TECHNICAL
SERVICE BULLETIN 95-016a
DATE: DECEMBER 19, 1995
SUBJECT: VERSION V1.06 CPU & SOUND SOFTWARE UPDATE
TO: ALL
DISTRIBUTORS
GAME: PINBALL
MAGIC(tm)
AFFECTS S/N’s: ALL S/N’S
THIS BULLETIN
SUMMARIZES CPU SOFTWARE VERSIONS V1.04, V1.04.1 & V1.05. THESE VERSIONS WERE NOT GENERALLY
RELEASED. THEREFORE, CPU V1.06 REFLECTS
AND INCLUDES ALL VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE.
CPU
REPLACE CPU EPROM’s U1L
AND U1H WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE.
THE FOLLOWING IS A
LIST OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN SOFTWARE.
CHANGES
IMPLEMENTED WITH V1.04
* CHANGES IN B1-01
STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS MENU.
Adj | V1.03 | V1.04 |
B1-11 | PLAY MODE | FREE PLAY [YES-NO] |
B1-12 | SOL. VOLTAGE PERCENT | PLAY MODE |
B1-13 | SHOW MESSAGE OF THE DAY | SOL. VOLTAGE PERCENT |
B1-14 | FLIPPER STRENGTH | SHOW MESSAGE OF THE DAY |
B1-15 | TICKETS/CREDIT | FLIPPER STRENGTH |
B1-16+ | XXX | DISPENSER TYPE [NONE/TICKET/TOKEN] |
B1-16a | XXX | DISPENSER/CREDIT 0/99 |
B1-16b | XXX | END OF GAME SCORE |
B1-17 | XXX | REPLAY INDICATOR |
B1-18 | XXX | SHOW CREDIT FRACTIONS [YES-NO] |
B1-19 | XXX | ALLOW BUY IN [YES-NO] |
* [B1-12] PLAYMODE,
UPDATE TOURNAMENT MODE.
ADD: XBALL, ON OR
OFF, TOURNAMENT MODE WILL DISABLE THE HIGH SCORE TO DATE,
REPLAY, AND MATCH. THE LAST GAME SCORE WILL ALWAYS BE SHOWN
AFTER THE GAME.
* [B4-01] FRENCH
COINAGE, DELETE THE FOLLOWING CREDIT COIN
[FR 1/3, 2/5, 5/10, 11/20] AND [FRANCE 1/3. 2/5, 5/10].
* [B4-01] UNITED
KINGDOM COINAGE, ADD THE FOLLOWING
CREDIT COIN [U.K.,3/£1] AND [U.K., 1/50p].
* REPORTS MENU ‘E3’
HAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
Adj | Desciption | Values |
E3-01+ | INSTALL DEVICE | GENERIC ASCII/ O’NEIL MICROFLASH/ NSM DATAPRINT 3000, PRINT/ NSM DATAPRINT, SAVE/ CITIZEN 560/562/ CUSTOM |
E3-01A | DEVICE TYPE | GENERIC/ O’NEIL MICROFLASH/ NSM DATA PRINTER/ CITIZEN 560/562 |
E3-01B | DEVICE TYPE CUSTOM REPORT | YES/ NO |
E3-01A | HOT PLUG QUERY | NONE/ 3 ASCII NULLS/ ASCII DCI |
E3-01D | HOT PLUG RESPONSE | |
E3-01E | SAVE REPORT | YES/ NO |
E3-01F | BAUD RATE | 300/ 600/ 1200/ 2400/ 4800/ 9600/ 19200 |
E3-01G | END OF LINE | CR LF/ CR/ LF |
E3-01H | CHARACTERS PER LINE | 24 - 80 |
E3-01I | CTS HANDSHAKE | YES/ NO |
E3-01J | XON / XOFF HANDSHAKE | YES/ NO |
E3-01K | DSR HANDSHAKE | YES/ NO |
E3-01L | EOL / CTS HANDSHAKE | YES/ NO |
E3-02+ | OUTPUT FORMAT | FORMATTED/ DELIMITED |
E3-02a | EOL / CTS HANDSHAKE | YES/ NO |
E3-02b | TEXT QUALIFIER | DOUBLE QUOTE/ SINGLE QUOTE |
* GERMANY DEFAULTS TO
NSM DATAPRINT 3000, PRINT.
* FRANCE DEFAULTS TO
CITIZEN 560/562 PRINTER.
* ALL OTHERS DEFAULT
TO O’NEIL MICROFLASH PRINTER.
* HISTOGRAM REPORTS
ADDED FOR PRINTER USE.
* ‘ALLOW BUY IN’
ADJUSTMENT [B1-19] ADDED.
* ‘DISPLAY CREDIT
FRACTIONS’ ADJUSTMENT [B1-18] ADDED TO ALLOW OPERATORS TO NOT HAVE TO DISPLAY
THEM.
* ‘DISPLAY REPLAY
INDICATOR’ ADJUSTMENT [B1-17] ADDED.
THIS WILL ALLOW STARS TO APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY DURING THE ‘REPLAY AT’
SHOW IF A NEW REPLAY LEVEL IS AVAILABLE.
CHANGES
IMPLEMENTED WITH V1.04.1
* CHANGED
CALCULATIONS FOR CUSTOM BOOKKEEPING AUDITS AA-01, AB-01, AC-01, AD-01 AND
A2-01.
* ADDED DUTCH
TRANSLATIONS IN MENU SYSTEM ON BOTTOM LINE OF THE MENU DISPLAY.
CHANGES
IMPLEMENTED IN V1.05
* FRENCH TRANSLATIONS
IMPLEMENTED.
* INCREASED TIME
DELAYS ADDED FOR NSM DATAPRINT 3000 PRINTER TO STOP THE ‘SPEICHER GELOSCHT’
MESSAGE FROM APPEARING INCORRECTLY.
CHANGES
IMPLEMENTED IN V1.06
* [B1-14] ‘MESSAGE OF
THE DAY’ CORRECTED RANDOM LOCKUP CONDITION WHEN MORE THAN 3 CHARACTERS WHERE
ENTERED. THE MESSAGE FIELD INCLUDES 3
LINES OF 17 CHARACTERS EACH. THE DOWN
ARROW SYMBOL IS USED TO MOVE TO NEXT LINE.
* [B1-20] ADJUSTMENT
FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS , RANGE 1 TO 99.
FACTORY DEFAULT IS 20.
* HOLLAND COINAGE,
CHANGE: 1 GUILDER = 1 CREDIT ALWAYS.
* HOLLAND METER
[COUNTER] WILL REGISTER 1 COUNT FOR EACH 1/4 GUILDER.
BOTH IN BOOKKEEPING
AND MECHANICAL METER.
* WAND ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE HOME POSITION: IF
YOU POWER OFF AND ON, OR SHUT THE COIN DOOR WITH THE WAND MOVING: GAME COULD
LOCK UP.
* IMPLEMENTED GERMAN
TRANSLATIONS.
CHANGE IN SOUND SOFTWARE
V1.06
* TO OBTAIN LOWER
VOLUME SETTING: CHANGE U30 ON
THE SOUND PCB TO:
SOFTWARE V1.06. VOLUME ADJUSTMENT RANGE 1 THROUGH 40.
VOLUME SET AT LEVEL 1
IS LOWER THAN PREVIOUS SOFTWARE VERSIONS.
V1.06 VOLUME LEVEL 5
IS EQUAL TO VOLUME 1 SETTING ON PREVIOUS SOFTWARE.