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Maybe not one of the "greatest" mysteries, but...what was the REAL reason Solar Fire production was limited to less than 800 units? I think many of us have heard the story about a lawsuit from some sci-fi show/movie production company regarding the artwork, but I wonder if anyone knows the truth, and specific details?
Richard
Quoted from Pecos:I might have an answer to this mystery:
After posting this mystery I remembered reading somewhere that operators were expected to return their Williams boards for replacements. This blurb from the Black Knight Operators Manual supports that.
Perhaps the early Williams boards weren't meant/designed to be user friendly?
I'm about 100% certain that warning is meant simply to inform operators when replacing boards in the game, what level of boards must be used and how they must be configured. In other words, don't try to pull an MPU from a level 6 game sitting in your warehouse in an attempt to quickie repair your level 7 Black Knight out on location so it keeps earning. Don't swap the wrong game ROMs in. Don't plug in the game ROMs with the jumpers set incorrectly. etc.
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