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Re: More Gaelco preservation news @ Haze's
09/07/17 12:11 AM
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>On the subject of suicide batteries I think that the original 'Bounty' by Orca might use
>one.
>Shoutime said that he could see a battery, and if you compare the set 2 in MAME with the
>one that works it seems the main difference is that the startup code in set 2 seems to be
>hardcoded to draw an Orca logo and nothing else.
>I suspect that the module on the PCB overlays the first part of the program rom, I also
>suspect that the parent set in MAME is a bootleg.
>Since the game is from 1982 I'm not really sure we'll see a dump of whatever that battery
>was keeping alive if my theory is correct ;-)
Another one....nuts. These are the ones that should be on upper tier of priority of rescuing if possible in case anyone has such pcb.
Edited by gregf (02/20/18 10:44 PM)
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