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Pretty cool vector!! Hope I can get it going. All I have is neck glow.
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Oh, cool find! Like the poster above said, that machine looks to be in awesome shape.

Hopefully it won't be too difficult to fix. But you know those Cinematronics games...
 
Great game and pretty easy to restore. Make sure you have a companion to play with, or the game kinda loses it's purpose, as there is no 1 player mode. Mine's been played twice in the last 9 months.

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Great game and pretty easy to restore. Make sure you have a companion to play with, or the game kinda loses it's purpose, as there is no 1 player mode. Mine's been played twice in the last 9 months.

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Wow Phet thats awesome. Does someone sell new Sideart?
 
Anyone know where to test +5 on the pcb???

You can always test directly on an IC. There is a notch at one end of the chip. The leg on the left of the notch is pin 1. The last pin on that side of the chip is ground. On the other side of the chip, the 5V pin is the pin closest to the notch. So, ground at the bottom left of the chip, and +5 at the top right.

Some there are a few ICs that don't follow this, but most will. When you look at these 2 pins, you will see that most of the chips are attached to the rails at these 2 points, so you can tell which rail is +5, and which is ground. If you aren't comfortable using the probes on the legs of the chips, you should be able to find an easier test point on the rails once you have determined which is which.
 
You can always test directly on an IC. There is a notch at one end of the chip. The leg on the left of the notch is pin 1. The last pin on that side of the chip is ground. On the other side of the chip, the 5V pin is the pin closest to the notch. So, ground at the bottom left of the chip, and +5 at the top right.

Some there are a few ICs that don't follow this, but most will. When you look at these 2 pins, you will see that most of the chips are attached to the rails at these 2 points, so you can tell which rail is +5, and which is ground. If you aren't comfortable using the probes on the legs of the chips, you should be able to find an easier test point on the rails once you have determined which is which.

Thanks great info!!:cool:
 
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