU and display board.

I have a gottlieb The Games Sys80A. Need a good diagram of how to do the ground mod and then any other modifications to make this game somewhat reliable. Any help would be greatly appreciated

https://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gottlieb_System_80#Adding_Ground_and_5V_Connections_to_Interconnect_Harness

myPinballs is making one up for me for my Robowar, aka applejuice on here I think. Doing the Whirlwind rewrite/thread.
Here in the UK though.
https://mypinballs.com/electronics/store.jsp

I've used 3 of his 80b boards and I have been very happy with them. He also usually has them in stock and ready to ship.

I'm looking for some help with the switch matrix and solenoids for James Bond 007.
I need the wiring information to complete the Tech Chart I'm creating.
I have a manual pdf, but it does not have the schematics.
Anyone here can shoot me some images please?

Peter
http://www.inkochnito.nl

He just sold the last one when I asked him for one but I had some boards for him to check for me so all good. Should have it soonish.

I don't know if this is the right place to post this but since 80bs are included....does anyone have spare metal side ramps for Gold Wings? One of mine busted off from the mounting bracket. Marco used to sell them but they are out of stock. ^_^

All done! This is one super nice Panthera now.

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Sweet looks fantastic!

Thanks again for the tip on Mayfair! Way better than waiting for months for a BG resto assuming Mayfair has the glass you need.

Can you post a pic of what you mean? I might have what you want but I’m not sure of your description.

@ Chuckwurt What do you think about the play? Got the typical 80's sound but I really like it when I got to play one.

It’s solid. Nothing crazy good, but plays mean and you have to be accurate with your shots. I’m liking it though. Especially the special and EB collects. If EBs are off, those are worth 50k each and the knocker goes off 5 times when you collect them. Love that gottliebs do that.

Those knockers will startle you if you're not prepared lol they're loud! Star Race is the same when it comes to your shots having to be dead on and if not you pay the price! Enjoy it, I love the early 80's Gottliebs

Yeah I got the knocker 100% rebuilt too. It’s so loud. Haha

For my future reference seeing we are in same area what's typical timeframe until you receive a board? Looking down the road I have atleast 2 more 80bs I hope to get going this winter. Both do not have main boards.

Oh pleeeeeze.

Here’s my broken piece. These are the metal parts on either side of the loopdeloop

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More fun! I had the main line fuse blow mid game on Panthera. Replaced that, and the 24v coil fuse blows on power up.

Tested the bridge rectifier and it was bad.

Replaced that, and the now the fuse doesn’t blow, but one of the drop target bank reset coils locks on.

I know I need to replace the transistor, but I have a niwumpf board and I’m not sure which transistor drives that reset coil. See pick below. That’s the stock board. Where is this on the niwumpf board?
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Typically I receive the board in a little over a week.

Niwumpf responded to my email right away and said on their boards there are 8 transistors labeled QS1-QS8 for the 8 solenoids in the game. FYI for anyone else troubleshooting with those aftermarket boards.

I’m sorry man I don’t have extra, for some reason I was thinking you were describing the metal posts at the entrance of the main ramp. I hope you can find a replacement to get Gold Wings back in action.

After market boards should have the same Q list as stock. Also check to see as some games had to use a transistor under the playfield ie. rollerdisco. Which my friend had a drop target bank coil lock and it was that transistor.

Do you have the manual? I'm trying to think...there may of been a small sheet of paper stapled in the head or under the pf that listed the Q's as well.

Niwumpf was same as original except for the controlled solenoids. They are listed as QS1-QS8 on the aftermarket board for solenoids 1-8 in the manual.

OHH you weren't asking you were just stating, sorry I didn't read your post right.

Looks great...all i hear in my head now is BUMPBUmpbump BUMPBUmpbump BUMPBUmpbump BUMPBUmpbump

I would really really like this game if the sound was better.

Anybody want these two 5150 NVRAM chips for SYS80 MPUs? I don’t think I’ll ever use them. $25 + shipping for both of em.

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Couldnt youre-attach the bracket to the gold wing loop? A fastener would not be in the path of the ball.
Did you check pbr?

Could you find a local welder to fix gold wings?

I have a spare gold wings playfield and may have one. It's probably rusty/tarnished though..... I do think PBR has these though... if not let me know.

I already contacted Steve Young and he says he doesn't have any more. I would gladly purchase a rusty/tarnished one. ^_^

Just started working on my Chicago cubs
Very rare game in europe
Also installed the mypinballs 80b mpu and it works great
Looking for an original manual

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anyone know where to get a lift channel for a sys1/80 backglass?

Did you try Steve at Pinball Resource?

Shows out of stock

Always contact them specifically asking to be sure. Their website isn’t always up to date.

If you call Steve at PR and he’s out, try the Arcade Boneyard at: http://thearcadeboneyard.com/

You never know what they will have. Also worth an email to double check if the site doesn’t show one.

Left the club when I sold my HH, came back in it with this Caveman

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Ok, i need help here, im trying to burn new roms for a friend's Monte Carlo (yeah i only got to it today, been busy with life LOL), and Rom2 is done and went smoothly and checks out fine with GQ-4X burner, but Rom1 is giving me headache, i keep getting "Write failed, address=0x000000, Buffer= 0x4F, Device=0xff" with a brand new chip (ST M27C64A) and fresh roms (freeplay ones from Flippp).

What is going on? can two brand new chips from a pinball supplier be bad? or am i doing something wrong?

"d:\downloads\gottlieb montecarlo\mc rom\prom1_703.bin.
Speed = 4
ID check skipped
Writing... Buffer
Elapsed time: 18.98 seconds.
ID check skipped
Writing... Buffer
Elapsed time: 18.98 seconds.
Write failed, Address=0x000000, Buffer=0x4F Device=0xFF
Write failed "

is how it says.

problems I've had .....hooked up the external power supply that helps......slow your speed down but usually when I have had a consistent write fail it was bad chips ....had three bad ones from one supplier .....they erased fine had all FF in their buffers but would not write ....ordered 5 new ones and they were perfect .....my guess you got bad chips

I have adapter on and i tried slowing down to 0 and even -1, but still write fails on brand new chips. So basically i threw away cash then...
im gonna ask the pinballshop to burn the rom for me in that case, gonna cost me abit extra but cheaper then to buy another 3 chips and take a chance.