Quoted from chuckwurt:

Yeah I think both strippers are actually two pieces anyway. Super glue for the win.

Quoted from HighVoltage:

Looking to join the club: offering up a mint RBION...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-trade-ripley-s-believe-it-or-not

Quoted from TomDK:

I have this plastics left after a renovation.
Someone need them ?

Quoted from matt_adams:

I have lent my Sopranos to a good friend who likes his games to play right. The air balls off the drop target were really annoying him so he installed this...
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Looks horrendous right, but he says in 30 games he hasn't lost a ball from hitting the target and look at it from the players view...
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I have to see it in person before it stays (he also says he is going to make it look better) but if it solves the problem! Has anyone else managed to find a way of addressing this?

Quoted from Spelunk71:

Interesting. Has anyone experimented with a different spring or pulling the existing spring tighter to prevent airballs?

Quoted from Spelunk71:

Interesting. Has anyone experimented with a different spring or pulling the existing spring tighter to prevent airballs?

Quoted from Edenecho:

I would almost go as far as saying thats part of the risk reward if you dare to hit it straight on quickie ftw!

Quoted from Tuna_Delight:

I typically think to myself "What would Paulie Walnuts do?" And then I shoot it.

Quoted from Triball:

Just bought Sopranos, so I guess I'm joining the club!
It's been stored in a dusty warehouse for the past 10 years and needs a big clean up.
I'm going to buy a new plastics set and I've removed the ROMs from the board. They are Italian and version 1.00.
I would like to flash new ones myself but I'm not sure which chips I need. The manual says M27C0400I-I2FI (8MB) for the voice ROMs and 27256 / 27512 (512kb) for the CPU-sound. These are way bigger than the actual bin-files (1MB), and I believe the ones in my machine are smaller. I was able to remove the sticker on the CPU-chip and it says M27C1001-10F1 (128kb). Manual says 27C040 (1MB).
Where do you guys get your new chips from? I do not have a UV-light to reset the once I have and I'm not really sure if they are OTP and even possible to reset.
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Quoted from chuckwurt:

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1083-matt-s-basement-arcade/01580-sopranos-pinball-stern-rom-upgrade-chip-set

Quoted from Triball:

Thats $82 + shipping for the full set. That's why I want to flash the chips myself. Chip price is about $4.50 a piece.

Quoted from Triball:

Thats $82 + shipping for the full set. That's why I want to flash the chips myself. Chip price is about $4.50 a piece.

Quoted from Triball:

Just bought Sopranos, so I guess I'm joining the club!
It's been stored in a dusty warehouse for the past 10 years and needs a big clean up.
I'm going to buy a new plastics set and I've removed the ROMs from the board. They are Italian and version 1.00.
I would like to flash new ones myself but I'm not sure which chips I need. The manual says M27C0400I-I2FI (8MB) for the voice ROMs and 27256 / 27512 (512kb) for the CPU-sound. These are way bigger than the actual bin-files (1MB), and I believe the ones in my machine are smaller. I was able to remove the sticker on the CPU-chip and it says M27C1001-10F1 (128kb). Manual says 27C040 (1MB).
Where do you guys get your new chips from? I do not have a UV-light to reset the ones I have and I'm not really sure if they are OTP and even possible to reset.
Thanks for any feedback.
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Quoted from TomDK:

ROMs, ROMs ... cheap stuff. The horror starts when looking for plastics. I ended up in Russia, fair price but not like original. Poor print, poor colors but NOS were about 300 dollar ...

Quoted from Irishbastard:

Just use your originals, grab a cheap UV eraser (mine was like $8), takes like 15 min to erase them. I listed the required chips a few posts back for display and cpu, but seems like you may need all to change language? I had spares and burnt them, took a few minutes, once I used the right ones (cost is zero if you can do it yourself)

Quoted from TomDK:

ROMs, ROMs ... cheap stuff. The horror starts when looking for plastics. I ended up in Russia, fair price but not like original. Poor print, poor colors but NOS were about 300 dollar ...

Quoted from Triball:

Thanks. Yes, I need the voice chips as well. I'll get an UV-eraser. Some sites mentiones that these chips are OTP (One-time-programmable). Even though they have this UV window. Do you know if they in fact can be erased and flashed again?

Quoted from lasermel:

you'll need the programmer as well to do it yourself.. I'd be glad to do it for you if you send me the chips (only the ones with windows). Send me a PM if interested.
I know you're in Norway, so I don't know the shipping cost... prob $10-15 each way. Seems someone there with a programmer would be able to hook you up tho.

Quoted from TomDK:

The plastics I bought came from vbobrusev , also active on this thread As I wrote ... not good as NOS but alternate ! Colors not matching and the quality is more "raw" .... not so fine as original but a full set for a nice price !

Quoted from Triball:

Thanks. Yes, I need the voice chips as well. I'll get an UV-eraser. Some sites mentiones that these chips are OTP (One-time-programmable). Even though they have this UV window. Do you know if they in fact can be erased and flashed again?

Quoted from cocomonkeh:

I just made adjustments on a Sopranos. I don't see anything in the thread (I searched for safe).
But anyone get DOUBLE hits on the safe?

Quoted from cocomonkeh:

I just made adjustments on a Sopranos. I don't see anything in the thread (I searched for safe).
But anyone get DOUBLE hits on the safe?

Quoted from cocomonkeh:

It’s real intermittent. I need to test it more. I don’t want to tear that apart unless it gets really bad. Was just wondering if anyone had that experience.

Quoted from cocomonkeh:

I’ll take a look now that I see where they are. I don’t know much about this mech. I’m guessing the gap needs to be wider so they trigger only one time on a sharp hit.

Quoted from Edenecho:

I started having some of the same issues with boat lock. It ended up replacing one microwitch since it was really bent and worn, but now I have an issue with it not always releasing a ball when it should .that is, the post goes down, but the ball does not roll down. Maybe adjust the switch some more, so it does not hinder the ball too much..hmmm

Quoted from Eldritch:

I had to replace the lower switch. And after that I got the same issue. The new switch is tighter. So quit often the ball doesn't roll down.
And when I adjusted the switch to make it roll easier. Then the switch don't trigger.
Did you find a solution?

Quoted from Meloyelo51:

Thanks for the referral. I've have had several people ask so I added a listing. PM is fine too. The 8MB sound chips are a little more, but shipping covers everything ordered at the same time. I found this thread as alimerick was asking about the swearing and looking for his answer but apparently he already asked. Normally most games hover around sound 1.0...but it does look like older roms can affect the swearing and went through changes (in addition to the settings being correct or even available)
Here is a copy of the read me for reference:
*
* STERN PINBALL, INC.
* (C) COPYRIGHT 1999-2005, STERN PINBALL, INC.
*
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CPU Release 5.00
Date October 26, 2005
sopcpua.500 checksum $B5FF - ENGLISH
sopcpug.500 checksum $22FF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.500 checksum $54FF - FRENCH
sopcpul.500 checksum $05FF - SPANISH
sopcpui.500 checksum $C2FF - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 5.00
Date October 26, 2005
sopdspa.500 checksum $B4BB - ENGLISH
sopdspg.500 checksum $3952 - GERMAN
sopdspf.500 checksum $7927 - FRENCH
sopdspl.500 checksum $569C - SPANISH
sopdspi.500 checksum $F80D - ITALIAN
**************************
Changes from last release:
- added Russian coinage & tournament settings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 4.00
Date October 11, 2005
sopcpua.400 checksum $E8FF - ENGLISH
sopcpug.400 checksum $53FF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.400 checksum $8AFF - FRENCH
sopcpul.400 checksum $57FF - SPANISH
sopcpui.400 checksum $F8FF - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 4.00
Date October 11, 2005
sopdspa.400 checksum $DAA5 - ENGLISH
sopdspg.400 checksum $5338 - GERMAN
sopdspf.400 checksum $9535 - FRENCH
sopdspl.400 checksum $814A - SPANISH
sopdspi.400 checksum $1AE1 - ITALIAN
**************************
Changes from last release:
- ToPS improvements for South Africa
- Fixed UK1 pricing table settings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUND Release
Date April 19, 2005
sopsnda.u7 checksum $9B5A - ENGLISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 3.02
Date April 7, 2005
sopcpua.302 checksum $A1FF - ENGLISH
sopcpui.302 checksum $ABFF - ITALIAN
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed swearing accounting if adult mode is set to YES.
- Increased how often the game swears.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 3.01
Date April 4, 2005
sopcpua.301 checksum $A2FF - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Increased the amount of swearing the game will do if set to Adult ON.
- Increased the frequency of Secret Mania from the Pork Store.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 3.00
Date March 18, 2005
sopcpua.300 checksum $C2FF - ENGLISH
sopcpui.300 checksum $FOFF - ITALIAN
sopcpug.300 checksum $4CFF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.300 checksum $82FF - FRENCH
sopcpul.300 checksum $4DFF - SPANISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 3.00
Date March 18, 2005
sopdspa.300 checksum $CA6B - ENGLISH
sopdspi.300 checksum $19E2 - ITALIAN
sopdspg.100 checksum $4756 - GERMAN
sopdspf.100 checksum $7FB3 - FRENCH
sopdspl.100 checksum $58AC - SPANISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 3.00
Date March 18, 2005
ENGLISH
Sound 512k U7 $585C 3.00 sopsndg.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $F01E 3.00 sopsndg.u17
ITALIAN
Voice 1 8M U17 $79B5 3.00 sopsndg.u17
GERMAN
Voice 2 8M U21 $7124 3.00 sopsndg.u21
FRENCH
Voice 1 8M U17 $140D 3.00 sopsndf.u17
SPANISH
Voice 2 8M U21 $1A23 3.00 sopsndl.u21
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Added display efect blow-off. Some display effects can now be ended by
pressing both flippers.
- Changed the display art for Bing if set to adult mode off.
- Added Middle East dip switch setting. If set to Middle east Pork Store is
changed to "The Deli" and all pig refferences are removed. Also, the
Bing girl silhouette is changed.
- Adjusted the percent that Pork Store chooses award Hold Spinner.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.07
Date March 8, 2005
sopcpug.107 checksum $64FF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.107 checksum $E9FF - FRENCH
sopcpui.107 checksum $57FF - ITALIAN
sopcpul.107 checksum $9EFF - SPANISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 2.04
Date March 8, 2005
sopcpua.204 checksum $3EFF - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Restored Secret Mania back to Ampersand Mania.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 2.03
Date March 8, 2005
sopcpua.203 checksum $FBFF - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed "Give me your f-ing Money" could come up in Adult Mode "PARTIAL" or
Adult Mode "OFF". This was introduced in V2.02
- Fixed the frequncy of swears in a game. The game will now more acurately
track how much swering it does.
- Fixed Secret Mania from Pork Store. It was not awarding this and now it
will.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 2.02
Date March 7, 2005
sopcpua.202 checksum $C6FF - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Changed the F-ing Big Points display effect to use the "Big Points"
art work.
- Increased the frequncy of the swearing if the game is set to Adult
mode "ON"
- Added "Give me the Money" (an its derivitives) to the start button if
pressed when there are no credits.
- Increased the Replay factory setting to 35 million.
- Increased the frequnecy of Ampersand Mania from the Pork Store.
- Reduced the amount of time that Ampersand Mania runs to 20 "seconds".
- Removed the girls in the Bing mode display effects changing them to
more generic effects if the game is set to Adult Mode "OFF".
- Changed the Bump N Win factory setting.
- Changed the Ampersand Mania display effect to be more generic and Changing
the mode to Secret Mania.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 2.01
Date March 3, 2005
sopcpua.201 checksum $9EFF - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed Flashers effects so when all black during Executive Game or Pork
Store The Fish lamps will be muted.
- Moved the "Shit" speech call from Adult mode "PARTIAL" to Adult mode "ON".
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 2.00
Date March 2, 2005
sopcpua.200 checksum $07FF - ENGLISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 2.00
Date March 2, 2005
sopdspa.200 checksum $3AB0 - ENGLISH
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed Advance Boss Audits
- Fixed Advance Boss lamps turning off when they should not.
- Fixed Horse Race back ground lamp effect so it flashes the
correct lamp.
- Fixed Flashers effects so when all black during Executive Game or Pork
Store The Safe flashers will be muted.
- Added F-ing Big Point to Pork Store in Adult mode only.
- Added Ampersand Mania if you hit the flippers 3 times during F-ing Big
points comes up in the Pork Store. [ONLY IN ENGLISH ROMS]
- Adjusted the Big Points percent from Pork Store to be more fun.
- Adjusted the Extra Ball percent from Pork Store to not come up
as often if you are high in rank.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.04
Date February 24, 2005
sopcpua.104 checksum $A8FF - ENGLISH
sopcpug.104 checksum $D0FF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.104 checksum $02FF - FRENCH
sopcpui.104 checksum $A1FF - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 1.04
Date February 22, 2005
ENGLISH
Sound 512k U7 $576B 1.04 sopsnda.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $571A 1.04 sopsnda.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $C14C 1.04 sopsnda.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $47A3 1.04 sopsnda.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $ADCD 1.04 sopsnda.u37
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed Food Fight background display effect to show the correct value.
- Fixed the ocasional 3-Ball Stugots. It should only be 2 balls.
- Fixed Add-A-Ball from the fish if balls are locked in Underboss. It will
not try to Add-A-Ball if there are none to add.
- Changed start episode to use the HBO SFX
- Restart underboss from the fish during grace now works.
- The Advance Boss lamps are now not re-initalized untill the end of boss.
- Jackpot will not grow from the drop target unless you are in Stugots.
- Orbit power gates will now only open during episodes if the player is
shooting an orbit and the episode is giving an award.
- Increased the pause slightly of the dancers' motor before starting them
again in an effort to make sure they are stopped before restarting
in potentialy a new direction.
- Underboss now ends if you are down to 1 ball during the timer and you have
no balls locked.
- Changed Pork Store to give away Extra Ball less often if the player is
high on the rank ladder.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.03
Date February 22, 2005
sopcpua.103 checksum $3309 - ENGLISH
sopcpug.103 checksum $D9FF - GERMAN
sopcpuf.103 checksum $02FF - FRENCH
sopcpui.103 checksum $0918 - ITALIAN
sopcpul.103 checksum $D9FF - SPANISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 1.00
Date February 22, 2005
sopdspg.100 checksum $7730 - GERMAN
sopdspf.100 checksum $A81D - FRENCH
sopdspl.100 checksum $82DF - SPANISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 1.00
Date February 22, 2005
GERMAN
Sound 512k U7 $B3FF 1.00 sopsndg.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $0DFF 1.00 sopsndg.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $18B8 1.00 sopsndg.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $42B6 1.00 sopsndg.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $A99D 1.00 sopsndg.u37
FRENCH
Sound 512k U7 $569D 1.00 sopsndf.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $0B09 1.00 sopsndf.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $622B 1.00 sopsndf.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $3633 1.00 sopsndf.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $0BA4 1.00 sopsndf.u37
SPANISH
Sound 512k U7 $4B73 1.00 sopsndl.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $1578 1.00 sopsndl.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $111F 1.00 sopsndl.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $3BE0 1.00 sopsndl.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $1A8F 1.00 sopsndl.u37
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed stugots from ending when underboss goes to 1 ball.
- Fixed the satisfaction background lamp effect. It was going too slow.
- The powered gates will now open in test when the orbits are activated.
- Reduced the time that super skill shot is active to be more challenging.
- Increased the display priority for start party at the Bing.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.02
Date February 21, 2005
sopcpua.102 checksum $96FF - ENGLISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 1.02
Date February 21, 2005
ENGLISH
Sound 512k U7 $335E 1.02 sopsnda.u7
**************************
Changes from last release:
- The G.I. will no longer turn off during episode lamp effects.
- The super skill shot: safe will no longer award a full safe explosion.
- Bump-N-Win value is based on 10M now.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.01
Date February 19, 2005
sopcpui.101 checksum $10FF - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 1.01
Date February 19, 2005
ITALIAN
Sound 512k U7 $504D 1.01 sopsndi.u7
**************************
Changes from last release:
- Fixed Ball search. It was restarting because the safe would sometimes score.
- Changed The Main play tune and how the tune sounds comming back from other
tunes or on balls other than ball one.
- Changed Ball saver to 8 seconds for all countries except France. Changed
France ball saver time to zero seconds.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Release 1.00
Date February 18, 2005
sopcpua.100 checksum $1FFF - ENGLISH
sopcpui.100 checksum $C1FF - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Release 1.00
Date February 18, 2005
sopdspa.100 checksum $FFCA - ENGLISH
sopdspi.100 checksum $4106 - ITALIAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Release 1.00
Date February 18, 2005
ENGLISH
Sound 512k U7 $9909 1.00 sopsnda.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $BC36 1.00 sopsnda.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $A7CD 1.00 sopsnda.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $A7E9 1.00 sopsnda.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $0316 1.00 sopsnda.u37
ITALIAN
Sound 512k U7 $241F 1.00 sopsndi.u7
Voice 1 8M U17 $70b1 1.00 sopsndi.u17
Voice 2 8M U21 $A5E1 1.00 sopsndi.u21
Voice 3 8M U36 $E7DD 1.00 sopsndi.u36
Voice 4 8M U37 $9D68 1.00 sopsndi.u37

Quoted from Spelunk71:

While Cliffy doesn’t make protectors specifically for Sopranos (he told me he hasn’t had access to a playfield), I discovered the protector he makes for the GB Scoleri Bros. drop targets fits the Stugots target perfectly.
I have an extra one if anyone wants it.