I'll buy one (I don't need one soon I suppose, but it's nice to support you and at the same time to have it 'just in case').
I just installed your 2.20 code, thank you so much for adding a lot! I have only played 2 games but I think I already heard some quotes I've never heard before, and I like that the game seems to be more complex now. I've never owned NIB, now I know what it's like when owning a game that gets a nice software update

One seperate post about updating the RFM prism card with a null modem cable and windows XP. Somehow I had seen very late that there was a new version of RFM, and after that, I had some defects, so my update is late, I know. About the update itself:

- I thought I might have thrown away my old null modem cable, but I found it. Sometimes it's good to keep stuff you think you'll never need again
- Most time went into getting an old pc to work and installing Windows XP.
- When updating, things went wrong somehow (I was in the other room when I heard RFM resetting, but there was an error message). Fortunately I could make a connection again and I chose to update only the game-files on a lower baudrate (I read somewhere that that was more stable...I didn't read that beforehand though). That worked well. I didn't have any sound though, even though all roms tested well and the updater said that the sound files were the same as already installed (it said that with the gamefiles as well). After updating the sound again, that worked well too, so now I have the new custom software on my RFM. Thank you so much Jim for all the new code!

I'll surely disable the screensaver next time!

Another update coming, wow, thanks!

Suggestion for a possible rule:

Is it an idea to start Bonus Wave multiball with 2 balls if you have 0 flawless modes, and with 3 balls if you have 1 or 2 flawless modes and with 4 balls if you have all 3 modes flawless? You can already 'earn' add a balls, but starting with more balls would be an extra short-term motivation for finishing modes flawless.

A question:

Does anyone know if instead of a BR2335 I can use a CR2335 for a PRISM card? The BR2335 is quite hard to get. When I google, I find this:
"Characteristically, CR type batteries begin with a slightly higher voltage than BR during discharge. However, as a CR cell discharges, the operating voltage drops over time because of the rise in internal impedance."
I'm not sure if that can be a problem for the PRISM board?

Edit: I know found this: https://www.master-instruments.com.au/files/knowledge-centre/engineering/guides-and-selection-charts/panasonic___selecting_the_right_lithium_battery_br_or_cr_series.pdf
It looks like it's safer to find a BR2335.

Do you sell them? If not, no problem: I'll find one somewhere. Just wondering if you'd mind selling one (or more, if others are interested too).

PS: The PRISM separator arrived. I'll find out how to use it when I have a BR-battery .

Is duct tape enough? My plastic is missing as well, I wondered if it would be bad when the balls hit that iron bar a lot.

A problem I have, is that the ramp flap isn't always high enough. Most of the time it is, but sometimes it doesn't come up high enough to be able to make the shot, so you'll have to wait for it to lower and rise again (sometimes that happens only when you lose the ball ). I already tried adjusting the ramp-up switch a little, but maybe I'll have to do that some more.

Great, I'll send you a PM.

Thanks. Always good to have information and suggestions.

For updating you can directly attach the null-modem cable to the pc in the 'backbox' of the game.

I changed the PRISM-battery, thanks to applejuice for both the battery as well as the tool.
Because I wanted to be sure I did it right and wouldn't damage anything, I searched a bit and found this: http://www.pinball2000.de/prism_infos.html

A question about the motherboard of the computer itself: most capacitors all do look well (they're flat on top, not swollen). I suppose I don't need to replace those then, even though they're quite old by now? There's one where I have some doubt: it is just a little bit dirty on top, but it could be dirt from outside. See picture. Can I have your opinion?

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Thank you both for your responses. I wouldn't mind replacing them in advance, like I've done with some capacitors on i.e. an opto board or WPC dirver board that were known to become faulty, but the second part of the sentence above is what worries me a bit. I've done quite a bit of soldering and desoldering, but never on a computer-motherboard (WPC cpu being the hardest I think I've had experience with).

If this experience is shared, I won't mind waiting till that happens. It's just that I don't want the pc to become really damaged. I know you guys(/girls) can't give me any garantees, but do others share the expectation above?

Maybe I was too quickly with my last reply: reading this one again, that seems to indicate otherwise. I think I wanted to believe I didn't have to do it right now, sorry for that.

I think I'll search for an old motherboard to practise on and to see if I can do it myself.

Thank you both for answering! (If there are more readers with tips, don't hesitate to give them )

You can buy a prism-divert-tool and battery from Applejuice. The tool works really nice to separate the two parts of the prism card.

To make things harder: set the outlanes to fully open, adjust settings so it becomes harder (and install Applejuices software), don't let the ball stop when lighting a lock or shooting a loop, so it keeps speed. A game that's too easy for a player is never good.

Thanks you for all the great work!

I'll install later, and will donate some small amount again later. I'm curious how the Power Drain feature will turn out to be in RFM (I like it in DI, so I suppose I'll like it ).

I just had a quick look at your site and I couldn't find it: is the expension to the 6 ball trough already listed, or not yet?

I'm not sure yet if I'll buy one: I've bought too many pinball-things already that I never got around to installing yet, I must admit I know, it's mostly just a matter of freeing some time and just do it......

If you would send me the costs, that'd be nice.

I've installed Jims / Apllejuices 6-ball-mod and it seems to be working well. Good to have cleaned under the apron now as well (it had become a little less colorfull there ).

About the caps on the monitor: I don't know if mine have been replaced, but I suppose it's good to find out and search for which capacitors to replace.

Snikki: I don't see much wrong in the public forum in your post or in MyPinballs' posts. I wouldn't have asked it in the RFM update part of the forum if I were you, but still: nothing wrong with your post, and nothing wrong with MyPinballs reply. His reply is polite and clear, and I think where things went wrong is when you again asked him for info about the matrix in a private message. Why would you do that after he's been clear that he has his reasons not to help you with your board? Somehow you don't feel that that's not a thing to do. Maybe you didn't intend to be aggressive or annoying, but how can you not think after the answer you got 'I shouldn't ask for further info, for MyPinballs has very good reasons not to help me with my mod and he made that very clear in a very polite answer'?
I would be annoyed too if I were him.

My answer to this is: you didn't start like that, but by asking him again, you did (no matter how very polite your question may have been).

I'd suggest to leave it behind you. If you want, you can ask others to help you. Please don't take this personally, but I hope you or someone else won't succeed and make it 'open to the community', for I hope MyPinballs will receive something back for all his hard work. To me it would be different if it was only the mod itself, but it's so much more: combined with the new software which I think most RFM-owners are very gratefull for.

PS: unless there's something really wrong that needs to be in the open, big harm done, like a really big scam to reveil, I don't think it's a good thing to send private messages to a public forum.

edit: MyPinballs, Applejuice, Jim.... sorry for when I use the company name where a persons name would fit better, typing is hard right after work

I think it does!

Oops... I always have so far (not that many times, but still). Seems to work well, though it's a bit of a hassle and I have to be carefull. Is using a screwdriver worse for connection, or are there other reasons not to use them (apart from it being a pain in the ... probably, compared to using a proper tool).

Great! You keep surprising us owners!

I think the 6 ball mod is definitely worth buying. I waited myself, but after buying and installing I wondered why I hadn't done that before .

PS: I don't get to getmore than 4 balls on every game, but it's nice when it happens.

I did, the very first time. I did the following:
- reseated the connectors
- turned screen saver and power management off (standby and such)
- lowered the baudrate for the updating process

After that I haven't had a problem since with multiple updates, but I'm not sure if one of the above helped or that it was just coincidence.

I used some black tape and it works fine. It softens the blow and it looks well.

The cabinet? (Does it fit in that box?)

Agreed: it's not that much work, just taking the trough out, doing some (easy) soldering and connecting and of course reading the instructions. Well...you should do that last thing first actually
It worked the first time I rested it.

I think in settings you can switch the error message off, so maybe the settings are different?. That wouldn't explain the other LEDs lighting in lamp year though.