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If you have a few minutes, and your Space Duel is easily accessible, could you do me a favor?...
Either upright or cocktail, doesn't matter, can you go into Space Duel self-test and on the sound test screen (a large box reducing size with every tone) see if you get 8 distinct tones? I'm only getting 7. Manual says there should be 8. I swapped out both pokeys with known good pokey's and still only getting 7. You're supposed to get 4 tones, with a high and low for each tone (for a total of 8). I am missing the first low tone. FYI, I had to look it up in the manual how to go into self-test. You have set the utility switch for self-test and then to actually go into self-test, you have to hit both start buttons when is says to hit both buttons on screen to go into self test (careful, as otherwise, you could zero out all audits), and then you have to trip the slam switch. On a Space Duel cocktail, the slam switch is in the upper right inside the coin door. The slam switch is just a leaf switch. According the manual, on the upright, the slam switch is inside the coin door on the left side.
Since I swapped pokeys and am still getting only 7 tones, my theory is that's the way it is, and while they (Atari) planned for the self-test to give you 8 tones, in actuality, you only get 7. But if you get 8 tones, then there's something wrong with my board.
Would appreciate if a few people can do this quick test and report back. Thanks in advance.
Either upright or cocktail, doesn't matter, can you go into Space Duel self-test and on the sound test screen (a large box reducing size with every tone) see if you get 8 distinct tones? I'm only getting 7. Manual says there should be 8. I swapped out both pokeys with known good pokey's and still only getting 7. You're supposed to get 4 tones, with a high and low for each tone (for a total of 8). I am missing the first low tone. FYI, I had to look it up in the manual how to go into self-test. You have set the utility switch for self-test and then to actually go into self-test, you have to hit both start buttons when is says to hit both buttons on screen to go into self test (careful, as otherwise, you could zero out all audits), and then you have to trip the slam switch. On a Space Duel cocktail, the slam switch is in the upper right inside the coin door. The slam switch is just a leaf switch. According the manual, on the upright, the slam switch is inside the coin door on the left side.
Since I swapped pokeys and am still getting only 7 tones, my theory is that's the way it is, and while they (Atari) planned for the self-test to give you 8 tones, in actuality, you only get 7. But if you get 8 tones, then there's something wrong with my board.
Would appreciate if a few people can do this quick test and report back. Thanks in advance.