0.117u2 [Andrew Gardner]
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SETUP:
- To enter setup mode, boot the game with DIPs 1, 4, 5, 7 set to on.
WIP:
- 0.146u5: Hook up I8255 chips, working sound and default NVRAM in King Pin drive [hap]. Changed description to 'Kingpin'. Added AY-3-8912A (3579545 Hz) sound, mono Speaker and NVRAM rom. Added gambling control with 5x buttons.
- 0.143u3: Changed visible area to 280x216 and VSync to 59.922738 Hz.
- 27th December 2008: Mr. Do - Ad_Enuff got busy with Kingpin bezel, kindly scanned by drewcifer.
- 0.125u2: Added buttons 11-14.
- 0.117u2: Andrew Gardner added 'King Pin' (American Communication Laboratories Inc. 1983).
- 12th January 2007: Andrew Gardner - Awhile back gregf (of MAMEworld fame) pointed me to a King Pin PCB for sale on ebay. I bought it, drove to pick it up, popped out the ROMs, sent 'em to a dumper here in the US, and gathered the results from the guy. Now I'm attempting to emulate the thing. It's been fun seeing it go from its discovery to where it is now. The hardware isn't particularly complex. Two Z80's, a TMS9928 for video, and an AY-3-8912 for audio. All stuff that's well emulated in MAME. The trick is figuring out the oddball early-80's junk that glues it all together. So I've stripped a KingPin PCB, scanned it, and am now tracing it in an image editor. Luckily the leads are only on the surfaces of this board, so it's relatively simple. I'm halfway done, but then I need to figure what it all means.
