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AY-3-8500-1 Pong Game on a Chip

Greetings,

Recently came across a AY-3-8500-1 Pong Game Chip and I was hoping
someone in the group would have the data sheets or even better a
schematic using the chip.

The chip is made by General Instruments and date code looks like 1976?
28 pin DIP package. Would really like to see it work again!
 
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John Robertson

Jan 1, 1970
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"How To Repair Video Games" by Robert Goodman, TAB Books, 1978, page
176 shows this chip in action...

John :-#)#

Greetings,

Recently came across a AY-3-8500-1 Pong Game Chip and I was hoping
someone in the group would have the data sheets or even better a
schematic using the chip.

The chip is made by General Instruments and date code looks like 1976?
28 pin DIP package. Would really like to see it work again!

(Please post followups or tech enquires to the newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
 
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Mark Zenier

Jan 1, 1970
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Greetings,

Recently came across a AY-3-8500-1 Pong Game Chip and I was hoping
someone in the group would have the data sheets or even better a
schematic using the chip.

The chip is made by General Instruments and date code looks like 1976?
28 pin DIP package. Would really like to see it work again!

I've got a book from GI, _GIMINI TV Games Circuits_ from 1978, with
the datasheet and some app notes in it. Scanning it in now, but
it's 100 pages or so. Stay tuned.

Mark Zenier [email protected] Washington State resident
 
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Mark Zenier

Jan 1, 1970
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I've got a book from GI, _GIMINI TV Games Circuits_ from 1978, with
the datasheet and some app notes in it. Scanning it in now, but
it's 100 pages or so. Stay tuned.

ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/m/mzenier/GI-Games-1978.pdf or something close
to that. 3.9 megabytes. There are four blank pages not scanned, so
the pdf page number gets off towards the end.

Mark Zenier [email protected] Washington State resident
 
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Mark Zenier

Jan 1, 1970
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ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/m/mzenier/GI-Games-1978.pdf or something close
to that. 3.9 megabytes. There are four blank pages not scanned, so
the pdf page number gets off towards the end.

I guess I'd better post the content for people who google for it.

It's got datasheets for
AY-3-8610 and AY-3-8610-1 Superstar
AY-3-8615 superstar color converter
AY-3-8710 and AY-3-8710-1 Battle
AY-3-8760 Cycle
AY-3-8500 and AY-3-8500-1 Ball and Paddle
AY-3-8550 and AY-3-8550-1 Ball and Paddle (Two Axis)
AY-3-8515 ball and paddle color converter
And general information on the 8600 cartridge game system and
the GIMINI 8900 and GIMINI 8950 computer based systems

Mark Zenier [email protected] Washington State resident
 
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